Acquisition Programs

• An explanation of the institution’s acquisition policy and how this relates to its acquisition plans.
• An explanation of why the institution’s collection and acquisition plans are important and how they are relevant to the Dutch National Cultural Heritage Collection and to the institution’s own collection.
• A presentation plan explaining how the institution intends to attract and retain the right audience in an inspiring manner.
• An insight into the institution’s annual acquisition budget.
• An explanation of why the institution is collaborating with a partner institution, where applicable. If an artist is to be commissioned to create a work of art, the applicant is required to provide a budget including a realistic wage for the artist and to explain how this wage conforms with the Wage Guideline.

• The significance of the acquisition to the Dutch National Cultural Heritage Collection: do the institution’s plans complement the major collections of other Dutch institutions?
• The significance and quality of the applicant’s collection and acquisition plans.
• The significance and reputation of the institution applying for the grant.
• The quality of the presentation plan and its profile, particularly with regard to the (hopefully inspiring) manner in which the institution seeks to attract and retain the right audience.
• The institution’s opinion on the quality of the work of the artist involved, the artist’s plans and cultural entrepreneurship, on the basis of the criteria outlined in the General Terms and Conditions, where applicable.

• The applicant’s own share of the purchasing price must be in acceptable proportion to the grant awarded by the Fund. The budget must include a realistic wage for the artist, to be paid by the applicant. In this respect, the applicant must comply with the Wage Guideline. In order to encourage compliance with the Artists’ Wage Guideline, the Mondriaan Fund has drawn up regulations governing the partial reimbursement of costs incurred by institutions which comply with the Guideline.
• The artist must have been a professional visual artist for at least 1 year and be registerd as such with the Kamer van Koophandel, or have had at least 3 years of higher art education and have been working as a professional visual artist for at least 1 year or hav been working as a professional visual artist for at least 3 years since then.
• The artist must be creatively active in the visual arts and must play an active part in the Dutch professional visual arts community.

A recent (not older than 1 year) registration of your organization with the Chamber of Commerce

Information on the organisation (max. 3 pages)

This should include a description of activities of the platform over the past three years, with your mission, target groups, cooperative partnerships, audience reach and how your normally respond to loan requests.

Explanation of collection and acquisition policy (max. 30 pages)

An explanation of the organisation’s policy, in conjunction with the acquisition plans and ambitions. This should contain an explanation of the importance of the collection and acquisition plans, and their relevance to the organisation’s collection and to the Dutch National Cultural Heritage Collection. This explanation should also contain the motivation of your museum’s profile compared to other museums for modern art in the Netherlands.

Presentation plan (max. 5 pages)

With a description of how the collection will be presented as soon as possible and a description of how you intend to attract and bind a relevant audience to the collection.

The approved annual report of the previous calendar year

The annual acquisition budget with a financing plan (max. 2 pages)

Please state which financer(s) supply the organisation with the required annual acquisition budget of €50,000, and which other means for acquisition are at the disposal of the organisation.

Applying codes

All cultural organizations in the Netherlands subscribe to the Dutch Fair Practice Code, the Governance Code Cultuur (Governance Code for Culture) and the Code Diversiteit & Inclusie (Code on Diversity & Inclusion), which automatically means that the institution or organization applies the guideline for artists’ fees.

By commissioning an artist:

Commission plan (max. 2 pages)

Describe the commission of art work in a plan.

Curriculum vitae (max. 3 pages per artist)

Include a curriculum vitae for each artist with the most important information about their professional practice, notably over the last 1 to 4 years, including exhibitions (indicate solo or group), events, commissions, awards and publications, indicating the year for each. Also mention associated activities, such as teaching, advisory or jury functions. Include all the CVs in a single PDF document.

Explanation of the work (1 page maximum per artist)

Explain the work and the professional practice of the artist or artists, based on the principles underlying its content and starting points. Mention any possible collaborative connections.

Statement from the participating artist or artists

This must include permission for the application, including mention that the artist is aware of and in agreement with the financial structure of the commission.

Visual documentation

Create a single PDF including visual documentation of work from the last 1 to 4 years, in no more than 20 digital images (total maximum of 100 MB). It is important here that the documentation is representative of the work and relevant to the application. Ensure that the materials used are well distinguished. You can also upload sound, video or film fragments. In that case, the total size and duration of the submitted documentation, including both the visual presentation and separate fragments, can be no more than 300 MB and no more than 15 minutes in duration. Click here for technical specifications for your uploaded documentation.

Documentation list

Include a numbered documentation list (in PDF) that corresponds with your visual documentation, with descriptions or captions for the relevant images, sound, video or film clips. (For example: 01, Title, 2020, loop 2 min.)

Please note: do not use hyperlinks in the PDF with (visual) documentation material and in the documentation list. We cannot accept hyperlinks (to web pages for example) because the supplied image material may not be adjusted during the processing of the application.

Where applicable:

Collaboration with museums (max. 2 pages)

If the application concerns a collaboration with a museum or several museums, a description of the activities of the relevant institution(s) in the past 3 years.

Statement from the participating Dutch museums

With permission to submit the application.

Bank details

If your application is approved, we need your bank account number in order to transfer funds.

If the organisation has not previously submitted an application to the Mondriaan Fund or if the account number has changed since the previous application, please upload a recent bank statement clearly stating the name of the account holder and IBAN. Applicants established in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom can provide a bank statement or other document from the bank stating the name of the account holder and bank account number.