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Led by the Rosamonde Quartet — Agnès Sulem-Bialobroda and Hugo Meder (violins), Jean Sulem (viola) and Xavier Gagnepain (cello) — this programme journeys through Viennese chamber music from Haydn’s witty Op. 74 No. 3 to Webern’s expressionist Langsamer Satz and Schubert’s dramatic “Death and the Maiden”. The ensemble’s refined sonority and long-standing cohesion illuminate continuities and ruptures in style, while sensitive dynamics and meticulous phrasing reveal the music’s emotional breadth and intensity.
Gabriel Alvarez presents a book launch reflecting on four decades of theatrical resistance and practice. Ramasser les feuilles mortes gathers scattered notes that trace a lifelong passion for theatre, the foundation and rebuilding of an independent company, and Alvarez’s artistic journey and reflections within the Studio d’Action Théâtrale. The text examines commitment, collective creation and resilience in the face of institutional challenges.
In French.
Joseph Kumbela’s Black Rage returns to Geneva after an international journey marked by multiple distinctions in 2026. Written, directed, and performed by Kumbela, the film follows Nelson as he confronts the wounds of racism and the anger he has carried for too long. In a tense, intimate register, the story traces a struggle to face what silence and other people’s gazes have buried, so that pain no longer defines who he is.
Special screening with director Joseph Kumbela and the rest of the film crew in attendance.
Directed by Jean Bellorini in collaboration with Yang Hua Theatre, this staging reimagines Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s Le Petit Prince with the title character portrayed by a Chinese actor. The production blends French and Mandarin dialogue with live music by singers from China’s independent scene. Actors François Deblock and Marc Plas perform alongside a cast that shifts between a childlike prince, an ancient reciter of poems and fantastical cosmic inhabitants. The staging mixes song, poetry and intimate theatricality, exploring friendship and human connection.
In French and Mandarin.
Megalloween, presented by Festival du Soir, stages an immersive, large-scale Halloween night where spectacle and collective ritual collide. The production blends theatrical mise-en-scène, cinematic staging and pulsing music to conjure creatures, sudden apparitions and a charged dancefloor. Costumes and scenographic moments create jolts of horror and communal delight, oscillating between dread and euphoria. This anniversary edition expands the festival’s immersive ambitions, offering a nocturnal journey through choreography, atmospheric lighting and dense soundscapes.
In French.
Presented by Festival du Soir, this Día de los Muertos celebration recreates a vibrant Mexican pueblo with sprawling sets and radiant cempasúchil displays. Live musicians, dance ensembles and visual artists share a programme of folkloric rhythms and contemporary Latin influences, while colourful costumes and immersive staging weave ritual and festivity. The atmosphere alternates between intimate altars and exuberant street-party energy, inviting a sensory journey through memory, mourning and joyful remembrance.
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Swiss artist Caroline Schattling Villeval presents two video works that imperfectly replay and displace recognisable cultural gestures. One figure attempts Britney Spears’ ‘Baby One More Time’ in sign language, while another reconstructs Pipilotti Rist’s ‘Ever Is Over All’ within a digital environment. The installation probes the legibility of images, questions hearing and what remains inaccessible to the senses, and enlists the viewer in an experience of partial perception. Curator: Elise Lammer.
Opening: 29 October, 18:00
Two thousand years, one site. Opened in September 2026, Geneva’s newest archaeological space brings together a Roman dwelling, a medieval cemetery and a church, and 16th-century fortifications. Archaeology meets contemporary architecture — with temporary art projects adding another layer to the story.
Thomas Fougeirol’s first solo exhibition investigates painting as an uncertain field between surface and relief, image and matter. Through a sequence of repaints layered over earlier Dust Paintings, Fougeirol activates texture, pigment and gesture to blur pictorial depth and sculptural presence. The show foregrounds material encounter and process-led decisions, emphasising modulation of light, density and sedimented histories within oil-and-pigment canvases that oscillate between representation and objecthood.
Opening: Wednesday 7 October
Dia al-Azzawi presents a new ensemble of recent paintings and sculptures that trace a dialogue between the artist’s interior worlds and his engagement with landscape. In the “Inner Worlds” strand he probes memory, introspection, human relationships and domestic spaces that inform his imagery. In “Under Open Skies” the gaze widens to gardens, light and natural vistas, with recurring references to the Jardin Majorelle in Marrakech. The works combine expressive painting techniques with sculptural presence and a poetic modernist language.
Opening: Thursday 17 September, 18:00
The Department of Ancient Studies at the Faculty of Humanities (UNIGE) is offering a series of public lectures dedicated to interactions, exchanges, and cultural dynamics in the ancient world. Faculty members and researchers will explore diplomatic relations, the movement of objects, religious and linguistic influences, and issues of identity at the crossroads of the Mediterranean and the ancient Near East.
In French.
Geneva art, out in the vineyards. Housed in a converted agricultural building on the Château du Crest estate, this collection follows three centuries of the Geneva School through landscapes, lake views, portraits and still lifes — including works by Hodler, Liotard, Agasse and Pradier. Art followed by a countryside wander? Yes, please.
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Geneva Classics
Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.
An intimate museum in the heart of Geneva, the Musée Tatiana Zoubov presents the refined collection assembled by its namesake collector. Paintings, furniture, porcelain, silverware and decorative objects evoke the atmosphere of a private European collection, offering a glimpse into the tastes and art of living of another era.
In the heart of Geneva’s Old Town, the International Museum of the Reformation traces the history and legacy of the Protestant Reformation from the 16th century to the present day. Historical objects, artworks and immersive displays explore a movement that profoundly shaped Geneva and influenced societies around the world.
Located in the historic heart of Carouge, the Musée de Carouge explores the artistic and cultural heritage of this distinctive town. Its collections and temporary exhibitions bring together fine and decorative arts, local history and contemporary creation, reflecting Carouge’s unique identity and creative spirit.
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