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Choreographed by Catol Teixeira, Baby Teeth is a ten-dancer work that inhabits the mouth as a site of taste, biting and contagion. The piece weaves song, movement and tactile materials into a polyphonic choreography where pleasure and pain coexist. Collaborating with visual artists, poets and lighting designers, the ensemble explores memory, transmission and the birth of language through shifting textures and intimate gestures. The multinational creative team brings a collective, ritual quality to a sensory, transformative journey.
Join a family storytelling evening that explores voices. Children and caregivers hear playful tales, songs, poems and nonsense led by Compagnie Alsand and mediator Anouck Hoyois. Move to rhythms, try whispering and echoing, and imagine the voices of the future. A temporary exhibition and a small library invite little hands to browse colorful images and books, while short vocal games sharpen listening, spark creativity and unlock silly, surprising sounds.
In French. Kids ages 0 and up.
Bianca Costa’s debut album GRINGA presents a bold fusion of urban rhythms and pop melodies. With nearly 50 million streams worldwide and collaborations with Sia, Major Lazer, Fally Ipupa, Mc Pedrinho and Soso Maness, she blends pulsating beats and luminous hooks. The single Maluka reveals a vibrant, sensitive voice exploring love and admiration for another woman with audacity and tenderness. Her music balances infectious grooves and emotional nuance, inviting intimate connection and confident, contemporary pop expression.
Imen Lahmar turns personal history and keen observation into a sharp, playful stand-up performance about ‘francité’ and the wider world. A former media consultant, she mines career change, travels and intimate anecdotes for material, moving between self-deprecating confession and pointed cultural critique. Her delivery mixes rapid-fire jokes and sly sincerity, creating an engaging, conversational atmosphere that feels both candid and crafted.
In French.
Presented in partnership with the Institut National Genevois, this closing concert brings together prizewinners of the Geneva Competition: violist Brian Isaacs and the Quatuor Elmire. The programme centres on Beethoven’s Quintet alongside two contrasting works, offering intimate chamber music textures. The performers favour clarity of line and heated interplay, shaping a narrative of tenderness and tension. Lighting and staging are understated, focusing attention on timbral richness and communicative ensemble playing to create a luminous, emotionally precise evening.
Plunge into dark waters where giant shadows and sea legends come alive. Storyteller and musician weave tales of kraken, the lake serpent, false mermaids and the Leviathan with deep sounds, soft whispers and body percussion. Children follow the rhythm, imitate tentacles, become waves and stir playful storms. The show gives animals a voice and invites young explorers to imagine underwater life, sense textures and listen to mysterious echoes.
In French. Kids ages 7 and up.
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Events running for an extended period
Curated by the University of Geneva, the exhibition traces the journey of a grain of sand from extraction to its role in contemporary urban construction. Through research-driven installations and documentary displays, it examines extraction, global logistics, and the environmental and social impacts of sand mining. The show juxtaposes scarred landscapes and fragile ecosystems with the material demands of concrete and infrastructure, prompting reflection on alternative materials, reuse practices and how cities might be reimagined for genuine sustainability.
Guided tours: September 27 and 29, October 27, November 15
Family tours: September 30, November 11
Nuit des Bains: September 17, November 12
Round table (in French) “Building the Geneva of tomorrow”: 3 December, 12:30
An extensive survey assembled from a long-standing research collection devoted to glass, this exhibition takes a contemporary look at a millennia-old material. Over two hundred glass and mixed-media works, including sculptural objects, design pieces and installations, testify to a transdisciplinary experimental spirit. Featuring artists such as Ettore Sottsass, Pierre Charpin, Betty Woodman, Bob Wilson, Giuseppe Penone, Jana Sterbak and James Lee Byars, the show examines materiality, technique and the porous boundaries between craft, design and contemporary art.
Opening : Thursday 23 April, 18:00
Guided Tours (in French)
Edmund Clark and Crofton Black present a collaborative exhibition that interrogates the scale and knowledge systems of overwhelming structures of power. Using photography, archival imagery, data visualizations and text, the artists construct an encyclopedic investigation that interweaves images, datasets and language. Works draw on printed reference material to probe the technico-military-industrial complex, examining how knowledge production shapes secrecy, infrastructure and contemporary geopolitical imaginaries.
Opening : 28 October, 18:00
An ephemeral collective of illustrators and invited guests presents new work developed during a residency. Artists include Melchior Best, Hannah de Carpentier, Coline Davaud, Fred Fivaz, Juliette Mancini, Romain Pereira, Audrey Ramos, Fanny Rose, Tommy Smits, Marie-Yaé Suematsu, Cassandre Tornay and Fabio Zimbres. The exhibition gathers original illustrations and collaborative projects that highlight a plurality of graphic approaches. It examines modes of exchange between individual practice and group dynamics, revealing how drawing-based practices adapt to collaborative and spatial contexts.
Opening: 14 October, 18:00
David Ancelin’s SMOG unfolds over nearly fifteen years of work, where familiar fragments of the everyday slip out of focus. Printed by silkscreen on stainless-steel plates and finished with an intentionally interrupted polish, the images hover between reflection and obscurity. Tourist infrastructures, ordinary buildings, and natural elements appear suspended in grey expanses, stripped of scale and certainty. The exhibition explores how visibility shifts with light and viewpoint, turning fog into both motif and material, and asking what remains when context dissolves.
Opening: 12 Novembre, 18:00
Ceramics and glass get their moment in the spotlight at the Ariana. From delicate porcelain to bold contemporary pieces, the collection shows just how inventive the “fire arts” can be, all inside one of Geneva’s most distinctive museum buildings.
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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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