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
Olivia Alexandra Fahmy is an art historian specialising in contemporary art. She has been a curator at the Fondation Gandur pour l’Art since 2020. She holds a Master’s degree in Art History and History from the University of Lausanne (2016), as well as a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art Theory from Goldsmiths, University of London (2022), with a focus on critical approaches to art and cultural studies related to African diasporas. She regularly collaborates with art schools, including HEAD – Geneva and ECAL – Lausanne. Previously, she served as Exhibition Curator and Collections Associate at the Musée d’art de Pully, and later as Publications Officer at the Centre de la photographie Genève. In 2022, she was awarded a research grant by Pro Helvetia to conduct interviews with the art scene in Cairo, Egypt, where she trained in Modern Standard Arabic in 2024. Since 2023, she has also been a member of the Cultural Activities Commission attached to the General Directorate of Culture of the Canton of Vaud.
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
Dr Aurélie Quirion
Scientific collaborator Archaeology Collection
Margot Laeser
Assistant curator fine art collection
Nathalie Dioh
Assistant curator, collection of African Contemporary Art and of the diaspora
Jacques Besson
Registrar
Lara Broillet
Executive assistant to the Board
Marie Chatel
Communications Officer
Aïda Falquet
Acquisitions Coordinator
Gilles Humbel
IT Manager
Evelyne Treyer
Loan coordinator
