The Prince Claus Fund
- aims at increasing cultural awareness and
promoting exchange between culture and development ››› - initiates and supports artistic and intellectual quality ›››
- is a platform for intercultural exchange ›››
because the Prince Claus Fund believes
culture is a basic need ›››
Calendar
25 March - 20 August Within the international art programme in Amsterdam the Prince Claus Fund and the Amsterdam Fund for the Arts present the opening of the exhibition Gentlemen of Bacongo in the Prince Claus Fund Gallery >>
12 March - 21 March The European Art Fair TEFAF is held in Maastricht, read more about how TEFAF sponsored the Prince Claus Fund for the second time and contributed to the rehabilitation and digitalization of the Nesin Foundation in Turkey >>
28 February - 11 March Follow the blog written by participants of the Orientation Trip with international curators who travel to Istanbul, Lagos and Bamako. The trip is organised by the Prince Claus Fund and the Mondriaan Foundation >>
20 February - 6 June Designs from Wu Yong series by Prince Claus Laureate Ma Ke from China included in exhibition the Haute Couture voici Paris! in Gemeentemuseum The Hague >>
3 February Prince Claus Fund Film Grant of €15,000 for By the Time It Gets Dark by filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong from Thailand >>
1 february Director Els van der Plas opens Amsterdam Stock exchange to raise awareness for damaged cultural heritage in Haiti >>
28 January -11 April Performances by Prince Claus Laureate Tania Bruguera from Cuba in the Neuberger Museum of Art in New York. Read more in the article of the New york Times >>
21 January Okwui Enwezor gives a lecture on Contemporary African Art since 1980 >>
16 December Prince Claus Award presented to Simon Velez by Prince Constantijn >>
19 December-19 februari 2010 Exhibition: Simón Vélez in Changing Ideals 2: The Sequel - NAiM/Bureau Europa, Maastricht >>
14 December - 12 March 2010 Exhibition Liang Shaoji (China) Prince Claus Fund Gallery >>
4 December - 7 march 2010 Exhibition Secret Life of Syrian Lingerie in Kunsthal Rotterdam >>
Job opening at the Prince claus Fund Programme coordinator Knowledge Centre Read the job description on the Dutch part of the website >>
In Memoriam Rex Nettleford The Prince Claus Fund expresses its solidarity with the Carribean world which has lost a great man with the passing of Rex Nettleford >>
Haiti Earthquake The Prince Claus Fund researches damaged cultural heritage in Haiti, restoration of cultural heritage is of importance for human dignity >>
Ice-cream in Rwanda is not “Dead Aid” reaction to
Dambisa Moyo's book ''Dead Aid'' by Joumana El Zein Khoury, Programme Coordinator for Network Partnerships >>
Highlights
Nomination for one of the best books of 2009 for Prince Claus Fund Library Publication Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan >>
Project of the Month December Omnibus Ensemble brings contemporary music from Uzbekistan to Amsterdam and performs at the Presentation of the Awards on 16 December >>
reopening of the Center for Architectural Heritage in Gaza with the support of CER >>
Project of the Month November 2009 Efecto Cine reaches an audience of 90.255 spectators with travelling Uruguayan film exhibition >>
Maziar Bahari finally freed from prison in Iran where he was held since 21 June 2009 >>
UN Secretary General praises Kenyan football News from laureate and network partner MYSA >>
National Museum of Iraq re-opens six years after the looting to which the Prince Claus Fund reacted at that time by founding its Cultural Emergency Response >>
Senegalese Rapper Master Nomila launches album >>



