2025

Caen Town Hall, Caen (FR)    16 June 2025 Upcoming exhibition

In the Eye of the Collector: Paving the Way for the Future Museum in Caen

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.

Fonds Hélène & Édouard Leclerc pour la Culture, Landerneau (FR)    14 June 2025 loan

Animal !?

The thematic and group exhibition Animal!? offers a cross-disciplinary and transhistorical exploration of the place of animals in artistic representation. Arguably one of the earliest subjects in the history of art, animals have appeared since prehistoric cave paintings and have remained a central motif across the centuries up to the present day. On this occasion, the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art is lending ancient artefacts and post-war paintings.

MAH, Musée Rath, Geneva    22 May 2025 Loan

Jean Tinguely

The Musée d’Art et d’Histoire of Geneva (MAH) pays tribute to Jean Tinguely in celebration of the centenary of his birth. The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art has contributed to this unique event through the loan of six significant works.

Caumont - Centre d'Art, Aix-en-Provence (FR)    30 April 2025 Loan

Niki de Saint Phalle. Le bestiaire magique

Renowned for her incredible Nanas, Niki de Saint Phalle developed a powerful, committed universe, vibrant with energy and poetry. The exhibition Niki de Saint Phalle. Le bestiaire magique retraces her entire career, offering a fresh perspective through the lens of animal representation. Designed as an initiatory fairy tale that invites visitors to wander among mischievous creatures, it reveals how her work is inhabited by a fascinating magical bestiary, where symbols, myths, autobiographical narrative, and the legacy of Surrealism intertwine.

Speyer Historisches Museum, Speyer (DE)    15 April 2025 Loan

Caesar & Kleopatra

He was considered Rome’s most powerful politician, she the most beautiful woman of classical antiquity: Caesar and Cleopatra! Speyer's Historical Museum of the Palatinate is devoting a cultural history exhibition from April 13 to October 26, 2025 to the arguably most famous lovers of antiquity, for which the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art loans more than a dozen objects.

Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice    14 April 2025 Loan

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Anatomy of Space

In collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, the Monnaie de Paris is devoting a retrospective to Georges Mathieu (1921–2012), a leading figure of lyrical abstraction whose work has long been overlooked by French institutions. The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art joins this tribute with the loan of two works from the 1940s, marking the beginning of a pictorial career driven by spontaneity and emotion, memory, and a desire to make art accessible to the widest possible audience.

Monnaie de Paris, Paris (FR)    11 April 2025 Loan

Georges Mathieu

In collaboration with the Centre Pompidou, the Monnaie de Paris is devoting a retrospective to Georges Mathieu (1921–2012), a leading figure of lyrical abstraction whose work has long been overlooked by French institutions. The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art joins this tribute with the loan of two works from the 1940s, marking the beginning of a pictorial career driven by spontaneity and emotion, memory, and a desire to make art accessible to the widest possible audience.

Fondation Boghossian, Bruxelles (BE)    19 March 2025 Loan

Timeless gazes : from pharaohs to the present day

The Boghossian Foundation and the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art jointly present, from April 10 to September 7, 2025, Timeless gazes : from pharaohs to the present day, an exhibition celebrating ancient Egypt and contemporary art in relation to the African continent.

Caen/Le Havre, France   17 March 2025 Caen Horizon 2030

Students from E2SE Business School study the future museum of the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art

The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art is pleased to collaborate with E2SE Business School on a case study focused on its future museum, which will be established in Caen. Over the course of one semester, students in the "Manager of Communication and Marketing Strategies" (MSCM) programme will develop a communication strategy for this large-scale project as part of their Master's Year 1.

Musée de Normandie - Château de Caen, Caen (FR)    13 March 2025 Exhibition

Par tous les dieux !

From April 5 to September 28, 2025, the exhibition Par tous les dieux ! – jointly organised by the Musée de Normandie and the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, as part of the Millennium celebrations of the city of Caen – invites visitors to discover famous or lesser-known gods who shaped Antiquity and continue to fascinate today.

24 February 2025 Caen Horizon 2030

The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art entrusts the programming of its future museum to AP'Culture

The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art is taking a further step towards realising its museum project in Caen by entrusting the programming and project management mission to AP'CULTURE, which will be working in collaboration with VOGT Landscape Architects, VERTICAL SEA and INNOVISION.

Barberini Museum, Postdam    13 February 2025 Loan

Kandinsky's Universe
Geometric Abstraction from Constructivism to Op Art

From February 15 to May 18, 2025, the Barberini Museum devotes an exhibition to geometric abstraction in the 20th-century. Kandinsky's Universe: Geometric Abstraction from Constructivism to Op Art includes 13 artworks loaned by the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art. 

Musée Soulages, Rodez    23 January 2025 Loan

Geneviève Asse
Le bleu prend tout ce qui passe

From 25 January to 18 May 2025, the exhibition Geneviève Asse. Le bleu prend tout ce qui passe brings together seventy works by French painter and engraver Geneviève Asse (1923-2021) at the Musée Soulages in Rodez. The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art is lending two artworks from its collection for the occasion.

Art Genève, Palexpo, Geneva    14 January 2025 exhibition

Dessiner la modernité. Œuvres sur papier de la Fondation Gandur pour l’Art

The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art is pleased to participate in the 13th edition of Art Genève, held from 30 January to 2 February 2025 at Palexpo, Geneva. For the occasion, the Fondation will present Dessiner la modernité. Œuvres sur papier de la Fondation Gandur pour l’Art (Drawing Modernity: Works on Paper from the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art), revealing a little-known aspect of its art collection, in contrast with the Fondation’s abstract art exhibitions focusing on works created after 1945.

2 January 2025 The Fondation's 15th anniversary

Le Musée rêvé
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.

2024

Musée Maillol, Paris (FR)    8 November 2024 Loan

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.  

Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen (FR)    25 October 2024 Loan

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.

Caen CIty Hall, Caen    25 October 2024 Conference

Jean Claude Gandur presents his collections to the people of Caen

Mudec - Museo delle Culture di Milano, Milan (IT)    12 October 2024 Loan

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.

Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan (IT)    10 October 2024 Loan

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.

Mudec - Museo delle Culture di Milano, Milan (IT)    3 October 2024 Loan

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.

Fondation Vincent Van Gogh, Arles (FR)    2 October 2024 Loan

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.

Musée d'art de Pully, Pully (VD)    13 September 2024 Exhibition

Narrative Figuration
Another Pop Language

To mark its 75th anniversary, the Musée d'art de Pully will present from September 13 to December 15, 2024, an exhibition dedicated to Narrative Figuration. With a selection of more than 80 artworks from the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, the exhibition visitors to rediscover this less-known movement of the 1960s and 1970s artistic scene.

Musée Jenisch Vevey, Vevey    13 September 2024 Loan

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.

Guimarães, Portugal    2 September 2024 Loan

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 retrospective highlighting the work of Catalan artist Josep Grau-Garriga. On this occasion, the Fondation loans one of the artist's most iconic tapestries.

Fundació Antoni Tàpies, ES    17 July 2024 Loan

Antoni Tapiès, The Practice of Art

The second stage of the exhibition Antoni Tapiès, The Practice of Art, marking the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012), opens on July 17 at the Fundació Antoni Tàpiès. 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.

1 July 2024 Agenda

Summer Staples

With Summer just around the corner, the Fondation invites you to discover its selection of staple exhibitions. Enjoy your break!

Site archéologique Lattara, Musée Henri Prades (FR)   20 June 2024 Loan

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.

Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux    20 June 2024 Loan

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.

Caen, France    24 May 2024 Announcement

The city of Caen will welcome the collections of the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art

Jean Claude Gandur announces choosing the city of Caen to make accessible and visible to all the artworks he collected, which now form the World-Class collections that the Fondation aspires to preserve and showcase. The future museum, a beacon of cross-generational interactions, will serve as a hub for diverse public engagement. It will be a space where people of all ages and backgrounds can meet, learn, and share through the five main fields of the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art.

La Boverie, Liège (BE)    24 May 2024 Loan

Abstrait :

No less than seven major artworks from the fine art collection are on temporary display at La Boverie, Musée des Beaux-arts de Liège (BE), as part of the « Abstrait: » exhibition on view from May 31 to August 18, 2024.

HEART - Herning Museum of Contemporary Art    24 May 2024 Loan

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.

São Bento Palace, Lisbon    24 April 2024 Loan

A nós a liberdade

Among events to celebrate the Carnation Revolution, Portugal devotes a solo exhibition to artist Helena Maria Vieira da Silva at the São Bento Palace. The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art takes part in this event through the loan of a work from its collection.

Musée du Louvre-Lens, Lens (FR)    25 March 2024 Loan

Subterranean Worlds

Echoing the Hauts-de-France region’s history, the Louvre-Lens presents a thematic exhibition about subterranean worlds. This authentic yet invisible universe has fed humanity’s fantasies and hopes. To illustrate the infernal creatures whose imaginations have often inhabited the earth’s bowels, the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art lends a fascinating Lavamano decorated with devils from the Tuscan Renaissance.

KunstHausWien, Museum Hundertwasser    28 February 2024 Loan

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.

Grey Art Museum, New York, US    27 February 2024 loan

Americans in Paris

For its reopening, NYU's Grey Art Museum dedicates its first exhibition to American artists, who flocked to the City of Light after World War II. Americans in Paris explores a vibrant community of expatriates who lived in France for a year or more during the period from 1946 to 1962.

Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (ES)    21 February 2024 loan

Antoni Tàpies. The Practice of Art

To mark the centenary of the birth of Antoni Tàpies (1923–2012), the Museo Reina Sofía and Fundació Antoni Tàpies have organised a major retrospective on the artist. With more than 220 works from museums and private collections from all over the world to shine a light on his career arc from 1943 to 2012.

Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne (CH)    9 February 2024 loan

Nicolas de Staël

The Fondation de l’Hermitage is partnering with the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris / Paris Musées to stage a major retrospective of Nicolas de Staël (1914-1955), a key figure in post-war art.

2023

19 December 2023 publication

Quel avenir pour les œuvres orphelines ?

Press release of the proceedings volume of the symposium organised by the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art, the Art Law Centre of the University of Geneva and UNIDROIT Quel avenir pour les œuvres orphelines ? (University of Geneva, Art Law Centre, 4-5 February 2021).

Fondation Opale, Lens (CH)    17 December 2023 loan

High Five !

The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art is taking part in the High Five! exhibition at the Fondation Opale in Lens (VS) from 17 December 2023 to 14 April 2024.

Műcsarnok — Kunsthalle, Budapest    4 October 2023 loan

REIGL JUDIT 100 – Judit Reigl and the Second School of Paris

In addition to Paris and Berlin, Budapest is also paying tribute to the painter Judit Reigl, who was born in Hungary 100 years ago. To crown the events celebrating the centenary, the Műcsarnok - Kunsthalle Budapest is organising a major retrospective presenting the seven decades of the artist's life and work.

2021

Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid (ES)    27 November 2021 Partnership

Vasos Comunicantes. Colección 1881-2021.

Within the context of its partnership with the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía established since 2015, the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art plays a role in the new presentation of the Museum’s permanent collection, unveiled in November 2021, and entitled Vasos Comunicantes. Colección 1881-2021.  Thirteen works from the Fondation’s fine art collection have been lent to the Museum and can be seen in the Doble exposición: el arte y la Guerra Fría section.

Houston Museum of Natural Science, Houston (USA)    20 November 2021 Partnership

Long-term partnership with the Houston Museum of Natural Science

The long-term partnership between the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art and the Houston Museum of Natural Science established in 2021 is the first of its kind pertaining to the foundation’s archaeology collection. The initial loan consists of a selection of fifteen ancient Egyptian artefacts that are presented among the permanent collection of the Museum.

2019

17 May 2019 Partnership

Partnership with the Dijon Museum of Fine Arts

The Fondation Gandur pour l'Art has signed a long-term partnership with the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Dijon. Eight works from the FGA that echo the museum’s permanent collection.

Musée d’art et d’histoire, Chaumont    7 February 2019

Presentation of the fragments of the tomb of Autrevillle

Two fragments belong to the Chaumont Museum, the other two are a deposit of the Archaeological Museum of the City of Dijon and a long-term loan from the Fondation Gandur pour l'Art.