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14 & 15 March

A powerful operatic diptych directed by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel, in partnership with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, L’Empereur d’Atlantis, preceded by En vertu de…, unfolds across two iconic venues in one evening.

The first part, staged at the UN, explores contemporary democratic fragilities through Eugene Birman’s modern work, before the audience moves to the Comédie de Genève for Viktor Ullmann’s haunting chamber opera composed in a concentration camp during WWII—a dark, ironic fable on tyranny, death, and the madness of absolute power.

In French, English & German with surtitles in French and English.

Saturday 14 March, 15:00

Imagine if dinosaurs had been able to foresee their own extinction. This unique show blends dance, humor, and science to reflect on today’s world through the fate of these vanished giants. Presented as a danced conference, the artists delve into themes such as growth, power, and evolution, drawing inspiration from Jurassic Park, Fantasia, and Steve Jobs’ talks. It’s a playful and poetic experience suitable for all ages, inviting audiences to rethink their choices and their connection to living beings. The performance is a collaboration with the Groove’N’Move Festival and the Institut Florimont. Choreographed by Santiago Codon Gras and performed by Ludovic Piscionneri, Maëlle Dufour, Virgile Garcia, and Santiago Codon Gras.

Kids ages 6 and up.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

4 – 15 March

Mauren Brodbeck presents Imperfect Laughter, a series of unique risograph prints that foreground experimentation, sensuality and the beauty of error.
Through layered inks, bleeding, misalignment and photographic traces that appear and dissolve, the works combine printmaking and photographic gestures. Themes of bodily pleasure, spontaneity and the acceptance of accident run through the series. These unretouched pieces celebrate hesitation, overflow and the visible traces of moments when colour, touch and chance make images vibrate.

Saturday 14 March, 14:30

A discussion exploring non-violence in the face of climate urgency, preceded by a screening of The System. Activists, researchers and the film’s director examine the role of civil disobedience in climate struggles, questioning who defines violence and whether focusing only on visible acts obscures deeper forms of structural violence tied to environmental destruction and inequality.

The discussion is interpreted in French and English; the film is in English, Dutch and German, with French and English subtitles.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

14 & 15 March

A powerful operatic diptych directed by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel, in partnership with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, L’Empereur d’Atlantis, preceded by En vertu de…, unfolds across two iconic venues in one evening.

The first part, staged at the UN, explores contemporary democratic fragilities through Eugene Birman’s modern work, before the audience moves to the Comédie de Genève for Viktor Ullmann’s haunting chamber opera composed in a concentration camp during WWII—a dark, ironic fable on tyranny, death, and the madness of absolute power.

In French, English & German with surtitles in French and English.

Saturday 14 March, 15:00

Imagine if dinosaurs had been able to foresee their own extinction. This unique show blends dance, humor, and science to reflect on today’s world through the fate of these vanished giants. Presented as a danced conference, the artists delve into themes such as growth, power, and evolution, drawing inspiration from Jurassic Park, Fantasia, and Steve Jobs’ talks. It’s a playful and poetic experience suitable for all ages, inviting audiences to rethink their choices and their connection to living beings. The performance is a collaboration with the Groove’N’Move Festival and the Institut Florimont. Choreographed by Santiago Codon Gras and performed by Ludovic Piscionneri, Maëlle Dufour, Virgile Garcia, and Santiago Codon Gras.

Kids ages 6 and up.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

4 – 15 March

Mauren Brodbeck presents Imperfect Laughter, a series of unique risograph prints that foreground experimentation, sensuality and the beauty of error.
Through layered inks, bleeding, misalignment and photographic traces that appear and dissolve, the works combine printmaking and photographic gestures. Themes of bodily pleasure, spontaneity and the acceptance of accident run through the series. These unretouched pieces celebrate hesitation, overflow and the visible traces of moments when colour, touch and chance make images vibrate.

Saturday 14 March, 14:30

A discussion exploring non-violence in the face of climate urgency, preceded by a screening of The System. Activists, researchers and the film’s director examine the role of civil disobedience in climate struggles, questioning who defines violence and whether focusing only on visible acts obscures deeper forms of structural violence tied to environmental destruction and inequality.

The discussion is interpreted in French and English; the film is in English, Dutch and German, with French and English subtitles.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

14 & 15 March

A powerful operatic diptych directed by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel, in partnership with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, L’Empereur d’Atlantis, preceded by En vertu de…, unfolds across two iconic venues in one evening.

The first part, staged at the UN, explores contemporary democratic fragilities through Eugene Birman’s modern work, before the audience moves to the Comédie de Genève for Viktor Ullmann’s haunting chamber opera composed in a concentration camp during WWII—a dark, ironic fable on tyranny, death, and the madness of absolute power.

In French, English & German with surtitles in French and English.

Saturday 14 March, 15:00

Imagine if dinosaurs had been able to foresee their own extinction. This unique show blends dance, humor, and science to reflect on today’s world through the fate of these vanished giants. Presented as a danced conference, the artists delve into themes such as growth, power, and evolution, drawing inspiration from Jurassic Park, Fantasia, and Steve Jobs’ talks. It’s a playful and poetic experience suitable for all ages, inviting audiences to rethink their choices and their connection to living beings. The performance is a collaboration with the Groove’N’Move Festival and the Institut Florimont. Choreographed by Santiago Codon Gras and performed by Ludovic Piscionneri, Maëlle Dufour, Virgile Garcia, and Santiago Codon Gras.

Kids ages 6 and up.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

4 – 15 March

Mauren Brodbeck presents Imperfect Laughter, a series of unique risograph prints that foreground experimentation, sensuality and the beauty of error.
Through layered inks, bleeding, misalignment and photographic traces that appear and dissolve, the works combine printmaking and photographic gestures. Themes of bodily pleasure, spontaneity and the acceptance of accident run through the series. These unretouched pieces celebrate hesitation, overflow and the visible traces of moments when colour, touch and chance make images vibrate.

Saturday 14 March, 14:30

A discussion exploring non-violence in the face of climate urgency, preceded by a screening of The System. Activists, researchers and the film’s director examine the role of civil disobedience in climate struggles, questioning who defines violence and whether focusing only on visible acts obscures deeper forms of structural violence tied to environmental destruction and inequality.

The discussion is interpreted in French and English; the film is in English, Dutch and German, with French and English subtitles.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

14 & 15 March

A powerful operatic diptych directed by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel, in partnership with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, L’Empereur d’Atlantis, preceded by En vertu de…, unfolds across two iconic venues in one evening.

The first part, staged at the UN, explores contemporary democratic fragilities through Eugene Birman’s modern work, before the audience moves to the Comédie de Genève for Viktor Ullmann’s haunting chamber opera composed in a concentration camp during WWII—a dark, ironic fable on tyranny, death, and the madness of absolute power.

In French, English & German with surtitles in French and English.

Saturday 14 March, 15:00

Imagine if dinosaurs had been able to foresee their own extinction. This unique show blends dance, humor, and science to reflect on today’s world through the fate of these vanished giants. Presented as a danced conference, the artists delve into themes such as growth, power, and evolution, drawing inspiration from Jurassic Park, Fantasia, and Steve Jobs’ talks. It’s a playful and poetic experience suitable for all ages, inviting audiences to rethink their choices and their connection to living beings. The performance is a collaboration with the Groove’N’Move Festival and the Institut Florimont. Choreographed by Santiago Codon Gras and performed by Ludovic Piscionneri, Maëlle Dufour, Virgile Garcia, and Santiago Codon Gras.

Kids ages 6 and up.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

4 – 15 March

Mauren Brodbeck presents Imperfect Laughter, a series of unique risograph prints that foreground experimentation, sensuality and the beauty of error.
Through layered inks, bleeding, misalignment and photographic traces that appear and dissolve, the works combine printmaking and photographic gestures. Themes of bodily pleasure, spontaneity and the acceptance of accident run through the series. These unretouched pieces celebrate hesitation, overflow and the visible traces of moments when colour, touch and chance make images vibrate.

Saturday 14 March, 14:30

A discussion exploring non-violence in the face of climate urgency, preceded by a screening of The System. Activists, researchers and the film’s director examine the role of civil disobedience in climate struggles, questioning who defines violence and whether focusing only on visible acts obscures deeper forms of structural violence tied to environmental destruction and inequality.

The discussion is interpreted in French and English; the film is in English, Dutch and German, with French and English subtitles.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

14 & 15 March

A powerful operatic diptych directed by Stéphane Ghislain Roussel, in partnership with the Grand Théâtre de Genève, L’Empereur d’Atlantis, preceded by En vertu de…, unfolds across two iconic venues in one evening.

The first part, staged at the UN, explores contemporary democratic fragilities through Eugene Birman’s modern work, before the audience moves to the Comédie de Genève for Viktor Ullmann’s haunting chamber opera composed in a concentration camp during WWII—a dark, ironic fable on tyranny, death, and the madness of absolute power.

In French, English & German with surtitles in French and English.

Saturday 14 March, 15:00

Imagine if dinosaurs had been able to foresee their own extinction. This unique show blends dance, humor, and science to reflect on today’s world through the fate of these vanished giants. Presented as a danced conference, the artists delve into themes such as growth, power, and evolution, drawing inspiration from Jurassic Park, Fantasia, and Steve Jobs’ talks. It’s a playful and poetic experience suitable for all ages, inviting audiences to rethink their choices and their connection to living beings. The performance is a collaboration with the Groove’N’Move Festival and the Institut Florimont. Choreographed by Santiago Codon Gras and performed by Ludovic Piscionneri, Maëlle Dufour, Virgile Garcia, and Santiago Codon Gras.

Kids ages 6 and up.

6 – 15 March

Senegalese artists Mao Sidibé and Def Mama Def, together with dancers from École des Sables, present Oya – Clima Yaakaar, a collective project responding to the climate crisis. The work merges music, contemporary African dance and photography to foreground the health impacts of environmental change on vulnerable communities. Photographer Sylvain Cherkaoui contributes a visual layer that links performance with lived experience and humanitarian realities. The project evokes resilience and calls attention to collective hope and urgent care.

4 – 15 March

Mauren Brodbeck presents Imperfect Laughter, a series of unique risograph prints that foreground experimentation, sensuality and the beauty of error.
Through layered inks, bleeding, misalignment and photographic traces that appear and dissolve, the works combine printmaking and photographic gestures. Themes of bodily pleasure, spontaneity and the acceptance of accident run through the series. These unretouched pieces celebrate hesitation, overflow and the visible traces of moments when colour, touch and chance make images vibrate.

Saturday 14 March, 14:30

A discussion exploring non-violence in the face of climate urgency, preceded by a screening of The System. Activists, researchers and the film’s director examine the role of civil disobedience in climate struggles, questioning who defines violence and whether focusing only on visible acts obscures deeper forms of structural violence tied to environmental destruction and inequality.

The discussion is interpreted in French and English; the film is in English, Dutch and German, with French and English subtitles.

11 – 15 March

The Geneva International Inventions Fair is the largest annual event dedicated exclusively to invention, showcasing all innovations for the first time. Companies, universities, inventors, researchers, associations, and public and private institutions present their latest inventions, research, and new products — many ready for commercialization.

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Celebrating Geneva’s vibrant heartbeat and the stories shaping culture today

The duo behind Noa, Estée Apaydin and Gabriella Demole, share their favorite Geneva addresses — from a new neighborhood café to the magic of OSR concerts.
Human rights lawyer Alain Werner, founder of Civitas Maxima, shares a few of his favourite cultural and everyday spots in Geneva.

Geneva Classics

Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.

The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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