As the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art prepares to inaugurate its museum by 2030, the City of Caen is organising, in collaboration with the Fondation, a unique exhibition dedicated to the collector Jean Claude Gandur, running from 26 June to 28 September 2025 at Caen Town Hall. The public is invited to explore the personal world of this passionate collector: his choices, and the distinctive "eye" that has guided him over the past 40 years in assembling collections as vaste as they are eclectic.

Entitled In the Eye of the Collector: Paving the Way for the Future Museum in Caen, the exhibition brings together 80 works drawn from the Fondation’s five collections: fine arts, decorative arts, Greco-Roman and Egyptian archaeology, ethnology, and contemporary art from the African continent and diaspora. Spanning various cultures and historical periods, the works presented have all been selected by Jean Claude Gandur to offer the people of Caen and the wider region a compelling and representative first glimpse of his collections.

Through four thematic sections, the exhibition brings together works from vastly different eras and cultures in a shared conversation.The exhibition reflects the collector’s core belief: that art is a universal language, a powerful vehicle for connection and understanding across cultures.

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