Videos by Óscar Muñoz (Colombia) and Vindhya Buthpitiya (Sri Lanka)
The Alexei Jaccard Mural serves as a space for remembrance and contemplation on human rights and enforced disappearances. The inaugural exhibition, “Residual Images of Forced Disappearance,” delves into this theme with photographic works that highlight the fragility of memory while exposing absence and emptiness. These paradoxical and poetic images transform into areas of resistance against violence.
The 2025 Société des Arts Prize honors Shirana Shahbazi, an Iranian-born visual artist and photographer based in Zurich, for her unique approach to photography and her constant ability to reinvent herself. Her work, blending photography, painting, and installation, explores themes of identity, memory, and cultural representation. Featured in major collections such as the Centre Pompidou, MoMA, and Tate Modern, Shahbazi embodies a bold and visionary practice that continues to inspire the field of contemporary art.
Opening Thursday 18 September, 18:00.
Before the Ensemble Les Illuminations performs at the Les Inoubliables festival, celebrating women composers, attendees can join a tour of the exhibition “Casanova, A Libertine in Calvin’s City.” Isabelle Burkhalter, a cultural mediator, guides this exploration of the connections between the Venetian figure, the women he admired, and the music associated with his life.
The exhibition unveils the many faces of the legendary Venetian—abbot, violinist, gambler, spy, and man of letters—beyond his notorious reputation as a seducer. Tracing his stays in Geneva, including fiery debates with Voltaire, it offers a journey through the city and Europe of the Enlightenment with rare loans, vivid anecdotes, and excerpts from his memoirs.
In French.
Villa Dutoit showcases the exhibition “Regards croisés” featuring the works of Patrice Loubon and Daniela Montecinos. Patrice Loubon delves into collaborative and social creative processes, while Daniela Montecinos employs paintings and drawings of animal and human silhouettes alongside everyday objects. The artists, residing in Nîmes, tackle themes like movement, exile, marginalization, and invisibility. Their pieces utilize meaningful symbols and innovative techniques to craft a critical and experimental space.
Opening: 19 September, 18:30
Johannes Nagel’s works explore a dynamic dialogue with material, emphasizing process over perfection. In Silhouette Extended, tunnels, cuts, and patterns reveal the tension between form and movement, creating a language of immediacy where objects unfold and surprise, embracing the potential within rather than a flawless finish.
Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Wednesday 17 September.
The Tender Buttons exhibition offers a multidisciplinary exploration centered on buttons, delving into their identity and historical significance. Featuring over three hundred ceramic and glass buttons, the exhibition interacts with the museum’s works to highlight their role in both formal experimentation and socio-cultural narratives. The exhibition’s architecture evokes the commercial arcades of the 19th century, a pivotal era for button industrialization. Curated by Claire FitzGerald, the exhibition is supported by the Swiss Fashion Museum and showcases never-before-seen pieces from several prestigious collections.
International artist Iris Leroyer presents OPUS CARBONE, a groundbreaking exhibition that examines the impact of human activity on living organisms. Through charcoal sculptures, paintings made from carbon-based natural materials, and installations, the work engages the public with the current ecological crisis, prompting reflection on environmental issues and our relationship with nature.
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