7 May – 1 August

Mirages

Etienne Francey and Onoko present a collaborative exhibition exploring the mirage as visual and psychological phenomenon. Francey’s photographic practice treats landscapes as memory, rendering familiar scenes with a soft, recollected quality. Onoko contributes more abstract works that distill atmosphere and luminous degradation into colour fields and ephemeral surfaces. Together their pieces interrogate perception, illusion, and the shifting boundary between apparition and documentation, using photography, colour studies and light to destabilize what the eye assumes to know.

Grand-Rue 5,
1204 Geneva
{"title":"Mirages","description":"\u003Cp\u003EEtienne Francey and Onoko present a collaborative exhibition exploring the mirage as visual and psychological phenomenon. Francey\u2019s photographic practice treats landscapes as memory, rendering familiar scenes with a soft, recollected quality. Onoko contributes more abstract works that distill atmosphere and luminous degradation into colour fields and ephemeral surfaces. Together their pieces interrogate perception, illusion, and the shifting boundary between apparition and documentation, using photography, colour studies and light to destabilize what the eye assumes to know.\u003C\/p\u003E","start_date":"2026-05-07","end_date":"2026-08-01","date":"7 May - 1 August","timings":[{"timing_start_date":"20260507T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260507T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260508T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260508T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260509T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260509T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260510T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260510T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260511T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260511T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260512T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260512T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260513T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260513T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260514T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260514T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260515T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260515T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260516T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260516T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260517T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260517T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260518T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260518T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260519T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260519T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260520T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260520T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260521T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260521T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260522T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260522T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260523T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260523T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260524T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260524T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260525T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260525T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260526T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260526T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260527T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260527T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260528T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260528T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260529T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260529T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260530T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260530T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260531T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260531T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260601T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260601T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260602T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260602T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260603T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260603T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260604T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260604T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260605T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260605T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260606T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260606T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260607T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260607T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260608T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260608T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260609T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260609T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260610T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260610T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260611T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260611T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260612T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260612T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260613T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260613T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260614T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260614T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260615T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260615T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260616T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260616T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260617T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260617T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260618T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260618T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260619T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260619T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260620T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260620T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260621T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260621T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260622T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260622T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260623T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260623T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260624T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260624T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260625T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260625T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260626T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260626T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260627T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260627T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260628T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260628T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260629T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260629T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260630T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260630T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260701T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260701T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260702T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260702T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260703T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260703T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260704T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260704T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260705T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260705T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260706T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260706T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260707T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260707T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260708T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260708T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260709T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260709T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260710T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260710T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260711T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260711T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260712T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260712T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260713T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260713T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260714T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260714T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260715T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260715T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260716T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260716T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260717T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260717T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260718T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260718T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260719T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260719T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260720T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260720T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260721T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260721T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260722T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260722T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260723T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260723T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260724T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260724T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260725T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260725T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260726T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260726T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260727T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260727T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260728T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260728T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260729T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260729T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260730T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260730T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260731T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260731T160000Z"},{"timing_start_date":"20260801T080000Z","timing_end_date":"20260801T160000Z"}]}
Photo Credit: DR

You might also like

16 October 2025 – 30 August 2026

The MAH showcases Tonutopie, an innovative installation by German artist Hans-Walter Müller, a trailblazer in inflatable structures. This large, transparent, and habitable sphere, nestled within Vincent Lamouroux’s La Passerelle, offers a unique sensory experience. It delves into the contrasts between the fluidity of inflatable structures and the rigidity of traditional architecture, providing visitors with a fresh perspective on space.

28 May – 10 September

Crossings brings together Swiss artist Maria Ceppi and Japanese artist Tami Ichino in a poetic dialogue exploring memory, transformation, and the hidden resonance of everyday forms. Through sculpture, painting, and assemblage, the artists reinterpret familiar materials and natural elements into evocative compositions that move between abstraction and recognition. Blending intuition, symbolism, and material experimentation, the exhibition creates immersive spaces where personal narratives intersect with broader reflections on nature, coexistence, perception, and the shifting relationship between humanity and the world around us. Hosted by GOWEN Contemporary, Crossings invites viewers into a contemplative journey where objects, landscapes, and emotions continuously evolve across forms, meanings, and states of being.

19 September 2025 – 4 October 2026

The Tender Buttons exhibition offers a multidisciplinary exploration centered on buttons, delving into their identity and historical significance. Featuring over three hundred ceramic and glass buttons, the exhibition interacts with the museum’s works to highlight their role in both formal experimentation and socio-cultural narratives. The exhibition’s architecture evokes the commercial arcades of the 19th century, a pivotal era for button industrialization. Curated by Claire FitzGerald, the exhibition is supported by the Swiss Fashion Museum and showcases never-before-seen pieces from several prestigious collections.

29 October – 30 September

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.

15 June – 31 July

Through archival photographs, site plans and excavation notebooks, this exhibition traces sixty years of Swiss archaeological research in Sudan, from the fourth millennium BCE to the Meroitic era. It presents work conducted at Tabo, Akasha, Kerma — including the Deffufa — and Doukki Gel, highlighting discoveries, field methods and the material traces of long-term study.

6 June – 29 March

Julian Charrière presents a major project that traces geological, climatic and planetary time through sculpture, installation, film and photography. Using stone, ice, coal, lava, metals and fossil matter as both material and subject, the works examine entangled histories of nature, extraction, industry and myth. Charrière compresses deep timescales into sculptural processes — coring glacial boulders repaired with precious metals, mechanically transforming ancient rocks, and reframing extractive landscapes as sites of destruction and wonder.

Oops! It seems there
are no events matching your selection!

Please adjust your criteria to see more results.

Newsletter

Culture, curated weekly.

Add to Calendar

Select the date to be saved in your Google calendar.

calendar placeholder

Done!

Event removed from your CoolAgenda.

Yeah!

Event Saved to your CoolAgenda

Add to CoolAgenda

In your CoolAgenda

Date

Title

Location

Description

calendar placeholder

Reset password

Password was reset

Your password has been reset successfully. You can now log in with your new password.

Check your Inbox

We’ve sent you a password reset email to the address provided. Please check your inbox and/or spam folder.

Forgot your password?

Thank you!

Please check your inbox for a verification email to complete your sign-up.

Sign Up

Create your Account and Culture Up!