Van Achterbergh Prize 2024: Terra Delft

17 August 2024 to 4 May 2025

From 17 August 2024 to 4 May 2025, the Princessehof National Museum of Ceramics will present an exhibition featuring work from the collection of Galerie Terra Delft. The gallery will receive this year's Van Achterbergh Prize for being advocates of ceramics in the Netherlands with enormous passion and perseverance. Gallery owners Joke Doedens and Simone Haak have been collecting leading contemporary ceramics since 1986. In the exhibition Van Achterbergh Prize 2024: Terra Delft - a boundless love for ceramics, a selection of ten works is shown from the Terra Delft collection, and one work from the Princessehof collection. This outlines a timeline of the gallery.

Featuring work by Felicity Aylieff (England, 1954), Daphne Corregan (United States, 1954), Wouter Dam (The Netherlands, 1957), Ken Eastman (England, 1960), Liesbeth Kamp (The Netherlands, 1962), Jackson Li (China, 1953), Hein Severijns (The Netherlands, 1936), Olav Slingerland (The Netherlands, 1969), Carolein Smit (The Netherlands, 1960) and Ann Van Hoey (Belgium, 1956).

Ann Van Hoey, #86 Maroon object, 3 knippen (links) en #10 Rood object, 2 knippen (rechts) 2021, engobe steengoed | Collectie Gal

Galerie Terra Delft

Galerie Terra Delft was founded in 1986 by goldsmith and bookkeeper Joke Doedens and ceramist Simone Haak. In 2024, the gallery will celebrate its 38th anniversary. After the termination of Galerie De Witte Voet and Galerie Carla Koch, Galerie Terra Delft is still one of the very few galleries in the Netherlands specialising in contemporary ceramics.

According to the jury of the Van Achterbergh Prize (consisting of chairman Marcel Brouwer, Nico Mogendorff, Gerda Brust, Nora Leijen and Aty Köhne), you can visit the gallery for beautifully designed utilitarian objects as well as autonomous one-offs. ‘This combination is unique and thus Galerie Terra Delft attracts a wide audience of both specialised collectors and lovers of contemporary ceramics, where quality is always paramount.’

The jury continued: 'Galerie Terra Delft promotes and shows contemporary autonomous work, thus acquiring a position of its own in Delft alongside the (globally) famous Delft pottery. But they do not limit themselves to Delft. In 2012, a collaboration with the Sanbao Ceramic Art Institute in Jingdezhen, China was established and Terra organises exchanges of ceramists and exhibitions. This even led to the opening of a Terra branch in Beijing in spring 2021: Terra Beijing. The gallery presents contemporary ceramics internationally and promotes cultural cooperation between east and west.'

The Van Achterbergh-Domhof Foundation

The Van Achterbergh-Domhof Foundation manages the estate of the collector and founder, J.W.N. van Achterbergh (1928-2009). Since its establishment in 2005, the foundation has been promoting applied arts, especially those of ancient and modern ceramics. To this end, the foundation grants subsidies to ceramists, artists and institutions. In addition, the Van Achterbergh Prize is awarded every two years.