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Amélie Patry presents a body of ceramic work rooted in the landscapes of the Loire Valley. Through long walks she collects soils, stones and vegetal matter which she incorporates directly into her vessels. Her process—digging, carrying and shaping—follows a slow attentiveness to material transformation. Fired in the kiln, these gathered elements yield irregular surfaces and textured skins that suggest mineral reliefs and fossil fragments, connecting body, landscape and layered temporalities.
Astral Festival Geneva – Equinox Night brings an all-night electronic journey through house, tech house, melodic techno and techno. The programmed lineup mixes international DJs — including Carlos Pulido — with local selectors, weaving pulsing rhythms and warm melodic threads. Production favors immersive lighting and a taut sound design that shapes a charged, communal atmosphere, shifting from intimate grooves to euphoric peaks. The event reads as a choreography of sound and movement, inviting dancers to lose and find themselves in waves of rhythm.
Presented as part of the Caramelo y Limón festival’s tenth edition, this retrospective gathers the festival’s most beloved Hispanic short films from previous years. The program moves between quick-witted comic rhythms and quiet, intimate tableaux; it sketches varied portraits of everyday life with both warmth and sting. A post-screening discussion with director Alejandro Damiani offers an afterword on craft and audience memory. The selection’s tonal shifts and textured filmmaking create a lively, poignant evening of short cinema.
Screening followed by a discussion with director Alejandro Damiani, organized in collaboration with the Spanish Students’ Association (AEE).
Explore Le Fesses-tival, a community festival bringing together exhibitions, performances, cinema screenings, workshops and concerts across multiple neighbourhood spaces. Designed for everyone, this gathered programme invites neighbours, families and newcomers to share experiences, creative encounters and collective reflection. Come together to discover diverse artistic practices, take part in participatory sessions and celebrate communal creativity. Activities range from intimate performances to hands-on workshops, fostering connection and a welcoming spirit across the festival.
Directed by Jérôme Bel, this collectively created theatre piece is written and performed by children aged 8 to 14. The work unfolds through improvisation, playful imagination and a celebration of creative freedom, inviting an immediate, joyful stage presence. The ensemble’s spontaneous scenes and open-ended dramaturgy emphasize collaboration and risk, offering spectators an intimate encounter with youthful authorship and theatrical experiment.
In French.
Join Destination Vingt-Sept for a warm evening celebrating ten years of the project, looking back at the journey and the people who keep it alive. The programme brings together an official ceremony, a live performance by Gilles Furtwängler, a shared community meal and a musical night with DJ Schmögel. Open to everyone, the event invites neighbours, collaborators and newcomers to reconnect, share stories and renew their commitment to accessible culture together.
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Ferdinand Hodler: Profession of Faith examines for the first time the spiritual dimension in the work of Ferdinand Hodler (1853–1918). Through some twenty-five paintings, the exhibition traces his youthful biblical readings, his rare biblical scenes, and his relation to the Reformation and the city of Geneva. It also considers how notions of creation and the order of nature informed his symbolist language and his meditative landscapes, revealing the interplay between religious themes and formal concerns in his painting.
Written by Julie Gilbert and directed by Lou Ciszewski, Quoiqu’il arrive. Respire. follows Joana, a thirty-something MMA teacher running exclusively female classes. After a lost fight and an injury, she reflects on what it means to fight and to stand up as a woman in today’s society. The piece blends physical combat and metaphorical struggle, exploring how women claim space, resist assigned roles and sustain presence. Margot Le Coultre performs in this Loup hors les murs production.
In French.
Photographer Bertrand Carlier presents a series of large-format portraits that foreground women working across Geneva’s agricultural landscape. The photographs depict market gardeners, winegrowers, fruit growers, livestock farmers and cellar managers in their working environments, using natural light and documentary framing.
The project explores gender, labour and continuity, revealing how women’s labour shapes rural economies and biocultural traditions. Set against the UN’s International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, the work invites renewed attention to the diversity of skills and trajectories within contemporary Geneva agriculture.
EXEM aux urnes – 40 Years of Political Posters brings together 40 political posters by Geneva-based illustrator EXEM between 1988 and 2023. Spanning nearly four decades of Swiss direct democracy, the exhibition explores the distinctive language of political posters at the intersection of graphic art, satire, and political commentary.
Through EXEM’s sharp and engaging imagery, the exhibition traces the political issues and communication styles that have shaped Swiss public life, and offers insight into the artist’s creative process and the stories behind his iconic posters.
Opening: Tuesday 1 September, 18:00
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.
Mi Mawai and Madzerokai present an immersive audiovisual installation born from a residency exchange between the Brazilian Amazon and Geneva. The work invites immersion in Baniwa cosmology through video, layered soundscapes, flutes, traditional singing and dance. Visitors are invited to lie in hammocks and on mats for contemplative encounters with projected landscapes and ritual sonic textures. The piece foregrounds ancestral knowledge, collective memory and multisensory modes of storytelling.
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Geneva Classics
Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.
Located in the heart of Geneva’s international district, the Portail des Nations is a space dedicated to dialogue, cooperation, and global issues. Through exhibitions, talks, and cultural events, it offers visitors an entry point into the major challenges shaping our world and Geneva’s role as a hub for international governance.
Nestled in the Geneva countryside, the Collection du Crest showcases a remarkable selection of modern and contemporary art. Through temporary exhibitions and its private collection, this unique venue offers an intimate encounter with artistic creation, in dialogue with the history and landscape of the estate.
Discover one of the world’s most remarkable libraries and museums, home to an exceptional collection of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents spanning over 5,000 years of human history. Located in Cologny overlooking Lake Geneva, the Fondation Martin Bodmer offers a unique journey through literature, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts, bringing together some of humanity’s most significant written treasures.
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