26 September – 5 November

Inaugural visit: From Shadow to Light: Genevan Painting (1444–1782)

Free, Booking Required

De l’Ombre aux Lumières surveys Genevan painting from 1444 to 1782, bringing together works by painters active in the city to trace shifts in style and purpose.
The exhibition focuses on painting as a medium—portraiture, devotional imagery and civic commissions—and on changing uses of light, composition and technique. It situates these works within Geneva’s evolving social and religious contexts, showing how local workshops and patrons shaped a distinct visual language that reveals broader cultural transformations.

In French.

Rue Charles-GALLAND 2,
1206 Genève
Photo Credit: DR
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Photo Credit: DR

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