12 May – 6 June

Ulises Lozano

Free

Ulises Lozano presents a body of mixed‑technique works that explore surface, materiality and narrative. The exhibition gathers illustrations and experimental compositions that combine drawing, collage and painterly gestures to interrogate memory, identity and urban experience. Lozano’s practice foregrounds texture and layered imagery, inviting close looking at the interplay between figuration and abstraction. The presentation also references the artist’s recent book HIGHLINE and the graphic sensibility that informs his studio work.

Opening: 12 May, 18:00

Place de l'Île 1

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6 May – 5 July

Helvetropicos – Más acá de lo (ir)real

Art & Exhibits

Villa Bernasconi

This spring, Villa Bernasconi hosts Helvetropicos, a platform that brings together Switzerland-based artists with strong ties to Latin America. The exhibition explores hybrid identities and contemporary forms of cultural mixing through diverse works—installations, sculptures, paintings, and more—inviting visitors to rethink how reality is shaped and experienced.

Opening : Tuesday 5 May, 18:00 – 21:00

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22 May – 27 June

Carolina Fontana – Parallaxe

Art & Exhibits

Xippas

Carolina Fontana presents Parallaxe, a first solo exhibition in Geneva featuring paintings from her recent Z·E·N series. Produced through contemplative travels across Swiss cantons, Spain and China, the canvases blend figurative motifs with abstract formations to evoke a transcendent, Zen-informed sensibility toward landscape and the sublime. The works emphasise delicate brushwork, layered surfaces and meditative composition, inviting sustained attention to process, rhythm and the poetic interplay between presence and absence.

Opening: Thursday 21 May, 18:00

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29 October 2025 – 31 May 2026

Pleasing the Spirits

Art & Exhibits

Musée Barbier-Mueller

Pleasing the Spirits invites you on a journey through the Barbier-Mueller Collection, showcasing artworks from around the globe. Curated by Séverine Fromaigeat and Paul Maheke, the exhibition offers an open-ended exploration of diverse objects, awakening spirits and uncovering territories to discover.

Guided tour : Sunday 26 April, 14:30 (in English)

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6 May – 4 June

Leila Alaoui – Photography

Art & Exhibits

Centre des Arts

Leila Alaoui’s photography presents a humane, boundary-crossing vision that interrogates identity, migration and the lives of migrant workers. This exhibition brings together iconic series, rarely seen photographs and coherent photographic ensembles to reveal the dignity of her subjects and the visual language that frames their stories. Through portraiture and documentary practice, Alaoui explores gender, displacement and cultural interconnection with formal rigor and emotional clarity, forging intimate encounters that bridge histories and territories.

Opening: Wednesday 6 May, 18:30

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24 April – 3 January

Le Verre, au-delà de la matière

Art & Exhibits

Musée Ariana

An extensive survey assembled from a long-standing research collection devoted to glass, this exhibition takes a contemporary look at a millennia-old material. Over two hundred glass and mixed-media works, including sculptural objects, design pieces and installations, testify to a transdisciplinary experimental spirit. Featuring artists such as Ettore Sottsass, Pierre Charpin, Betty Woodman, Bob Wilson, Giuseppe Penone, Jana Sterbak and James Lee Byars, the show examines materiality, technique and the porous boundaries between craft, design and contemporary art.

Opening : Thursday 23 April, 18:00

Guided Tours (in French)

Sunday 26 April, 11:00
Sunday 3 May, 11:00
Sunday 7 June, 11:00
Sunday 14 June, 11:00

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20 May – 31 July

Industry in a Thousand Points

Art & Exhibits

Quartier Libre SIG

Genevan artist Gérald Grosjean presents a focused series of paintings and handcrafted maquettes that examine industrial and railway landscapes. The show gathers twenty-seven canvases and three models made from reclaimed materials, emphasising a pointillist approach to structures such as stations, bridges, dams, factories and viaducts. Through meticulous dots and assembled found objects, Grosjean explores the aesthetic presence and collective memory of infrastructure, inviting reflection on material reuse and the visual poetry of engineered landscapes.

Opening : Tuesday 19 May, 18:00

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