Restoration of the 14th Century Mosque of Mestassa, Morocco, 2004. Photo: Mohamed Ziati
Wang Shixiang was honoured with the 2003 Prince Claus Principal Award in recognition of his meticulous research into popular culture and crafts of PR China
Bhutan Archery Federation, 2004 Prince Claus Laureate
Photo: Roel Burgler
The next deadline for applications is 1 July 2008
Should you wish to apply for funding at the Prince Claus Fund please check the information on our procedure, read more
Hidden Afghanistan in Nieuwe Kerk
Ever since The Prince Claus Fund honored Omara Khan Massoudi, Director of the National Museum in Kabul, with an Award in 2004 for his extraordinary work saving the cultural treasures of Afghanistan it was a dream to bring those treasures to the rest of the world. Together with the Nieuwe Kerk in Amsterdam the Prince Claus Fund organised three evenings with special guests related to the exhibition 'Hidden Afghanistan' in the first months of 2008, Prince Claus Laureates Lida Abdul and Omara Khan Massoudi told their stories and also Jolyon Leslie, director of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture in Kabul stressed the importance of preservation of cultural heritage. read more
Prins Constantijn gives a speech on the importance of cultural Emergency Relief at TEFAF, Maastricht
On 7 March 2008 the Prince Claus Fund presented its Cultural Emergency Response program at the European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in Maastricht. HRH Prince Constantijn of the Netherlands, Honorary Chairman of the Prince Claus Fund spoke about the importance of preserving cultural heritage. Louk de la Rive Box, Rector at the ISS gave a speech and Omara Khan Massoudi, the Director of the National Museum in Kabul and a 2004 Prince Claus Laureate was interviewed by Michel Witmer, read more
CD of bolivian baroque nominated for a bbc music award
The Prince Claus Fund and its network partner APAC are proud to announce that Florilegium's recording of Bolivian Baroque Vol 2, with Arakaendar Bolivia Choir, directed by Ashley Solomon, has been nominated for a BBC Music Magazine Award. The Prince Claus Fund has supported the recording and performing of Bolivian Baroque since 2001 read more
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Book launch Conflicts and Tensions on 10 December 2007
The Prince Claus Fund organised a launch of the publication Conflicts and Tensions, the first edition of the groundbreaking series Culture and Globalization, edited by Helmut Anheier and Yudhishthir Raj Isar. Prof. Dr. Georges Corm, pre-eminent Arab scholar and former Minister of Finance of Lebanon, presented
“The West versus the Arab World: Deconstructing the Divide,” based on his contribution to Conflicts and Tensions. read more
Endless (S)trips
Supersudaca Announces Winning Competition Designs for Ideas Concerning the Urbanisation of the Caribbean Coastlines as a Result of Mass Tourism. read more
Golden Lion Emily Jacir at Venice Biennale
The Golden Lion Award for an artist under 40 at the Venice Biennale is given to 2007 Prince Claus Awardee Emily Jacir for a practice that takes as its subject exile in general and the Palestinian issue in particular. The work on display in the central Pavilion at the Giardini establishes and expands a crossover between cinema, archival documentation, narrative and sound. read more about the Golden Lion to Emily Jacir or read more about Emily Jacir on our site
Awards Ceremony 12 December 2007
On December 12th, Congolese choreographer Faustin Linyekula received the Principal Prince Claus Award of € 100,000 from Prince Constantijn, Honorary Co-Chairman of the Prince Claus Fund, at the 2007 Awards Ceremony in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam. read more
Prince Claus Fund Film Grant 2008 for Malaysian filmmaker
In What City Does It Live? by Liew Seng Tat is the winner of the 2008 Prince Claus Fund Film Grant of €15,000 for a CineMart project. Liew Seng Tat is a promising young filmmaker from Malaysia. The jury found the film’s approach “modern, subtle and engaged” and was particularly impressed by the story’s visual power. read more
Els van der plas gives lecture 'on beauty and other unifinished things' at conference in norway
Director of the Prince Claus Fund, Els van der Plas gave a lecture on 15 February 2008 at a conference hosted by the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Du store verden! DSV in Oslo, Norway. The conference was called Are there foreigners in Art? Els van der Plas gave a lecture ”On Beauty and Other Unfinished Things” read more
The Sahel Opera a success in Paris
Performances in Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris from 25- 27 October 2007 were very well received. Earlier this year HM Queen Beatrix, HRH Prince Constantijn and HRH Princess Laurentien attended the European Premiere of Bintou Were, a Sahel Opera on 7 June 2007 in the Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ in Amsterdam. read more
Prince Claus Fund supports publication of 'Document' aka 'Xianchang'
Document is a book series of dossiers formed mainly of interviews and photographs, covering the realms of current Chinese experimental and avant-guard arts, such as visual art, film, literature, the performing arts of theater and dance, as well as the people involved in them. The series began in 2000 and three volumes have already been published in China. The original Chinese editions of Document were called Xianchang. read more
Art Project Frontera that was supported by the Prince Claus Fund wins Award
Laboratoria Curatorial 060, an interdisciplinary collective looking to question the ideas that both define and contain contemporary artistic practice in Mexico have won the First Prize of the Best Art Practices Award by the Italian Government, via the Bolzano Province for the project Frontera ' A rehearsal for the creation of a future society , read more
Pulgar and other publications that are supported by the Prince Claus fund at documenta 12
Pulgar was invited to participate in Documenta magazine and more publications with links to the Prince Claus Fund were on display at Documenta 12 in Kassel. read more
La Filarmónica con sabor Latino: The Philarmonic with Latin flavor
In 2006 Corporación Orquesta Filarmónica de Medellín, Colombia, under direction of Alfonso Arias, organized two free concerts in diverse public spaces in the areas of Medellín. For the occasion, popular Latin American music was orchestrated by composers and interpreted by the entire orchestra. The Prince Claus Fund supported this initiative. read a report by Alfonso Arias Bernal