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

Saturday 24 January, 15:00

Settle in for a lively collection of short films made especially for children. Travel from one tiny world to another through colorful images, funny voices, and surprising sounds. Laugh at quirky characters, feel the wonder of new places, and imagine big adventures from short stories. This screening opens doors to different cultures and playful ideas, inviting kids to watch, think, and share reactions with family and friends.

In French. Kids ages 6 and up.

16 – 25 January

The Black Movie International Independent Film Festival returns for its 27th edition, opening the cultural year with around a hundred bold and independent films from Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe. Featuring both feature-length and short films for adults and children alike, the festival showcases contemporary cinema beyond the mainstream, offering a vibrant journey through today’s most daring international creations.

Saturday 24 January, 21:00

Led by alto saxophonist Filippo Valli, the Filippo Valli Quartet blends original compositions with fresh takes on jazz standards. Drawing on influences such as Joel Ross, Immanuel Wilkins and Joshua Redman, the group fuses blues, soul and funk to build a personal, emotionally resonant sound. With Alessandro Alarcon on drums, Yves-Yann Lavaly on piano and Emilio Giovanoli on double bass, the quartet balances energetic interplay and introspective passages to create vibrant, contemporary jazz presented within the Suisse Diagonales Jazz circuit.

22 – 27 January

Directed by Guillermo Cacace, this stripped-down staging places five actresses around a single table in the heart of the audience to perform Chekhov’s La Mouette. Pilar Boyle, Marcela Guerty, Clarisa Korovsky, Paula Fernandez MBarak and Romina Padoan inhabit Nina, Treplev, Arkadina, Trigorine and Macha, exposing desires, disillusion and distress in an intimate, raw mise en scène. Dramaturgy by Juan Ignacio Fernández; produced by Bérénice Bardoul and Gabriela Gobbi.

Performed in Spanish with French surtitles.

16 – 25 January

The acrobatic sensation from Australia is coming to Am Stram Gram! Seven acrobats create an atmosphere of joy and camaraderie, performing breathtaking feats and even inviting audience members to join them on stage. Their performances, stripped of gimmicks, are captivating and brimming with humor and teamwork, delivering unforgettable moments of pure joy to the audience.

22 – 24 January

L’Aventure Invisible explores what shapes a person when the self wavers under life’s blows. Drawing on extensive research and interviews, Marcus Lindeen transforms real stories into a compelling theatrical experience, continuing the director’s work seen in Orlando, Mikael, and Wild Minds.

In French.

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Events running for an extended period

20 September 2025 – 1 February 2026

To mark the 300th anniversary of Giacomo Casanova, the MAH presents a major exhibition on this iconic 18th-century figure. Seducer, adventurer, writer, and traveler, Casanova left his mark on Geneva through his encounters with Voltaire. Rare manuscripts and objects trace the captivating journey of a libertine in Calvin’s city.

22 January – 28 February

Glazed Realities is a group exhibition curated by Vasilis Zografos that examines contemporary ceramic practices as instruments of storytelling, experimentation and transformation. Featuring works by Nacoca Ko, Fernando de la Rocque, Jan Steenman, Heberth Sobral and Irene Venetsanou, the show foregrounds ceramic surfaces as carriers of memory, social narrative and perceptual ambiguity. Through glazing, texture and material manipulation the artists deploy sculpture and object-based installations to probe materiality, luminosity, fragility and the interplay between form and human experience.

Opening during La Nuit des Bains, Thursday 22 January, from 18:00.

29 October 2025 – 31 May 2026

Pleasing the Spirits invites you on a journey through the Barbier-Mueller Collection, showcasing artworks from around the globe. Curated by Séverine Fromaigeat and Paul Maheke, the exhibition offers an open-ended exploration of diverse objects, awakening spirits and uncovering territories to discover.

9 October 2025 – 30 August 2026

The International Museum of the Red Cross and Red Crescent presents the first European solo exhibition of Guatemalan Maya Kaqchikel artist Angélica Serech (*1982). Pach’un Q’ijul (Temps entrelacés – Deep Time) intertwines ancestral weaving gestures with personal and collective memory, drawing on Serech’s history shaped by Guatemala’s civil war. Using self-built looms and natural materials like corn husks and branches, her works explore resilience, repair, and the deep ties between textile traditions and humanitarian action.

4 December 2025 – 7 February 2026

John M. Armleder presents Encore(s), a display of his ancillary productions assembled in a space that mixes shop, domestic interior and tea-room. For over fifty years Armleder has developed a practice where art lives in relation to space, encounters and everyday life, blurring borders between artwork and decor, exhibition and situation. The project gathers objects, editions and collaborative creations — clothing, accessories, furniture and tableware — that transform use into sign. Most pieces are offered for sale, underscoring circulation and experimentation within his oeuvre.

21 January – 7 February

Inspired by the accounts of women mountaineers, this performance intertwines mountaineering, feminism, and ecology. Two women, united against the elements, commemorate a vanished glacier, confronting fear and hope. The mountain emerges as a symbol of both endangered nature and the solidarity of humanity in need of rebuilding.

In French.

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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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