18 September – 31 October

Olaf Holzapfel

Free

German artist Olaf Holzapfel presents a body of work that quietly investigates landscape, architecture and vernacular traditions. Working across sculpture, drawing, painting and installation, he foregrounds materiality and craftsmanship, transforming humble materials into structures that mediate between nature and the built environment. The works trace textures of memory and labour, proposing subtle dialogues between form and site. The exhibition emphasises process and making, inviting sustained attention to material relationships and artisanal techniques.

Opening: Thursday 17 September, 18:00

Rue des Sablons 6,
1205 Geneva

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Photo Credit: DR

16 – 20 September

Studio Visits

Art & Exhibits

Multiple locations

Studio Visits brings audiences into the workshops of a selection of Geneva-based artists, offering direct access to their production and research environments. Designed as moments of encounter and exchange, the series highlights diverse artistic approaches and methodologies while revealing the material and conceptual processes behind contemporary work. Participants gain insight into studio practices, works-in-progress and research strategies, fostering a deeper understanding of the themes and techniques shaping the local contemporary scene.

In French.

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16 – 20 September

Geneva Art Week 3

Art & Exhibits

Multiple locations

Geneva Art Week is a vibrant celebration of contemporary art that brings together galleries, museums, foundations, independent spaces, and artists through an inspiring program of exhibitions, performances, studio visits, talks, screenings, and immersive experiences. Designed as a citywide journey through creativity, the event transforms Geneva into an open platform for artistic discovery, encouraging dialogue between the public and the local and international art scenes in a dynamic, festive, and accessible atmosphere.

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9 – 20 September

Futurs possibles – Horizons 2050+

Art & Exhibits

Usine Kugler

Students from the Centre de formation professionnelle en Arts (CFP Arts) present collective projects imagining Geneva in the second half of the twenty‑first century. Through garments, jewellery, ceramics, videos, comics, choreography, urban furniture, installations and digital or graphic works, they stage speculative scenarios—from utopian reinventions to dystopian provocations. Employing craft, performance, film and design strategies, the works probe technological, environmental and social futures, asking how everyday life, material culture and public space might be transformed.

Opening: Wednesday 9 September, 18:00.

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19 – 27 September

Le Parcours Céramique · Corps · Carouge

Art & Exhibits

Carouge

PCC 2024 presents a city-wide parcours of contemporary ceramics by a collective of local and regional ceramists. The programme showcases functional and sculptural work, installations and experimental glazing techniques that interrogate surface, form and material memory. Through dialogues between craft and concept, the parcours highlights processes such as wheel-throwing, hand-building and mixed-media collaborations, inviting reflection on the cultural and tactile histories embedded in clay.

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1 – 27 September

BLCG Grants for Young Contemporary Creation

Art & Exhibits

Le Commun

Ten selected artists and designers present new projects supported by the BLCG grants for young contemporary creation. The programme awards two CHF 10,000 bursaries for artists under 35 and provides each exhibiting artist a CHF 3,000 production allowance.
Works include installation, sculpture, photography and design-based practices that interrogate cultural and professional conditions of artistic labour, creative development and public recognition.
Projects by Marine Aebischer, Yann Stéphane Bisso, Behzad Dehno, Victoria Jospin, Camille Kaiser, Nicolas Ponce, Valentin Rilliet, Sabrina Smaili, Mina Squalli-Houssaïni and Xavier Weber.

Opening and announcement of the winners on Tuesday, September 1st, 18:00

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17 – 27 September

Getting Robotic

Art & Exhibits

ArteResilia

Claire Guanella presents a series of works titled Getting Robotic that anchors her practice in filiation and networks. Using a metaphor rich in polysemy, the works examine our real connections, sustaining living memory and an attentive regard for the always-terrestrial roots of technological transformation. The exhibition considers the interplay between inheritance, collective memory and invention, prompting reflection on how human ties and grounded origins shape our evolving relations with machines.

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