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Don’t miss out: Events running for less than two weeks

14 – 20 April

Watchmaking maisons including Audemars Piguet and other new entrants present contemporary horological practice through mechanical timepieces, prototypes and design studies. The programme foregrounds artisanal craftsmanship, complications and material innovation, juxtaposing heritage movements with experimental technologies showcased in a LAB incubator. Through a mix of object-focused displays and technical demonstrations, the exhibition interrogates timekeeping’s aesthetic and industrial languages, revealing how tradition and cutting‑edge engineering redefine notions of luxury, function and cultural identity.

15 – 26 April

Curated by Marie Jeanson and Denis Schuler, co-directors of Festival Archipel, Du bruit sur la bande presents a carte blanche selection from the VideoDatabase. The exhibition gathers video works that probe the materiality of the moving image, foregrounding signal noise, tape artifacts and experimental editing. Through single- and multi-channel screenings, archival fragments and contemporary practices, the programme examines how technical contingency shapes aesthetic meaning and historical memory.

In French.

7 – 19 April

Eric Eriston Winarto presents a body of small oil paintings that treat the Swiss landscape as memory and pictorial research. Executed largely in A4 format, these fragmentary paintings—hills veiled in smoke, metallic roads, nocturnal scenes with phantom headlights, bluish forests—oscillate between observation and abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Turner and Hodler, Winarto probes perception, tension and balance, using controlled yet enigmatic brushwork to suggest storms, glaciers and mist. The project questions how intimate, poetic images emerge from fleeting atmospheric states.

Sunday 19 April, 14:00

Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926) is presented through a selection of paintings, drawings and prints that illuminate his symbolist vocabulary. His allegorical compositions and mythic figures deploy a somber palette and precise draughtsmanship to probe themes of spirituality, mortality and nature’s rites. Oil paintings, watercolours and printmaking techniques reveal his interest in narrative and mystical symbolism. Curators Marie-Ève Celio and Milan Garcin frame the works to highlight Schwabe’s poetic visual language and its reflection on inner experience and collective myth.

In French. 

14 – 19 April

Time to Watches gathers over eighty-five independent watch brands and creators to showcase contemporary watchmaking. The presentation focuses on timepieces and objects that explore design, technical innovation and artisanal craft, from compact mechanical constructions to conceptual editions. A village-like layout frames varied atmospheres where exhibitions, demonstrations and hands-on workshops invite close attention to materiality, finishing and the makers’ processes. The event reveals how independent practice negotiates tradition, experimentation and the social rituals surrounding time.

17 – 26 April

FURTHER AFIELD

Visions du Réel, founded in 1969, showcases bold and singular works rooted in past, present, and future realities. For ten days, the festival transforms Nyon into a hub where generations of filmmakers and artists from around the world connect with an engaged audience. Recognized as one of the leading international festivals dedicated to documentary and “cinéma du réel,” it premieres many films globally and serves as a key platform for professional exchange and creative collaboration.

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Events running for an extended period

7 March – 16 August

Carlos Schwabe’s retrospective traces the symbolism and pictorial imagination that defined his practice. Trained in Geneva, Schwabe is celebrated for evocative book illustrations and ambitious pictorial compositions that blend allegory, myth and musical ideas. The exhibition presents paintings, illustrations and preparatory drawings drawn from public and private Swiss and French collections, exploring technique, materiality and the spiritual and literary currents that shaped his visual language around the turn of the twentieth century.

13 March – 25 April

Mitja Tušek presents two recent groups of paintings that probe the materiality of painting, the instability of the image and the fragility of identity. One series assembles clusters of faces emerging from dense pictorial fields; each face is built from nine black circles forming a compact pictorial ecosystem. The works emphasise surface, repetition and a sculptural use of paint. Tušek (b. 1961, Maribor) studied in Geneva and is based in Brussels; his work has been shown internationally since the 1990s and is held in major public collections.

Opening during the Nuit de Bains on Thursday 12 March at 18:00.

23 January – 19 April

Ghislaine Heger presents a photographic series of portraits that foreground 101 women from French-speaking Switzerland and their experiences of ageing and gray hair. Combining portrait photography with each subject’s own testimony, the work examines social expectations, gendered scrutiny and the intimate moments that surround a visible change.
The exhibition evokes questions of identity, dignity and resilience, offering nuanced, gentle accounts that reveal how personal histories intersect with broader cultural attitudes toward ageing.

16 April – 8 May

Presenting works by Julien Fournival, Théa Giglio and Chaolin Li, this exhibition draws on acts of recovery, diasporic narratives and ambiguous forms. Through found materials, sculptural interventions and time-based compositions, the project probes disjointed temporalities where memory and disappearance coexist. The artists intertwine material histories and personal fragments to question how objects and gestures carry traces across loss and migration.

Guided tours in French.

11 February – 26 April

VideoDatabase – Cartes blanches 2026 gathers four curatorial carte blanche projects that reframe a public video collection through screenings and artist-led playlists.
Conservator-restorer Eléonore Bernard, dancer-choreographer Lucy Nightingale, programmer Christophe Piette, and curators Marie Jeanson and Denis Schuler each present selections of video and moving-image works ranging from early video art to experimental contemporary pieces.
The series explores archival practices, performative temporality, and the shifting histories of moving-image mediums, prompting reflection on preservation, context and modes of display.

15 February, 2 March & 19 April – 10:00

An interactive journey awaits young children at the MEG, transporting them to Oceania to meet a reef shark and delve into Australia’s Aboriginal culture through objects, stories, and sensory activities.
In French.  Ages 2 to 4, accompanied by an adult.

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Geneva Classics

Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.

The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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