Exhibitions

Since 2011, the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art lends its works to the most prestigious institutions in the museum world so that they can be discovered by as many people as possible : from the Juan March Foundation in Madrid to the Hermitage in Lausanne, from the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao to the Museum of Modern Art in the city of Paris.

The Foundation wished to briefly retrace the purpose of the exhibitions for which it has lent works. These texts are largely inspired and drawn from the sites relating to the exhibitions of the borrowing institutions, for which they are thanked here.  The Foundation is pleased to be able to contribute to the influence of the artists and the different cultures exhibited through these loans.

Mudec - Museo delle Culture di Milano, Milan (IT) 5 October 2024 - 16 February 2025

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.

Curator: Lucia Pesapane

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Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles (FR) 5 October 2024 - 9 February 2025

The High Yellow Note

From October 5, 2024, to February 9, 2025, the Vincent van Gogh Foundation Arles will present the exhibition The High Yellow Note, exploring Vincent van Gogh’s quest, and that of the artists he inspired, to achieve the "high yellow note." The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art contributes to this theme through the loan of a work by Asger Jorn.

Curators: Bice Curiger, Margaux Bonopera

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Musée Jenisch Vevey, Vevey (CH) 13 September 2024 - 12 January 2025

Ferdinand Springer
Gesture and mind

Following an exceptional donation, the Musée Jenisch Vevey highlights the work of painter-engraver Ferdinand Springer (1907–1998) in the exhibition Ferdinand Springer: Gesture and mind. Objects from past civilisations, including three works from the Fondation, put in perspective the practice of this Swiss artist of the 20^th century.

Curators : Anne Deltour, Margaux Honegger.

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CIAJG, Guimarães (PT) 7 September 2024 - 15 December 2024

CONTEXTILE 2024
Contemporary Textile Art Biennial

For its 7th edition, the CONTEXTILE biennial, dedicated to contemporary textile art, dreams big. More than 1300 artists from 79 countries gather in Portugal's small town of Guimarães. For the first time, the manifestation includes a solo exhibition highlighting the work of Catalan artist Josep Grau-Garriga. On this occasion, the Fondation loans one of the artist's most iconic tapestries.

Curators: Lala de Diós et Esther Grau

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Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona (ES) 17 July 2024 - 13 February 2025

Antoni Tàpies
The Practice of Art

To mark the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012), the Fundació Antoni Tàpies and the Museo Reina Sofía have organised a major retrospective on the artist. With more than 220 works, including two artworks on loan from the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, the exhibition shines a light on his career from 1943 to 2012.

Curator: Manuel Borja-Villel

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Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux (FR) 27 June 2024 - 3 November 2024

Vivre et mourir en Égypte

The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art lends ten works to the Musée d'Aquitaine, located in Bordeaux, for the exhibition Vivre et mourir en Égypte (Living and Dying in Egypt) running from the 27^th of June to the 3^rd of November 2024. This exhibition offers an unprecedented exploration of the cultural exchanges that took place between the Greeks and Egyptians during the Ptolemaic era.

Curators: Laurent Védrine, Marie-Pierre Chaufray, Raphaëlle Meffre, Anne Ziéglé

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Site archéologique Lattara, Musée Henri Prades (FR) 20 June 2024 - 3 February 2025

Senteurs célestes
arômes du passé

The exhibition Senteurs célestes, arômes du passé (Heavenly scents, aromas of the past), presented at the Site archéologique Lattara, Musée Henri Prades, in Montpellier from the 20^th of June 2024 to the 3^rd of February 2025, invites its visitors to explore the history of scents in the ancient Mediterranean. Two works from the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art are on loan for the occasion.

Curators: Diane Dusseaux, Jérôme Gonzalez, Éric Perrin-Saminadayar, Rosa Plana-Mallart, Frédéric Servajean

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Heart: Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Danemark 24 May 2024 - 24 November 2024

Socle du Monde
Do it

The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art is lending twenty works by artists of the New Realism movement to the HEART – Herning Museum of Contemporary Art from May 24 to November 24, 2024, for the first exhibition of this group in Denmark.

Curator: Tijs Visser

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Kunst Haus Wien, Museum Hundertwasser, Vienna (AT) 28 February 2024 - 1 January 2027

Long-term loan to the Museum Hundertwasser

Inaugurated on February 28, the KunstHausWien, which houses the Museum Hundertwasser, reopened in its completely renovated original building with a new display of its permanent collection. On this occasion, the Fondation pour l'Art loans over a three-year period Le Presque Cercle from the Austrian painter.

Curator: Andreas J. Hirsch

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Hall of Ancient Egypt

The long-term partnership between the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art (FGA) and the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) was established in 2021. An initial selection of fifteen masterpieces from the FGA are presented in the permanent hall of Egyptian art of the HMNS. Their unveiling is scheduled to coincide with the opening of the exhibition Ramses the Great and the Gold of the Pharaohs. The bust of Ramses loaned by the FGA serves as a practical link between the permanent displays and the temporary exhibition, which showcases artefacts exclusively selected from Egyptian institutions.

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