16 September – 31 October

New Realism: A Poetic Recycling of Urban Reality

Free

Le Nouveau Réalisme brings together works by Arman, César, Christo, François Dufrêne, Yves Klein, Niki de Saint Phalle, Mimmo Rotella, Daniel Spoerri, Jean Tinguely and Jacques Villeglé to examine the movement’s poetic reworking of urban detritus. The exhibition presents sculptures, assemblages, collages and interventions that displace found objects from everyday contexts, juxtaposing industrial materials, advertising fragments and ready‑mades. Through material play and détournement, the show explores urban consumption, collective memory and the politics of visibility.

Opening (Geneva Art Week): Wednesday 16 September, 16:00

Rue Henri-Fazy 4,
Switzerland

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3 September – 16 October

Their Crops, Our Roots – Portraits of Women in Geneva’s Countryside

Art & Exhibits

Promenade de l'Observatoire

Photographer Bertrand Carlier presents a series of large-format portraits that foreground women working across Geneva’s agricultural landscape. The photographs depict market gardeners, winegrowers, fruit growers, livestock farmers and cellar managers in their working environments, using natural light and documentary framing.
The project explores gender, labour and continuity, revealing how women’s labour shapes rural economies and biocultural traditions. Set against the UN’s International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, the work invites renewed attention to the diversity of skills and trajectories within contemporary Geneva agriculture.

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26 September – 31 March

From Shadow to Light

Art & Exhibits

MAH

This evolving exhibition explores Geneva painting from public collections, bringing together 82 works created between 1444 and 1782. Unfolding in three acts, the exhibition evolves alongside the museum’s ongoing research and restoration work.

Act I: Before 1535, Surviving the Storm – 26 September 2026 – 21 March 2027
Rare works that survived the Protestant iconoclasm of 1535, including Konrad Witz’s 1444 panels.

Act II: 1536–1685, The Secular Turn – 23 March – 19 September 2027
Following the Reformation, Geneva’s artistic landscape was transformed, with artists increasingly turning to secular subjects for both private and public settings.

Act III: 1685–1782, A Spectacular Flourishing – 25 September 2027 – March 2028
The Age of Enlightenment saw painting flourish in Geneva, with portraits and landscapes by artists including Robert Gardelle, Barthélemy Guillibaud and Jean-Étienne Liotard.

An ever-evolving journey through nearly three centuries of painting in Geneva, revealing its history, artistic techniques and the fascinating work behind its conservation.

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Permanent exhibition

The World of Illusions

Art & Exhibits

Museum of Illusions

Your eyes are about to lie to you. More than 60 optical illusions, holograms, and immersive rooms play with scale, perspective, and perception in this hands-on museum. Unashamedly fun, highly photogenic, and an easy pick for families, friends, or a rainy Geneva afternoon.

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15 September – 31 October

Some Unresolved Remaining Feelings – S.U.R.F

Art & Exhibits

Arcadia

Martin Hyde presents an exhibition examining the relationships between painting, object, ceramics, design and poetry. His practice blurs boundaries between disciplines, producing works that sit between painted surfaces, ceramic forms and functional design, often scaled to engage the surrounding architecture. The show presents sculptural paintings and crafted objects that consider materiality, repetition and the poetics of domestic forms and scale.

Pre-opening & Talk “Art & Design at a Crossroads”: Tuesday 15 September, 12:00 and Thursday 17 September, 12:00 (register by email at info@galeriejoyderouvre.ch)

Opening: Wednesday 16 September, 18:00

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8 October – 28 February

Why? It Matters

Art & Exhibits

CERN

Why? It Matters invites visitors to engage with the debates and reflections shaping the future of particle physics. Through immersive installations, audiovisual displays and interactive exhibits, the exhibition examines fundamental scientific questions, proposed accelerator projects, technological challenges and the social and local impacts of big science. It highlights international collaboration, ethical questions and the processes that guide research priorities, encouraging visitors to consider what matters when imagining the future of science.

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23 September – 11 October

Station 505

Art & Exhibits

Parc des Bastions

Swiss artist Andreas Kressig presents Station 505, a temporary sculpture-pavilion conceived as an architectural and sensory intervention. Built in relation to an existing fountain, the work paradoxically conceals and reveals water while offering both an exterior sculpture to contemplate and an interior space to inhabit. Through material presence and spatial thresholds it interrogates public versus private realms. The project is activated by shared moments with the artist centred on a communal tea service and reflections on its diverse cultural interpretations.

Opening: 23 September, 17:00

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