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11 & 12 February

Nicolas Fayol performs a striking solo that confines the body to a 1.5‑metre landscape, exploring what a man becomes when he can no longer stand. Through contortions, breaths and improvised encounters between hands and feet, he invents new physical vocabularies that blend acrobatics, yoga and hip‑hop. Bathed in precise lighting and accompanied live by the duo Mont Analogue, the piece shifts between animal, child and prehistoric forms, offering a tactile, intimate meditation on human posture and transformation.

Wednesday 11 February, 15:00

Cordeb’Art facilitates this introductory manga drawing workshop, presenting approachable techniques for creating characters, expressions and dynamic poses suitable for beginners.

The session covers fundamentals of manga style—proportions, facial features, line work and shading—through exercises centered on monsters and other nightmarish creatures. Participants explore character design, anatomy simplification, and mood creation while practicing sketching and inking strategies that enhance expressiveness and storytelling in their creature designs.

In French. From ages 9 to 15.

11 – 22 February

Conservator-restorer Éléonore Bernard presents a curated selection of pioneering video artworks from the 1980s and 1990s. The program gathers single-channel and experimental pieces that foreground the materiality of analog videotape: magnetic signal plasticity, audiovisual disturbances, image deconstruction, superimpositions and transparency.
Works range from introspective performances and bodily studies to subtle subversive gestures and feminist utopias, using montage, tape artifacts and layered imagery. The selection reveals how early video practices explored error, repetition and ritualistic modes of attention.

11 – 13 February

Artistic direction by Cédric Pescia frames a collective traversal of György Kurtág’s landmark piano cycle Játékok, performed by students and young pianists from HEM, CMG, CPMDT, IJD and pre‑college programmes. The cycle presents Books I–X alongside the world premiere of the unpublished Book XI, a sequence of miniatures that are playful yet exacting. The repertoire explores gesture, texture and concentrated musical language, creating an intimate sonic landscape that balances delicate detail with sudden bursts of intensity. Presented for Kurtág’s centenary and CMG’s 190th anniversary.

Wednesday 11 February, 13:30

Explore how to make manga characters express emotion with clarity and charm. In this hands-on workshop, illustrator Nathalie Gür shows techniques for drawing convincing facial expressions and body language, using a lightbox and other studio tools. Participants will practise sketching moods, refining line work and experimenting with exaggerated features to convey feelings without relying on action. The session balances playful exercises and practical tips to help young artists bring their paper characters to life.

In French. Kids ages 9 and up.

31 January – 14 February

Painter Sandra Czich leads a series of expressive art workshops, bringing hands-on experience in contemporary painting and supportive group facilitation.

Sessions explore energetic improvisation to boost creativity, nocturnal painting with phosphorescent paints to access emotion, and a Valentine-themed practice investigating love and self-expression. Participants experiment with materials, color and rhythm to develop confidence and personal artistic voice. The workshops address composition, mark-making and playful use of light to enrich creative practice.

In French.

11 & 12 February

Nicolas Fayol performs a striking solo that confines the body to a 1.5‑metre landscape, exploring what a man becomes when he can no longer stand. Through contortions, breaths and improvised encounters between hands and feet, he invents new physical vocabularies that blend acrobatics, yoga and hip‑hop. Bathed in precise lighting and accompanied live by the duo Mont Analogue, the piece shifts between animal, child and prehistoric forms, offering a tactile, intimate meditation on human posture and transformation.

Wednesday 11 February, 15:00

Cordeb’Art facilitates this introductory manga drawing workshop, presenting approachable techniques for creating characters, expressions and dynamic poses suitable for beginners.

The session covers fundamentals of manga style—proportions, facial features, line work and shading—through exercises centered on monsters and other nightmarish creatures. Participants explore character design, anatomy simplification, and mood creation while practicing sketching and inking strategies that enhance expressiveness and storytelling in their creature designs.

In French. From ages 9 to 15.

11 – 22 February

Conservator-restorer Éléonore Bernard presents a curated selection of pioneering video artworks from the 1980s and 1990s. The program gathers single-channel and experimental pieces that foreground the materiality of analog videotape: magnetic signal plasticity, audiovisual disturbances, image deconstruction, superimpositions and transparency.
Works range from introspective performances and bodily studies to subtle subversive gestures and feminist utopias, using montage, tape artifacts and layered imagery. The selection reveals how early video practices explored error, repetition and ritualistic modes of attention.

11 – 13 February

Artistic direction by Cédric Pescia frames a collective traversal of György Kurtág’s landmark piano cycle Játékok, performed by students and young pianists from HEM, CMG, CPMDT, IJD and pre‑college programmes. The cycle presents Books I–X alongside the world premiere of the unpublished Book XI, a sequence of miniatures that are playful yet exacting. The repertoire explores gesture, texture and concentrated musical language, creating an intimate sonic landscape that balances delicate detail with sudden bursts of intensity. Presented for Kurtág’s centenary and CMG’s 190th anniversary.

Wednesday 11 February, 13:30

Explore how to make manga characters express emotion with clarity and charm. In this hands-on workshop, illustrator Nathalie Gür shows techniques for drawing convincing facial expressions and body language, using a lightbox and other studio tools. Participants will practise sketching moods, refining line work and experimenting with exaggerated features to convey feelings without relying on action. The session balances playful exercises and practical tips to help young artists bring their paper characters to life.

In French. Kids ages 9 and up.

31 January – 14 February

Painter Sandra Czich leads a series of expressive art workshops, bringing hands-on experience in contemporary painting and supportive group facilitation.

Sessions explore energetic improvisation to boost creativity, nocturnal painting with phosphorescent paints to access emotion, and a Valentine-themed practice investigating love and self-expression. Participants experiment with materials, color and rhythm to develop confidence and personal artistic voice. The workshops address composition, mark-making and playful use of light to enrich creative practice.

In French.

11 & 12 February

Nicolas Fayol performs a striking solo that confines the body to a 1.5‑metre landscape, exploring what a man becomes when he can no longer stand. Through contortions, breaths and improvised encounters between hands and feet, he invents new physical vocabularies that blend acrobatics, yoga and hip‑hop. Bathed in precise lighting and accompanied live by the duo Mont Analogue, the piece shifts between animal, child and prehistoric forms, offering a tactile, intimate meditation on human posture and transformation.

Wednesday 11 February, 15:00

Cordeb’Art facilitates this introductory manga drawing workshop, presenting approachable techniques for creating characters, expressions and dynamic poses suitable for beginners.

The session covers fundamentals of manga style—proportions, facial features, line work and shading—through exercises centered on monsters and other nightmarish creatures. Participants explore character design, anatomy simplification, and mood creation while practicing sketching and inking strategies that enhance expressiveness and storytelling in their creature designs.

In French. From ages 9 to 15.

11 – 22 February

Conservator-restorer Éléonore Bernard presents a curated selection of pioneering video artworks from the 1980s and 1990s. The program gathers single-channel and experimental pieces that foreground the materiality of analog videotape: magnetic signal plasticity, audiovisual disturbances, image deconstruction, superimpositions and transparency.
Works range from introspective performances and bodily studies to subtle subversive gestures and feminist utopias, using montage, tape artifacts and layered imagery. The selection reveals how early video practices explored error, repetition and ritualistic modes of attention.

11 – 13 February

Artistic direction by Cédric Pescia frames a collective traversal of György Kurtág’s landmark piano cycle Játékok, performed by students and young pianists from HEM, CMG, CPMDT, IJD and pre‑college programmes. The cycle presents Books I–X alongside the world premiere of the unpublished Book XI, a sequence of miniatures that are playful yet exacting. The repertoire explores gesture, texture and concentrated musical language, creating an intimate sonic landscape that balances delicate detail with sudden bursts of intensity. Presented for Kurtág’s centenary and CMG’s 190th anniversary.

Wednesday 11 February, 13:30

Explore how to make manga characters express emotion with clarity and charm. In this hands-on workshop, illustrator Nathalie Gür shows techniques for drawing convincing facial expressions and body language, using a lightbox and other studio tools. Participants will practise sketching moods, refining line work and experimenting with exaggerated features to convey feelings without relying on action. The session balances playful exercises and practical tips to help young artists bring their paper characters to life.

In French. Kids ages 9 and up.

31 January – 14 February

Painter Sandra Czich leads a series of expressive art workshops, bringing hands-on experience in contemporary painting and supportive group facilitation.

Sessions explore energetic improvisation to boost creativity, nocturnal painting with phosphorescent paints to access emotion, and a Valentine-themed practice investigating love and self-expression. Participants experiment with materials, color and rhythm to develop confidence and personal artistic voice. The workshops address composition, mark-making and playful use of light to enrich creative practice.

In French.

Saturday 14 February, 19:00

Organised by Fondation Cap Loisir, this masked Valentine’s ball celebrates love in all its forms through music, dance and live performance. Guests move between communal dances and intimate moments, guided by transformed identities and a playful corridor of metamorphosis where participants are made up and choose masks. The evening blends festive exuberance with tender encounters, crafting a warm, inclusive atmosphere that foregrounds connection, choreography and theatrical surprise.

Saturday 14 February, 14:00

Anna Tosello Liatti, workshop leader, guides participants through monotype printmaking with hands-on instruction and demonstrations. She frames the practice as a way to explore expressive mark-making and creative experimentation, accessible to beginners.

The workshop examines techniques for creating single-print monotypes, covering plate manipulation, color blending, composition, and transfer methods. Participants develop unique prints intended as personal gifts, learning how to refine imagery, experiment with textures, and adapt motifs for intimate, expressive results.

In French.

11 – 22 February

Choreographer Ugo Dehaes replaces his human troupe with extravagant robot-dancers endowed with an artificial intelligence that invents their own choreography. Intimate and unsettling, the performance invites the audience to sit around a table as the mechanised performers execute an uncanny, rhythmic ballet. Marie Peeters’ dramaturgy frames questions about labour, profit and the place of culture, while Wannes Deneer’s scenography and musical composition shape a tactile, immersive atmosphere. The piece blends humour, critique and physical precision.

12 – 22 February

“Les Trois Soeurs à Trois” by Collectif BPM at Maison Saint-Gervais presents an inventive reinterpretation of Chekhov’s play. Artists Catherine Büchi, Léa Pohlhammer, and Pierre Mifsud transform this classic by portraying journalists recording a radio show. They narrate the real or imagined stories of different productions of the play, while sharing personal and family anecdotes, providing a humorous and sharp reflection on their own dreams and illusions.

In French.

Saturday 14 February, 10:00, 11:30 & 14:30

Listen to a Chinese tale, then create a paper dragon bursting with bright colors. Sit close to hear the storyteller’s warm voice as the dragon’s shapes and movements come alive. Decorate, fold and assemble your dragon from paper, giving it a long body to wave and twirl. Feel the paper rustle, see the bright colors, and let your dragon dance in your hands, sparking curiosity and playful creativity.

In French. Kids ages 2–4.

14 – 15 February

Le Cirque des Merveilles invites children and adults alike to follow Laya, a dreamy, imaginative young girl who discovers a magical world hidden inside her wardrobe. Created by Le Bazar des Merveilles, this family-friendly show brings together acrobats, jugglers, dancers, clowns, and magicians in a joyful blend of music, humor, and poetry, celebrating boundless imagination and the wonder of seeing the world through a child’s eyes.

11 & 12 February

Nicolas Fayol performs a striking solo that confines the body to a 1.5‑metre landscape, exploring what a man becomes when he can no longer stand. Through contortions, breaths and improvised encounters between hands and feet, he invents new physical vocabularies that blend acrobatics, yoga and hip‑hop. Bathed in precise lighting and accompanied live by the duo Mont Analogue, the piece shifts between animal, child and prehistoric forms, offering a tactile, intimate meditation on human posture and transformation.

Wednesday 11 February, 15:00

Cordeb’Art facilitates this introductory manga drawing workshop, presenting approachable techniques for creating characters, expressions and dynamic poses suitable for beginners.

The session covers fundamentals of manga style—proportions, facial features, line work and shading—through exercises centered on monsters and other nightmarish creatures. Participants explore character design, anatomy simplification, and mood creation while practicing sketching and inking strategies that enhance expressiveness and storytelling in their creature designs.

In French. From ages 9 to 15.

11 – 22 February

Conservator-restorer Éléonore Bernard presents a curated selection of pioneering video artworks from the 1980s and 1990s. The program gathers single-channel and experimental pieces that foreground the materiality of analog videotape: magnetic signal plasticity, audiovisual disturbances, image deconstruction, superimpositions and transparency.
Works range from introspective performances and bodily studies to subtle subversive gestures and feminist utopias, using montage, tape artifacts and layered imagery. The selection reveals how early video practices explored error, repetition and ritualistic modes of attention.

11 – 13 February

Artistic direction by Cédric Pescia frames a collective traversal of György Kurtág’s landmark piano cycle Játékok, performed by students and young pianists from HEM, CMG, CPMDT, IJD and pre‑college programmes. The cycle presents Books I–X alongside the world premiere of the unpublished Book XI, a sequence of miniatures that are playful yet exacting. The repertoire explores gesture, texture and concentrated musical language, creating an intimate sonic landscape that balances delicate detail with sudden bursts of intensity. Presented for Kurtág’s centenary and CMG’s 190th anniversary.

Wednesday 11 February, 13:30

Explore how to make manga characters express emotion with clarity and charm. In this hands-on workshop, illustrator Nathalie Gür shows techniques for drawing convincing facial expressions and body language, using a lightbox and other studio tools. Participants will practise sketching moods, refining line work and experimenting with exaggerated features to convey feelings without relying on action. The session balances playful exercises and practical tips to help young artists bring their paper characters to life.

In French. Kids ages 9 and up.

31 January – 14 February

Painter Sandra Czich leads a series of expressive art workshops, bringing hands-on experience in contemporary painting and supportive group facilitation.

Sessions explore energetic improvisation to boost creativity, nocturnal painting with phosphorescent paints to access emotion, and a Valentine-themed practice investigating love and self-expression. Participants experiment with materials, color and rhythm to develop confidence and personal artistic voice. The workshops address composition, mark-making and playful use of light to enrich creative practice.

In French.

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Founder of cult eco-soap company The Soap and the Sea, Lucia Rochat, shares her Geneva favorites, from her go-to chocolate to hidden local spots, and the cultural event she wouldn’t miss for anything.
Artist and gallerist Philippe Cramer takes us on a tour of his favorite Geneva cultural gems, from cutting-edge art to beloved local hangouts.

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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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