About

  • MISSION

    Rutger Brandt Gallery is dedicated to showcasing socially engaged and narrative contemporary art, featuring both emerging young artists and established international artists in a multi-generational program. Our mission is to promote artists who create thought-provoking works that address current politics and modern themes which reflect the spirit of this age. Our diverse range of artists explore various aspects of human experiences and relations, particularly those of alienation, isolation, and absurdism in modern society. Through their use of various mediums, our artists seek to challenge traditional forms of representation and shed light on unexpected aspects of everyday life, encouraging self-reflection and global awareness.

     

    Our annual exhibition program presents a wide range of critical shows that tackle social, political, and global issues. Our exhibitions offer new perspectives with each artist pushing the limits of their medium and producing critically engaging subject matter. At Rutger Brandt Gallery, we strive to foster a community of artists and art enthusiasts who are passionate about socially engaged and provocative contemporary art.

     

    Rutger Brandt Gallery was officially established in 2015. A few years earlier Galerie Brandt was founded and after moving to its present location merged into Rutger Brandt Gallery. The gallery participates in several art fairs in The Netherlands and abroad; The Armory Show, New York, USA, Untitled; Art, Miami, USA, Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands,  Expo Chicago, USA and PAN Amsterdam, The Netherlands. We cooperates with like-minded galleries and art institutes throughout Europe and the USA and Asia.

     

     

    Opening hours during exhibitions: Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 12 – 5pm or by appointment.

  • KUNSTKOOP

    Rutger Brandt Gallery offers her clients the KunstKoopRegeling. This is an interest free plan from The Mondriaan Fund for those residing in The Netherlands. Rutger Brandt Gallery conformst to the Gallery Fair Practice Code. This code is a permanent condition for Dutch galleries to strengthen the position of the artist in relation to the gallery.  This code was initiated by the Mondriaan Fund in cooperation with the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) and will officially be respected in Dutch galleries as of July 1, 2023.

  • GALLERY FAIR PRACTICE CODE

    Rutger Brandt Gallery conforms to the Gallery Fair Practice Code. This code is a permanent condition for Dutch galleries to strengthen the position of the artist in relation to the gallery. This code was initiated by the Mondriaan Fund in cooperation with the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) and will officially be respected in Dutch galleries as of July 1, 2023. To read the code and see how we ensure a fair practice, please check https://www.mondriaanfonds.nl/en/gallery-fair-practice-code/.

     

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    1. The gallery in question records in writing the relationship between the gallery and the artist, including agreements regarding the duration of the agreement, prices and any applicable discounts. Other matters that may be recorded in this document include: monitoring and evaluation of the agreements, both parties’ targets (e.g. regarding international visibility), the relationship with a second gallery, agreements regarding the settlement of any discounts, regarding commissions from third parties, or the settlement of other expenses such as for transport, photography, insurance or the construction of an exhibition. Model contracts are available on the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) website.

    2. The artist remains the owner of their work until the full amount is paid to the gallery, with the exception of secondary trading. This also applies in the case of gallery bankruptcy or attachment.

    3. The gallery shall transfer the full artist’s share of the sales price agreed with the customer within 60 days following the sale of the artist’s work, and provide the artist with the buyer’s name and contact details, and a copy of the invoice.

    4. Unsold artworks in the charge of the gallery must always be returned to the artist within a month, if requested by the artist.

    5. The relationship between galleries may involve competition and rivalry, but in the case of different galleries representing the same artist, the galleries should in all respects remain loyal to the interests of the artist in question. If a gallery exclusively represents an artist, thereby acting as their ‘mother gallery’, and another gallery would like to organise an exhibition with this artist, the involved parties should make written agreements regarding the conditions under which the exhibition can be held (see appendix for a Dutch Gallery Association (NGA) model contract).

    6. The gallery is expected to be professional and competent, and to maintain this professionalism and competence.

    7. The gallery vouches for the authenticity of the work that they are selling.* In the case that a work is adjudged to be fake by a recognised independent party, the customer may return the work to the gallery owner and have the amount paid for the work refunded.

    8. A gallery states the following on their website: their objectives, programme, working method and the artists that they represent.

    9. A gallery is expected to act in accordance with the Fair Practice Code (fairpracticecode.nl), which includes an assurance against inappropriate behaviour at the gallery and elsewhere.

    *if desired, certificates of authenticity can be requested from the Dutch Gallery Association (NGA)