Geneva Art Week unites local galleries and institutions through a vibrant series of events and celebrations over five days. Building on the legacy of Geneve.Art, the 2025 edition features openings, performances, guided tours, screenings, art workshops, panel discussions, talks, meet-and-greets, and readings. Spanning locations from the Old Town to Carouge and Eaux-Vives, this festive occasion is a highlight of Geneva’s cultural calendar.
FURTHER AFIELD
The Verbier Festival is a world-renowned classical music event held each summer in Verbier, Switzerland. Since its founding in 1994, the festival has brought together top artists and young talents from around the globe, fostering exchange and musical excellence. It features a rich mix of concerts, masterclasses, and rehearsals, offering audiences an intimate connection with both established stars and emerging musicians. At its core are the Academy and Orchestra programmes, which serve as leading training grounds for the next generation of soloists, chamber musicians, and conductors. The UNLTD initiative, the festival’s creative wing, explores new ways to engage audiences of all ages through genre-crossing performances, workshops, and interactive events.
The Fondation de la Haute Horlogerie (FHH) showcases “Watch Makers” as an interactive and educational journey into the world of traditional watchmaking. They invite visitors to discover around forty professions and techniques through a playful, tactile experience brought to life by evolving scenography.
A fascinating off-site exhibition by the Martin Bodmer Foundation traces the evolving history of medicine through 15 striking plates from rare texts. Curated by Jacques Berchtold and Yoann Givry, this journey through centuries of scientific thought is hosted at the University of Geneva’s Medical Center and enriched with QR-coded commentaries.
Guided Visits:
Wednesday 2 July, 12:15
Tuesday 22 July, 12:15
Thursday 4 September, 12:15
Wednesday 24 September, 12:15
To mark the 100th anniversary of Jean Tinguely’s birth, the MAH celebrates the artist’s deep ties to the museum with a vibrant tribute. A restored kinetic sculpture—Si c’est noir, je m’appelle Jean (1960)—takes center stage, joined by a major donation of graphic works from the Niki Charitable Art Foundation. Echoing the spirit of Tinguely’s last exhibition at the Musée Rath in 1983, the show features over thirty mechanical sculptures and rarely seen works on paper, many connected to Geneva’s cultural history.
Afrosonica – Soundscapes is an immersive exhibition exploring the deep cultural significance of sound and music in African societies and their diasporas. Through historical and contemporary perspectives, it highlights the power of sound as a bridge between memory, identity, and transformation. Featuring a diverse collection of instruments, archival recordings, and contemporary installations, the exhibition invites visitors on a multisensory journey where music connects the past and present, the human and the spiritual.
In French.
Climate Fiction is an exhibition that offers a unique perspective on the Fonds cantonal d’art contemporain collection by exploring the multiple oppressions and inequalities underlying ecological crises. Curated by the winners of the exhibition grant, this traveling show features 20th and 21st-century artworks that reveal the connections between production models, power dynamics, social discrimination, and environmental issues.
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