The Fondation Gandur pour l’Art has put in place a sponsorship programme destined to provide financial support to various restoration and preservation projects that have a link with our collections.
Examples include the Franco-Swiss archaeological mission to Saqqara (Egypt), the "Bosporus research" pole at Kerch (Crimea, Ukraine), and the funding of a UNESCO Chair in International Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage at the University of Geneva (Switzerland).
In order to apply, institutions interested in benefiting from this program will be required to submit a complete dossier, including a description of the project, its relevance, a financial budget, the team responsible for the project and their areas of expertise, as well as a mention of any funding already acquired or requested. Applications should also specify the number of years over which the project is expected to last, and, if applicable, the foreseen solutions to ensure that they are sustainable.
Once the grant has been awarded, the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art reserves the right to suspend or cancel the payment of the grant if the heritage restoration or preservation activities have not been carried out within the stated timeframe, or if the facts provided in the application are no longer met (for instance, in the case of a change in the political situation, a change of project manager, a war and so on).
2017-2026 – University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
UNESCO Chair in International Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage
The UNESCO Chair in International Law for the Protection of Cultural Heritage was created in 2012 because of its innovative, international and multidisciplinary nature.
2015-2025 – University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Franco-Swiss archaeological mission to Saqqara (Egypt)
Benefitting from the support of the FGA since the academic year 2015-2016 and for a period of 5 years, this Mission aims to deepen and improve the research and study of The Pyramid Texts, the oldest preserved collection of religious texts in the history of humanity.
In 1987, then in 2012, the Mission decided to extend its action and to undertake the excavation of the pyramid complexes of the royal family around the pyramid of Pépy 1st.
2017 - 2023 – SUPPORT FOR THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION AT THE TOMB OF THE NEFERHOTEP IN DEIR EL-MEDINEH
Cheops Archaeology Fund
Since 2016, the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art has supported projects led by the Fonds Khéops pour l’Archéologie, which contributes to the safeguarding and conservation of Egyptian heritage. It supports the archaeological mission at the tomb of Neferhotep in Deir El-Medineh (near Luxor), which carries out conservation and restoration work, epigraphic surveys, as well as 3D models of the tomb.
2021-2023 - National Institute of Art History (INHA), Paris, France
Support for the repertorial project of antique sales in France during the 19th century
Originating from auction sales of antique works in the 19th century, the aim of repertorial project is to analyse the biography (origin, path, price evolution) and the reception of antique objects (vases, statues, statuettes, wall paintings, etc.). It also examines the way archaeological collections were put together in France and abroad, what were the activities of large and small collectors, as well as those of institutions, dealers, and intermediaries.
2021-2023 – University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Support for the teaching of Egyptology at the University of Fribourg
This support from the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art has the objective to provide historians, archaeologists and philologists, as well as interested students from other disciplines, with an introduction to the history of the true cradle of our civilization.
Past patronage
2022 – Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Paris, France
Support of the acquisition of a crater with columns from the Hope collection of the National Library of France
2022 - Musée Bible + Orient, Fribourg, Switzerland
Support for the publication of the book "La collection égyptienne du musée Bible+Orient"
2021 – Swansea University, Swansea, Wales, 2021
Participation to the Swansea University digital catalog project
2021 – Fondation d’Olcah pour la Basilique Notre-Dame, Lausanne, Switzerland
Participation to the interior rehabilitation of the Basilique Notre-Dame in Lausanne
2020-2021 – University of Lausanne, Bosporan Studies, Lausanne, Switzerland
Support for the publication of research articles about Soviet and post-Soviet iconography
2020-2021 – Institut National de Recherches Archéologiques Préventives (INRAP), Paris, France
Support for the creation of an online museum gallery for the INRAP
2021 – University of Geneva, Faculty of Humanities, Geneva, Switzerland
Support for the publication of the scientific work "Décoration intérieure et plaisir des sens"
2021 – Renaud Faroux
Support for the publication of the book " Le Pop Art en Europe. From Valério Adami to Christian Zeimert”
2020 – Éditions Mare & Martin, Paris, France
Support for the publication of the monograph and the catalogue raisonné on Gérard Schlosser
2020 – Éditions du Centre Pompidou, Flammarion, Paris, France
Participation in the catalog "Martin Barré, Retrospective”
2020 – University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland
Participation to the study and 3D modelling of the Wadi Fazaa rock art in Menjez
2020 – Fondation Bible+Orient, Fribourg, Switzerland
Support for the Papyri Friburgenses project of the Bible+Orient Museum
2020 – Archéologie & Patrimoine en Méditerrannée (Arpamed), Paris, France
Participation to the conservation of an Osirian chapel in Karnak, Egypt
2019 – Musée du quai Branly, Paris, France
Participation to the restoration campaign of the museum's musical instruments
2019 – DR. HANY TAYEB, FACULTY OF ARCHAEOLOGY, CAIRO UNIVERSITY, CAIRO, EGYPT
Support for the archaeological mission at the Tomb of Rachepses
2019 – Anne-Camille Charliat, Artemisia Productions, France
Support for the documentary project "La quête de la lumière picturale"
2019 – Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France
Participation to the restoration campaign of Skeleton in Armour, Walter Crane
2019 – Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives, Paris, France
Support for the restoration of two medieval statues in Laives, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
2018 – Antigel festival, Geneva, Switzerland
Support for the performance On va là d'où l'on vient / Going where we come from by Olivia Fahmy, Maëlle Gross, Marie Jolliet and Elena Riga
2018 – Fondation L'Estrée, Transvaldésia Festival , Switzerland
Show Monsieur René et le Théâtre about the figure of René Morax
2018 – Editions Favre, Lausanne, Suisse
Support for the publication of Yves Ubelmann's book, "Patrimoine Mutilé"
2018 – Quotidien La Côte, Nyon, Suisse
Support for the digitization project of the archives of the daily newspaper La Côte
2018 – Senghor University, Alexandria, Egypt
Colloquium “De la pierre au papier, du papier au numérique : Quels moyens de sauvegarde du patrimoine ?”
2014-2017 – Luxor (Western bank of the Nile), Egypt
Memnon Colosseum and Amenhotep III Temple Conservation Project
2011-2017 – Institute of Archaeology and Ancient Sciences, UNIL University of Lausanne, Switzerland
Bosporan Studies Research Centre
2017 – Théâtre des Marionnettes de Genève, Switzerland
Preservation of the archives of the Théâtre des Marionnettes de Genève
2017 – Fondation MAMCO, Geneva, Switzerland
Funding enabling the acquisition of a collection of conceptual and minimalist art works
2017 – Amis des Musées de la Ville de Rouen (Friends of the Museums of the City of Rouen), Rouen, France
Funding enabling the acquisition of a royal tea service
2013 – Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Funding enabling the acquisition of La Synagogue and Saint Jean
