Seventeenth-century painter Hendrick Bloemaert explores how antiquity shaped Dutch visual culture. Through oil on canvas portraits and history scenes, Bloemaert merges classical myth with striking realism, balancing idealised themes and everyday detail. His mastery of light, texture and fine draughtsmanship reflects the dynamism of the Dutch Golden Age, where artists reinterpreted ancient subjects to probe human character, moral reflection and pictorial innovation.
The International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent presents the first European solo exhibition of Guatemalan Maya Kaqchikel artist Angélica Serech (*1982). Pach’un Q’ijul (Temps entrelacés – Deep Time) intertwines ancestral weaving gestures with personal and collective memory, drawing on Serech’s history shaped by Guatemala’s civil war. Using self-built looms and natural materials like corn husks and branches, her works explore resilience, repair, and the deep ties between textile traditions and humanitarian action.
Before undergoing renovations, La Menuiserie presents its final exhibition, Toucher du Bois, bringing together 24 artists in a celebration of creativity inspired by wood, craftsmanship, and contemporary art. A unique opportunity to discover a diverse range of artistic practices in one of Geneva’s distinctive cultural spaces.
Opening: Thursday 18 June at 18:00
Song Ruijin presents her first institutional solo exhibition, assembling a new series of paintings and ceramic sculptures within a site-specific installation. She constructs an unstable universe where the sky becomes ground and interior merges with exterior, populated by emoji-like figures that reflect individual alienation and the absurdities of digital capitalism. Through a syncretic visual language of accumulating imagery—sometimes comforting, sometimes unsettling—her sensory installations reveal logics of exploitation and control affecting human and non-human actors.
Opening: Thursday 28 May, 18:00
Dany Gignoux (photographer) and poet Georges Haldas present a compelling dialogue between documentary photography and lyrical prose. The exhibition brings together photographs and written fragments that register everyday life in Geneva’s cafés, combining on-the-spot reportage with memory-infused “prose inspirée.” Through intimate black-and-white images and spare, evocative texts the works transfigure mundane scenes into poetic testimony, revealing social undercurrents and human tenderness. Archival materials frame this historic encounter between two generations of cultural chroniclers.
Painter Éric Alibert presents a sensitive, meditative body of work inspired by the banks of the Arve. Using Chinese ink and watercolor on Japanese papers, his small-format writings of the living observe the discreet presences of urban wildlife. Through careful observation Alibert explores passages between interior and exterior, appearance and disappearance, proposing a contemplative, ecological gaze that brings wildness into the city and invites reflection on fragility and coexistence.
Step into the vibrant artistic soul of Carouge at the 4th edition of Carouge Dessiné! This unique open-air event celebrates illustration, comics, and visual storytelling, bringing together talented artists, passionate creators, and curious visitors in a warm and inspiring atmosphere.
Stroll through charming streets filled with live drawing sessions, exhibitions, workshops, and creative encounters. Whether you’re an art lover, a collector, or simply looking for a cultural escape, the 4th edition of Carouge Dessiné promises a day full of discovery, creativity, and connection.
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