Sikkens Prize increased to € 75,000
The Sikkens Prize has been increased from 25,000 euro to 75,000 euro, making it one of the highest of cultural prizes in the Netherlands.
The prize money has been increased to 75,000 euro. The laureate is free to use 50,000 euro for personal
development, while 25,000 euro is intended for the realisation of a special project focused on colour. The Sikkens Foundation decided to increase the prize money to an amount which expresses the value to the laureate and fits the stature of the prize.
Chairman Lennart Booij: ‘The Sikkens Foundation wants to strengthen the connecting and inspirational power of art and creativity, and colour plays a distinctive role in this. This is now underlined by the increase of the prize money, which thus gives a substantial boost to the winner’s work and career and will contribute to art and culture in a broad sense.’
On 7 October 2024, the new laureate will be awarded the Sikkens Prize 2024 and receive the increased prize money.
Announcement: Sikkens Prize 2024 award ceremony
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Hella Jongerius’s archive enters Vitra Design Museum
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Sikkens Prize increased to € 75,000
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Announcement of winners Grey goes Green
Anniversary film … celebrating the Sikkens Foundation’s 50th birthday
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Grey goes Green: adding colour to your community
Awarding Sikkens Prize to Carolyn Porco (2020) and Piet Oudolf (2022)
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Sikkens Foundation designs win European Design Awards
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Sikkens Prize awarded to Hella Jongerius
Short documentary about Hella Jongerius
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NRC-newspaper supplement about Hella Jongerius and Sikkens Prize
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Narayan Khandekar holds Mondrian Lecture 2017
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Publication of Narayan Khandekar’s Mondrian Lecture ‘Collecting Colour’
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Performance by Eef van Breen Group and Envisions
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Sikkens Prize 2017 for Hella Jongerius
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Publication: David Chipperfield – The Embedded Nomad
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