29 January – 1 February

Art Genève/Art Tours: Art History + Art Market

Booking Required

An expert-led guided visit examining the intersections between art history and the contemporary art market. The session considers how historical narratives shape valuation, provenance, and collecting practices across painting, sculpture, and installation. Participants will explore curatorial strategies, market mechanisms, and the material and conceptual languages that inform reception and trade. Emphasis is placed on critical readings of works, the role of provenance, and ethical considerations in collecting and exhibiting.

Multiple guided visits are offered throughout the fair, conducted in both English and French.

Route François-Peyrot 30,
1218 Le Grand-Saconnex
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Photo Credit: Art Genève, Julien Gremaud

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29 January – 1 February

Art Genève assembles galleries, institutions and numerous contemporary artists across painting, sculpture, video, digital practices and sound installations. The fair juxtaposes intimate booth presentations with large-scale and commissioned works, exploring questions of authorship, authenticity and institutional networks.
Dedicated sections for experimental formats and music foreground immersive, sonic and monumental pieces, while publishing projects and prizes highlight emerging practices. The presentation examines how contemporary art circulates, engages publics and reframes cultural exchange.

23 January – 7 March

Curated by Matthias Sohr, Reserved for Groups brings together works by Florian Fouché, Mélody Lu, Xavier Robles de Medina, Orawan Arunrak, Florian Bonny, Stefania Carlotti, Chloé Delarue, Jean-Ulrick Désert, Marina Faust, Anne Duk Hee Jordan, Thomas Liu Le Lann, Pedro Marrero Fuenmayor, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Kyung Roh Bannwart, Philipp Timischl, Ernie Wang, and Lauryn Youden. The exhibition explores subtle interventions within existing social and artistic contexts, presenting the artists’ work while making the gallery space more accessible.

Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 22 January, frpm 18:00.

20 January – 7 March

Association NoOps (No Planned Obsolescence Switzerland) presents a travelling display that foregrounds the materiality of our phones. Through two vitrines and a selection of recovered components, the exhibition points to the precious metals embedded in devices and to “urban mines” hiding in drawers. Combining didactic panels, curated specimens and small installations assembled from reclaimed circuitry, it examines resource extraction, waste and value in contemporary consumer electronics, asking how reuse, repair and awareness can reframe our relationship to everyday technologies.

16 December – 30 April

FURTHER AFIELD

This exhibition celebrates the artistry of Michel Mottier, a craftsman from the Pays-d’Enhaut who carves each wooden cream spoon with patience and precision. Discover around a hundred unique handcrafted spoons, each reflecting his remarkable skill and dedication to this singular passion.

Saturday 31 January, 17:30

As part of Art Genève / Art Talks, this panel, moderated by Jean-Rodolphe Petter (Co-Director and Co-Curator, CALM – Centre d’Art La Meute), brings together Théo-Mario Coppola, iLiana Fokianaki, Andrea Rodriguez Novoa, and Maya Stephani Kazoun to discuss ethical considerations and the visions shaping today’s contemporary art world.

In English.

Saturday 31 January, 17:00 & 19:00

Artist Josèfa Ntjam presents A Constellation of Blackness, a hypnotic 33-minute sound-performance that weaves spoken word and instrumental improvisation. Situated within the Anti-Nymphs program, the piece reimagines Greco‑Roman myth through feminist and Afrofuturist lenses, collaging sampled fragments of twentieth-century Black voices. Ntjam invokes African mythology, ancestral rites, religious symbolism and science fiction to explore Blackness, darkness, antimatter and the sense of cosmic kinship, creating a dense, ritualised atmosphere that is both lyrical and confrontational.

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