Explore a samurai world through objects, stories and sound. Walk among shining armor and carved helmets, listen to rhythmic drums and soft string music, and follow the tale of Yasuke, a young man who rose from slavery to become a samurai. Look closely at samurai tools, imagine the clink of metal and bright lacquered colors, then gather in the music room to hear the Ballad of the Samurai.
In French. Kids ages 5 and up.
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.
The exhibition highlights Geneva’s remarkable trees and the men and women who care for them. It explores stewardship, memory and urban ecology, revealing how individual trees anchor community histories and daily practices of care. Combining documentary and artistic perspectives, the presentation considers cultural and environmental dimensions of urban trees, inviting reflection on our relationship with living monuments and the labour that sustains them.
Afro‑Caribbean Stories brings together works by Ivonne González Núñez and Laura Arminda Kingsley that weave narratives of memory, identity and visibility rooted in Afro‑Caribbean cosmologies. Through photography, writing, performance, painting, digital imagery and sculpture, the artists examine heritage, resistance, creolisation and the interconnections of the living. The exhibition pairs intimate archival gestures with experimental material practices to reveal layered histories and speculative modes of belonging.
Opening: 28 May, 18:00
Five Mini Shows presents distinct exhibitions across separate rooms, bringing together major figures of Australian Aboriginal painting alongside contemporary painting, installation, drawing and sculpture. Works by Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri, Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori and Gabriella Possum Nungurrayi sit next to new and historical painting by John Armleder, expansive installations by Chiharu Shiota, sculptural interventions by Balint Zsako and drawing-based work by Rachel Marks. The programme explores materiality, relational display and dialogues between indigenous traditions and contemporary abstraction.
Opening: Thursday 21 May, 18:00
Antônia Dias investigates snakes through painting, sculpture and installation, exploring their vivid colours, geometric patterns and segmented forms. By linking aesthetic sensibility, biological observation and symbolic narrative, her work stages a tension between eroticism and metamorphosis. The exhibition assembles tactile materials and painted surfaces to create a destabilising perceptual field where colour, texture and form converge. Viewers are invited to linger within layered visual sequences that blur figurative and fabulatory registers.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00
The Miraculous Geneva is a group exhibition that brings together contemporary Geneva-based artists in tribute to the late artist Daniel Orson Ybarra. Featuring works by Stéphane Ducret and other renowned local artists, the exhibition celebrates the diversity and vitality of Geneva’s contemporary art scene through painting, sculpture, and multidisciplinary practices.
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