Fondation

Curators

The curators oversee the collections. Experts in their respective fields, they also act as curators for off-site exhibitions.

Dr Xavier Droux

Curator
Archaeology Collection

Xavier Droux studied Egyptology at the University of Geneva (1999-2005) before completing his DPhil at the University of Oxford (UK). He is currently an Academic Fellow at the University of Geneva. His primary interest lies in the predynastic period in Egypt. He has been a senior member of the Ashmolean Museum’s Hierakonpolis Expedition (Egypt) since 2003. He is also researching the ancient cultures of Sudan, where is directs the Swiss-French-Sudanese archaeological mission at Kerma - Dukki Gel since 2022 together with Séverine Marchi (CNRS). Upon his return in Switzerland, he joined the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art in 2020. He remains involved in research on predynastic Egypt and contributes, among other things, to the publication of the C-Group Nubian cemetery excavated at Hierakonpolis.

Bertrand Dumas

Curator
Fine Arts Collection

After graduating from the Paris-Sorbonne University and the École du Louvre, Bertrand Dumas taught art history and valuation techniques at the International Studies in History and Business of Art and Culture(Paris, London) from 2006 to 2011. In parallel, as a specialist in historic paintings and drawings, he worked with the Claude Aguttes auction house (Paris-Lyon) before moving to Switzerland in 2011 to specialise in the conservation, documentation and valuation of private collections. A contributor to L'ŒIL magazine, he has published numerous articles since 2006 on ancient, modern and contemporary art. Bertrand Dumas joined the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art in 2018.

Dr Fabienne Fravalo

Curator
Decorative Arts Collection

Born in Nantes (France) in 1980, Fabienne Fravalo jointly studied Literature and Art History at the Sorbonne and at the École du Louvre. A specialist in the history and criticism of the decorative arts, she presented her doctoral thesis at the University of Neuchâtel on the journal Art et Décoration (1897-1914), which was awarded the 2016 Musée d'Orsay Prize. A researcher at INHA (Paris), she has also taught at the Jean Moulin-Lyon III University. She joined the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art in 2015.

Olivia Fahmy

Curator
Collection of African Contemporary Art and of the Diaspora

Specialized in contemporary art, and more specifically in photography, Olivia Fahmy is the author of several texts published in scientific catalogs, art magazines and exhibition catalogs. Previously associate curator at the Musée d’art de Pully (Switzerland) and later in charge of publications at the Centre de la photographie Genève, she has regularly worked as a curator in Switzerland and abroad since 2014. Olivia holds a Master's degree in art history and history and a Bachelor's degree in political science and art history from the universities of Lausanne and Bern. She is currently pursuing a postgraduate specialization in postcolonial studies and aesthetic theory at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Staff

The Fondation is made up of a close-knit team, responsible for overseeing and managing the artworks that make up its collections thanks to an active and dynamic communication.

Anne-Valérie Ecoffey

Scientific collaborator Fine Arts Collection

Adeline Giroud

Scientific collaborator Fine Arts Collection

Margot Laeser

Assistant curator fine art collection

Dr Aurélie Quirion

Scientific collaborator Archaeology Collection

Jacques Besson

Registrar

Lara Broillet

Administrative Assistant

Marie Chatel

Communications Officer

Aïda Falquet

Acquisitions Coordinator

Gilles Humbel

IT Manager

Sylvain Rochat

Loans Coordinator

Caroline Schmidt