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The Fondation's 15th anniversary January 2025
Le Musée rêvé
A commission to Ivan Messac
To celebrate the Fondation's 15th anniversary, artist Ivan Messac agreed to create the artwork Le Musée rêvé [The Dreamt Museum], a prelude to the opening of a cultural and artistic space in Caen (Normandy), which will welcome Jean Claude Gandur's collections.
Loan November 2024
Nadia Léger: A woman of the avant-garde
From November 8, 2024, to March 23, 2025, the Musée Maillol is hosting a retrospective dedicated to Nadia Léger (1904–1982), an iconic figure of 20th-century art whose extraordinary journey remains largely unknown. The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art contributes to this tribute with the loan of four works from her circle, shedding light on the breadth of her talent and her contribution to 20th-century art.
Loan October 2024
Judit Reigl, L'envol. Dessins et peintures (1954-2012)
From October 26, 2024, to February 23, 2025, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen will present an exhibition dedicated to Judit Reigl’s major series of drawings, from her Éclatements on paper (1954) to her Oiseaux (2012). On this occasion, the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art is lending two emblematic painted works, highlighting the close connection between painting and drawing in the artist’s work.
Loan October 2024
Dubuffet and Art Brut. Outsider Art
From October 12, 2024, to February 16, 2025, the Mudec in Milan will host the exhibition Dubuffet e l'art brut. L’arte deli outsider, dedicated to the artist Jean Dubuffet and the movement he founded in post-war Paris to celebrate a form of art liberated from bourgeois and academic tradition and aesthetic conventions. The Fondation is lending four works for this occasion.
Loan October 2024
Jean Tinguely
From October 10, 2024, to February 2, 2025, Pirelli HangarBicocca presents a retrospective on Jean Tinguely, one of art's greatest adventurers after 1945. The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art loans two works for this exhibition that underlines the radical and experimental nature of the artist, whose moving sculptures continues to shape contemporary art to this day.
Loan October 2024
Niki de Saint Phalle
From October 5, 2024, to February 16, 2025, Mudec brings to Milano the first retrospective in an Italian museum on French American artist Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002). Regarded as one of the 20th century's most influential artists, she is known for challenging gender stereotypes and advocating for freedom and rights through her art. The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art participates in this exhibition by loaning two Nanas from 1965.