The Mondriaan Fund collaborates with numerous independent and expert advisors to assess applications. These include artists, curators, critics, art historians, museum professionals, and other experts who are able to recognize the value of developments within the fields of visual arts and cultural heritage. Based on a recommendation by the selection committee, the Mondriaan Fund has appointed 31 new advisors in the fields of visual arts and heritage. They joined the advisory pool as of January 1, 2018, to evaluate applications submitted to the fund. The recruitment was conducted through an open call.
From 280 applications, the selection committee chose the following new advisors: Agnes Vugts, Anke van der Laan, Annemiek Rens, Annette de Vries, Antonio Jose Guzman Jaramillo, Bas Hendrikx, Bülent Evren, Caro Verbeek, Dineke Stam, Dyonna Benett, Ellen ter Gast, Esther Schreuder, Eva Kleemann, Fieke Krikhaar, Fiona Tan, Ilya Rabinovich, Inge Pollet, Iris Sikking, Jorrit Kelder, Katayoun Arian, Kees Zandvliet, Maaike Schoorel, Maarten Kentgens, Margriet Schavemaker, Michael Tedja, Mique Eggermont, Mila Ernst, Peter van der Es, Robert Jan Verhagen, Sidi El Karchi, Stephanie Noach.
The full list of advisors as of January 1, 2018, is published here, including their biographies.
In making its selections, the committee focused primarily on expertise. Additionally, it paid attention to candidates with culturally diverse backgrounds and advisors from various regions. Advisors are typically appointed for a two-year term, which may be extended once. The term for 27 previous advisors ended on January 1.
Following the appointment of the new advisors, Birgit Donker wrote a blog titled “Our Backbone”: “Advisors are essential to our core task: assessing the thousands of applications we receive each year, ranging from museums to makers, and from a school commissioning an artist to an archive seeking to make an acquisition.”