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Don’t miss out: Events running for less than two weeks

7 – 19 April

Eric Eriston Winarto presents a body of small oil paintings that treat the Swiss landscape as memory and pictorial research. Executed largely in A4 format, these fragmentary paintings—hills veiled in smoke, metallic roads, nocturnal scenes with phantom headlights, bluish forests—oscillate between observation and abstraction. Drawing on the legacy of Turner and Hodler, Winarto probes perception, tension and balance, using controlled yet enigmatic brushwork to suggest storms, glaciers and mist. The project questions how intimate, poetic images emerge from fleeting atmospheric states.

14 – 19 April

Time to Watches gathers over eighty-five independent watch brands and creators to showcase contemporary watchmaking. The presentation focuses on timepieces and objects that explore design, technical innovation and artisanal craft, from compact mechanical constructions to conceptual editions. A village-like layout frames varied atmospheres where exhibitions, demonstrations and hands-on workshops invite close attention to materiality, finishing and the makers’ processes. The event reveals how independent practice negotiates tradition, experimentation and the social rituals surrounding time.

14 – 20 April

Watchmaking maisons including Audemars Piguet and other new entrants present contemporary horological practice through mechanical timepieces, prototypes and design studies. The programme foregrounds artisanal craftsmanship, complications and material innovation, juxtaposing heritage movements with experimental technologies showcased in a LAB incubator. Through a mix of object-focused displays and technical demonstrations, the exhibition interrogates timekeeping’s aesthetic and industrial languages, revealing how tradition and cutting‑edge engineering redefine notions of luxury, function and cultural identity.

15 – 26 April

Curated by Marie Jeanson and Denis Schuler, co-directors of Festival Archipel, Du bruit sur la bande presents a carte blanche selection from the VideoDatabase. The exhibition gathers video works that probe the materiality of the moving image, foregrounding signal noise, tape artifacts and experimental editing. Through single- and multi-channel screenings, archival fragments and contemporary practices, the programme examines how technical contingency shapes aesthetic meaning and historical memory.

In French.

Sunday 19 April, 14:00

Carlos Schwabe (1866–1926) is presented through a selection of paintings, drawings and prints that illuminate his symbolist vocabulary. His allegorical compositions and mythic figures deploy a somber palette and precise draughtsmanship to probe themes of spirituality, mortality and nature’s rites. Oil paintings, watercolours and printmaking techniques reveal his interest in narrative and mystical symbolism. Curators Marie-Ève Celio and Milan Garcin frame the works to highlight Schwabe’s poetic visual language and its reflection on inner experience and collective myth.

In French. 

Sunday 19 April, 9:45

The Deep Time Walk is a powerful, immersive experience that takes us through the vast story of our planet’s 4.6-billion-year history—step by step. Over the course of a 4.6 km walk, each metre represents one million years, allowing us to journey from Earth’s fiery origins through the emergence of life, mass extinctions, and evolutionary breakthroughs—right up to the present moment. It is a walk that shifts our perspective, deepens our connection to the planet, and invites reflection on our place in this unfolding story.

This walk lasts between 3 and 3.5 hours, allowing time for storytelling, reflection, and rich conversation along the way.

English & French.

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Events running for an extended period

13 March – 9 May

Naturæ brings together works by Silvia Bächli, Erik Bulatov, Jean Crotti, Franz Gertsch, Fabrice Gygi, Alex Hanimann, Alain Huck, Claudio Moser, Leanne Picthall and Melissa Steckbauer. Through a diversity of practices and generations, this group exhibition explores different artistic approaches to the natural world and its representation.

Opening during the Nuit des Bains, Thursday 12 March, 18:00.

1 – 6 May

“Métamorphose.” The exhibition aims to bring together artists and artworks inspired by the theme of spring in all its forms and interpretations. Each artistic contribution brings a distinct voice to this shared reflection on transformation and renewal.

8 February – 26 April

This thematic exhibition examines how street-name plaques conceal biographies, choices and memories that shape Carouge’s identity. It highlights figures commemorated in the urban fabric—political actors, artists and local personalities—through photographs, archival documents and works from the museum collection.
Combining historical records and visual materials, the show reconstructs the city’s transformations and collective memory, questioning how naming practices inscribe social values and local histories into everyday streetscapes.

12 March – 1 May

May 1972 is an exhibition dedicated to Salvatore Emblema (Naples, 1929–2006), bringing together works produced between the late 1960s and the early 1980s. Across paintings, sculptures and installations, Emblema refines a conceptual language that interrogates materiality, form and temporality. The presentation highlights his experimental use of found materials, assemblage and reductive gestures, situating these works within postwar Italian avant‑garde practices and the artist’s evolving exploration of spatial and epistemic limits.

27 January – 26 April

Alexis Peskine presents OURO VERDE, a series of large-scale portraits and tactile panels that investigate Afro-descendant identity, memory and collective spiritual experience. Using nails hammered with extreme precision into wood stained with coffee, leaves, flowers, mud and Swiss indigenous earth and plants, Peskine develops a unique, time-honed technique. The works engage ancestral healing traditions—including Candomblé from his maternal lineage—and probe resonances between African and European practices, revealing how material processes can evoke ritual, remembrance and cultural continuity.

17 March 2025 – 1 September 2026

The Biopark is temporarily hosting Janus, a unique two-headed Greek tortoise, during the renovation of the Museum. Each head of this male tortoise has its own independent brain, which sometimes makes its movements challenging. In captivity, Janus receives attentive care, resulting in an impressive lifespan of 26 years.

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Geneva Classics

Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.

The MEG is a renowned museum dedicated to the exploration and presentation of cultural diversity from around the world. Located in the heart of Geneva, it houses an extensive collection of over 80,000 objects, including artifacts, textiles, and artworks that highlight the rich traditions and histories of various communities. The museum emphasizes interactive and immersive exhibitions, engaging visitors with contemporary issues related to culture and identity.

Cool fact: The e-MEG app serves as a digital twin of the permanent exhibition, providing an audio guide and detailed descriptions along with photographs of all displayed objects.

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Since its opening in 1994, the MAMCO Geneva (Musée d’art moderne et contemporain)  has staged 450 exhibitions with works dating from the 1960s to the present day. Mamco’s holdings include works by Christo, Martin Kippenberger, Jenny Holzer, Dan Flavin, Sarkis, Franz Erhard Walther and Sylvie Fleury, among many others.

Cool fact: The MAMCO is the epicenter of the “Nuit des Bains”, held three times a year.  During this event, the district around the museum is transformed into a large gallery and attracts thousands of art lovers and sightseers each night.

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With a collection of 27,000 items from Switzerland, Europe and the Middle and Far East, and a witness to twelve centuries of ceramic art from the Middle Ages to modern times, the Ariana is one of Europe’s great museums specializing in glass and ceramics.

Cool fact: On the first Sunday of each month, the Ariana Museum opens its temporary exhibitions to the public.

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