About

  • Mission

    Founded in 2015, Brandt Gallery is a contemporary art gallery based in Amsterdam, presenting an international program of emerging, mid-career, and established artists. The gallery is committed to building enduring relationships with its artists, supporting the development of their practices through exhibitions, publications, institutional collaborations, and international partnerships.

     

    The gallery represents artists working across a wide range of media whose practices are united by a shared interest in narrative, social engagement, and critical reflection. Their work offers fresh perspectives on contemporary culture, examining the complexities of everyday life while expanding the possibilities of visual representation.

     

    Through a thoughtfully curated exhibition program, Brandt Gallery aims to create exhibitions that are both visually resonant and intellectually engaging. Situated in the centre of Amsterdam, the gallery serves as a place for dialogue, discovery, and exchange, connecting artists with collectors, curators, institutions, and audiences from the Netherlands and abroad.

     

     The gallery participates in several art fairs in The Netherlands and abroad; The Armory Show, New York, USA, Untitled; Art, Miami, USA, Expo Chicago, USA, NADA, New York, USA, Art Toronto, Canada, Art Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 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.

  • Gallery fair practice code

    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. 

     

    In 2021, the Fair Practice Code became a fixed provision for the part of the cultural sector that is supported by public resources. The Mondriaan Fund supports the gallery sector in a number of ways, and therefore believes that it is important that the principles outlined in the Fair Practice Code are also self-evident in the gallery sector. As of July 1, 2023, the Gallery Fair Practice Code will become a permanent condition for galleries that want to offer the KunstKoop or receive a contribution for a foreign art fair. It is important to always apply the code and explain what it entails. The galleries are expected to publish the Code in full and in a prominent position on their website, alongside the declaration that they endorse the Code.

     

    The Code

     

    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 address 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)

     

    To read more about the Mondrian Fund, please follow this link.