Jury | Painting Of The Year

From October 1^st 2020, when registrations for the competition are closed, the professional jury will start its work. These are all people who in their daily work deal with different facets of (contemporary) painting. First the professional jury will assess all entries (digitally) with a grade from 0 to 10. From the 50 nominees with the highest grades it will choose the 20 finalists, the top 10 and the winner of Painting of the Year 2020. The winner will be announced on December 1^st or short thereafter via a personal message, the website, press release(s), newsletters and Facebook.

Leo van Heijningen

Leo van Heijningen (1955) is an art historian and the gallery owner of Kunstzaal van Heijningen in The Hague.

Edwin Becker

Edwin Becker (1963) has been working at the Van Gogh Museum since 1992, specialising in visual and applied art from the fin-de-siècle, resulting in presentations of surprising and undiscovered themes and artists.