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Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus follows his iconic Tramp as he is chased into a travelling fair and unexpectedly becomes part of a circus troupe. Chaplin directs with a blend of delicate melodrama and kinetic slapstick, balancing tenderness and physical comedy as the Tramp falls for the circus’ equestrienne. Shot in the late silent era, the film pairs precise visual choreography with social observation, culminating in lyrical set pieces that reveal Chaplin’s mastery of pathos and comic timing.
Roger Melt teams with Santosh on tablas for an intimate musical evening that blends jazz, reggae and funk with Antillean flavours. Melt’s songwriting and multi-instrumentalism — kora, voice, guitar and harp — weave warm melodies and rhythmic textures, while tablas and subtle grooves bring a creole pulse. The programme balances improvisation and structured songs, inviting a relaxed, danceable atmosphere accompanied by Afro‑European cuisine.
Le Chant des Trognes is a unique festival dedicated to popular singing traditions, polyphonic music, and cultural transmission, bringing together artists, audiences, and communities around a shared celebration of voice, heritage, and collective creativity. Blending concerts, workshops, and participatory experiences, the festival explores the richness of traditional and contemporary vocal expressions while fostering meaningful connections between generations and cultures. Rooted in values of conviviality, accessibility, and artistic exchange, it offers an immersive experience where music, storytelling, and community come together in a warm and inspiring atmosphere.
Geneva artists Serval and Kalonji present a dialogue between graffiti and illustration, bringing together spray-painted mark-making and drawn line. The presentation focuses on collaborative creation and the material interplay between aerosol, ink and paper, producing works that blur boundaries between street art and studio practice.
Their pieces explore urban visual language, rhythm, and the politics of public imagery, inviting reflection on authorship, gesture and the ways contemporary graphic forms shape collective perception.
In French.
Three open-air cinema evenings featuring films filled with emotion, humanity, and courage.
Program:
Friday 3 July, 20:00 – À Bicyclette !, Mathias Mlekuz, 2024.
Saturday 4 July, 20:00 – Hola Frida, Karine Vézina and André Kadi, 2025.
Sunday 5 July, 20:00 – À bras le corps, Marie-Elsa Sgualdo, 2025.
In French.
The Geneva International String Academy presents an exceptional series of concerts celebrating the artistry of emerging musicians and internationally renowned performers through a rich programme of chamber music, recitals, and masterclasses. Bringing together talented young violinists, violists, and cellists from around the world, the Academy creates a unique environment where education and performance meet, fostering artistic exchange, excellence, and creativity. Set in some of Geneva’s most inspiring cultural venues, these concerts offer audiences an intimate and vibrant musical experience while highlighting the next generation of classical talent alongside distinguished guest artists and professors.
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Events running for an extended period
Featuring pieces by Faye Toogood, Studiopepe, Domingos Totora and Clément Thévenot, DOMUM invites you to discover their new exhibition, taking inspiration from food shapes and colors: Bread&Butter.
Opening: Thursday 21 May at 18:00
HiFlow launches Quand le vivant nous fait agir, a year-long programme that explores how living systems can inspire new ways of thinking and acting. Bringing together artists, researchers, designers, entrepreneurs and thinkers, HiFlow becomes a space for experimentation and dialogue around more sensitive and sustainable futures. The first chapter, “Hybridations fertiles”, transforms the venue into a living laboratory through a collective exhibition, off-site projects, conferences, performances and workshops at the crossroads of art, design, life sciences and hybrid technologies.
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)
Chris Lovasoa Kauffmann presents a new body of work that explores architectural form and symbolic resonance through sculpture, painting and installation. Minimal geometries and textured surfaces negotiate scale and monumentality, while layered materials and subtle color shifts invite reflection on construction, memory and cultural lineage. The works balance rigorous formalism with tactile evidence of process, proposing an austere yet intimate meditation on how built forms shape perception and collective narratives.
Opening: Thursday 2 July, 18:00
Yvan Salomone presents a series of recent watercolours that transform anonymous buildings and soulless industrial sites into evocative landscapes. Through delicate, velvety tones, subtle colour modulations and watery traces that suggest life, the artist elevates banal subjects and transfigures objective reality. The exhibition’s title, 2611, alludes to Salomone’s practice of assigning eleven‑letter titles composed from the alphabet, producing names that detach the work from literal description and invite poetic reading.
Opening: Thursday 7 May , 16:00
Crossings brings together Swiss artist Maria Ceppi and Japanese artist Tami Ichino in a poetic dialogue exploring memory, transformation, and the hidden resonance of everyday forms. Through sculpture, painting, and assemblage, the artists reinterpret familiar materials and natural elements into evocative compositions that move between abstraction and recognition. Blending intuition, symbolism, and material experimentation, the exhibition creates immersive spaces where personal narratives intersect with broader reflections on nature, coexistence, perception, and the shifting relationship between humanity and the world around us. Hosted by GOWEN Contemporary, Crossings invites viewers into a contemplative journey where objects, landscapes, and emotions continuously evolve across forms, meanings, and states of being.
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Geneva Classics
Visiting for the first time? A quick guide to the city’s top attractions.
Located in the heart of Geneva’s international district, the Portail des Nations is a space dedicated to dialogue, cooperation, and global issues. Through exhibitions, talks, and cultural events, it offers visitors an entry point into the major challenges shaping our world and Geneva’s role as a hub for international governance.
Nestled in the Geneva countryside, the Collection du Crest showcases a remarkable selection of modern and contemporary art. Through temporary exhibitions and its private collection, this unique venue offers an intimate encounter with artistic creation, in dialogue with the history and landscape of the estate.
Discover one of the world’s most remarkable libraries and museums, home to an exceptional collection of manuscripts, rare books, and historical documents spanning over 5,000 years of human history. Located in Cologny overlooking Lake Geneva, the Fondation Martin Bodmer offers a unique journey through literature, philosophy, religion, science, and the arts, bringing together some of humanity’s most significant written treasures.
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