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

Wednesday 13 May, 17:00

Smallest Things is a melancholic and funny duo created and performed by Marc Oosterhoff and Owen Winship. With almost no set and only a few objects, lights and a single speaker, the piece gradually conjures movement and small acts of wonder from nothing. Straddling dance, circus and magic, the work explores vulnerability, hope and the tender care given to tiny things. Nanda Suc acts as external advisor; the production is by Cie Moost and includes institutional coproductions.

In French.

Wednesday 13 May, 18:00

CEP-UNIGE and AMAGE invite you to a screening of Farha, directed by Darin J. Sallam. Inspired by true events, the film follows Farha, a young Palestinian girl whose life changes dramatically in 1948. The screening will be followed by a discussion on the film and the Nakba.

Original version with French subtitles.

Wednesday 13 May, 20:00

An intimate contemporary performance, Wary Nichen blends physical theatre and subtle choreography to probe memory and identity. Sparse staging and careful lighting create tense, dreamlike interiors where gestures accumulate meaning. The ensemble navigates shifts between humour and unease, inviting close attention to rhythm and silence. The piece favours immersive atmospheres over narrative resolution, leaving audiences with lingering questions about belonging and the textures of everyday ritual.

Wednesday 13 May 2026, 20:30

The Spot Geneva presents Black Star (Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey) at the Alhambra. This legendary conscious hip-hop duo celebrates three decades of collaboration with an intense and generous performance. Expect incisive lyrics, masterful flows, and raw energy, combining Yasiin Bey’s poetic and activist voice with Talib Kweli’s sharp wordplay. This concert promises to champion the values of authentic and committed hip-hop.

12 & 13 May

Olivier Hamant’s lecture delves into the shortcomings of traditional measurement and evaluation tools in capturing the complexity of artistic and collective processes. Drawing inspiration from living systems, it suggests alternative approaches that are slower, more flexible, and aligned with relational dynamics and unseen transformations, as part of a collaboration between MAH and least.

In French.

Wednesday 13 May, 21:00

Lucio Castro’s 2025 film observes Adnan, a young art student who arrives in New York for a summer internship at a gallery where an unconventional older artist he once met exhibits. As past and present interleave, encounters—artistic and erotic—fracture his everyday reality. Castro’s camera favors intimate textures and quiet surrealism, blending raw tenderness with a serene, Dada-tinged lyricism. Presented at ACID, Cannes 2025, the film probes desire, memory and the unstable architecture of romantic longing.

Video discussion with the director Lucio Castro.

In English, Spanish – French subtitles.

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Events running for an extended period

12 March – 16 May

Architecture of Memories is a two-person exhibition by German artist Alina Frieske and Swiss artist Tobias Nussbaumer. Frieske reworks fragments of online imagery into digital collages that question image production and contemporary visual culture. Nussbaumer constructs layered virtual and architectural spaces through detailed pencil and ink drawings based on personal archives. Together their works probe how images configure memory, spatial perception and identity, juxtaposing digital fragmentation with meticulous draughtsmanship.

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

8 May – 27 September

Vladimir Kartashov presents site-specific installations that unfold across historic island spaces, exploring temporal sequences and memory. Through sculptural interventions, architectural adaptations and subtle interventions in sacred interiors, the artist stages a choreography of objects and light that reconfigures perception of place and time. The series juxtaposes material rigor with ephemeral gestures, inviting reflection on duration, ritual and the layered histories embedded in built environments.

Opening:  Friday 8 May, 19:30
In the presence of the artist
Musical performance by Manuel d’Amico Principle Double Bass of the Orchestra Regionale Filarmonia Veneta

November 2025 – May 2026, some Wednesdays

La Jazz Night Latina is an open, high-energy evening where the stage belongs to everyone. Led by percussionist Edwin Sanz, the night begins with a live set from the musician and his hand-picked ensemble, before opening into a jam session where players of all levels are invited to join in and explore Latin repertoires together.

20 February – 29 November

Marie Ducaté presents Simultanés, an installation that transposes the spirit and traces of her studio into a theatre of objects. Combining ceramics, tracing paper, watercolor, textile and glass, the work sits at the intersection of pop culture and art history. The installation foregrounds a chromatic range from vivid colour to transparency and investigates the sensuality of materials, inviting close attention to texture, surface and the intimate relationships between form and materiality. Curated by Claire FitzGerald.

28 January – 23 December

This workshop explores the traditional process of assembling a herbarium specimen, inspired by Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s collections. Participants learn scientific techniques for pressing and mounting dried plants on old paper, practice botanical labelling and nomenclature, and select specimens to create a personal herbarium sheet. The session examines preservation methods, identification principles and the historical context of Rousseau’s approach, combining practical skills with scientific insight to produce a lasting botanical object.

In French.

29 January – 25 October

John M Armleder is invited for the museum’s sixth Carte Blanche, presenting over 500 works in a thematic traversal that juxtaposes heritage and contemporary creation. The installation-driven exhibition stages dialogues between animals, abstract painting, musical instruments and lighting, using assemblage, ephemeral structures and situational interventions to encourage wandering and reinterpretation. Paintings, sculptures and installations are layered and superimposed to prompt new readings of the collection and to foreground process, chance and visual play.

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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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