18 September – 19 December

Thinking Through the Line. 250 Years of Drawing in Geneva

Free

An anniversary exhibition examining 250 years of drawing in Geneva, bringing together historical holdings and contemporary commissions. The show juxtaposes patrimonial studies, preparatory sketches and finished works with twenty-five newly commissioned pieces, alongside student works from the local drawing school. Themes include portraiture and landscape, technical innovations, urban and territorial perspectives, ornament and botanical motifs. Curated by Silvia Zuccherini Martello, Nicolas Buri and Tom Tirabosco, the presentation traces the medium’s evolving practices and social significance.

Opening: Thursday, 17 September 2026, 18:00
Closing event – Mystery Fresco: Thursday, 17 December 2026, 18:00

Rue de l'Athénée 2,
Switzerland

Photo Credit: DR

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Photo Credit: DR

17 September – 13 December

Brave la Nuit / Poems for Ruptures / نعبرُ الليل

Art & Exhibits

FMAC

Curators Ghalas Charara and Rita Elhajj present the second part of a two‑part exhibition that shapes a liminal space between listening and gesture. Through acts of defunctionalization, duplication, displacement, fragmentation and sabotage, the participating artists generate potentials for action and reclaim rhythmic breaths, steps and voices. Works from the host collection sit alongside invited pieces to evoke survivance, mourning and resistance, where memory becomes an embrace enacted by bodies searching for—sometimes finding—ancestral gestures through repetition, dance and semantic shifts.

Opening: Thursday 17 September, 18:00

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2 September – 3 January

EXEM aux urnes – 40 ans d’affiches politiques

Art & Exhibits

Quartier Libre SIG

EXEM aux urnes – 40 Years of Political Posters brings together 40 political posters by Geneva-based illustrator EXEM between 1988 and 2023. Spanning nearly four decades of Swiss direct democracy, the exhibition explores the distinctive language of political posters at the intersection of graphic art, satire, and political commentary.

Through EXEM’s sharp and engaging imagery, the exhibition traces the political issues and communication styles that have shaped Swiss public life, and offers insight into the artist’s creative process and the stories behind his iconic posters.

Opening: Tuesday 1 September, 18:00

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Permanente exhibition

The Rousseau Journey

Art & Exhibits

Maison Rousseau

Rousseau was born right here in 1712. Today, his birthplace pairs a permanent journey through his ideas with a lively programme devoted to contemporary literature. Philosophy, freedom, education, nature: centuries later, the questions raised inside these walls still feel remarkably current.

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16 September – 28 November

Roméo Mivekannin

Art & Exhibits

Gowen Contemporary

Beninese-born artist Roméo Mivekannin presents a series of paintings that investigate intimacy, memory and cultural identity. Working predominantly in acrylic on canvas, his canvases combine figurative portraiture with bold colour fields and textured surfaces. Works such as Anna in Red Kimono (2024) demonstrate a careful attention to costume, gesture and materiality, negotiating personal narrative and broader diasporic histories. The exhibition emphasises painterly craft and the tensions between representation and abstraction.

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18 September – 7 November

Lou Masdurand

Art & Exhibits

Galerie Mezzanin

Artist Lou Masdurand presents a recent body of work that interrogates memory and materiality through layered painting and sculptural assemblage. Using oil, collage and found materials, Masdurand builds textured surfaces and precarious forms that record time and erosion. The exhibition examines thresholds between private recollection and shared history, privileging tactility, repetition and subtle ruptures in composition. Works demand sustained attention, inviting viewers to consider processes of making as traces of cultural and personal narrative.

Opening: Thursday 17 September, 18:00
Lou Masduraud in conversation with Julien Fronsacq : 4 November, 19:00

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Permanent exhibition

Arts & Cultures of the World

Art & Exhibits

Musée Barbier-Mueller

A small museum with a very big world inside. Hidden in Geneva’s Old Town, Barbier-Mueller draws on several thousand works spanning Antiquity to the present and representing cultures from across the globe. Displays change regularly, so there is always another part of this remarkable collection to discover.

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