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

2 – 9 May

This community festival gathers experts, artists and citizens to imagine shared futures and stimulate collective reflection. Through immersive exhibitions, debates, workshops and performances, it explores major social, environmental and urban challenges and investigates pathways for sustainable transition. Sessions examine cross-cutting themes—innovation, governance, ecological adaptation and cultural practices—offering diverse perspectives and practical insights to help audiences understand systemic issues and identify strategies for local transformation.

In French.

2 – 10 May

Follow Ugly, a plucky duckling who leaves the farmyard, meets quirky characters and discovers the value of being different in this witty, tuneful musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s tale. Student actors bring colourful characters to life with songs, movement and gentle humour, creating a warm family theatre experience that celebrates diversity, empathy and belonging.

In English. Kids ages 5 and up.

Monday 4 May, 18:00

Joseph Stiglitz, 2001 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, delivers a keynote examining the state of American democracy and global challenges facing free expression. His remarks will be followed by a discussion with Kenneth Roth, visiting professor at Princeton University and former executive director of Human Rights Watch, exploring democratic resilience ahead of the US midterm elections. The programme also includes introductions by the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the presentation of the 2026 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award.

In English.

Monday 4 May, 18:00

As part of our 120th anniversary celebrations, we are pleased to welcome Gilles Babinet for a talk on the major transformations driven by artificial intelligence. Drawing on his experience as an entrepreneur and digital expert, he will explore the evolution of AI and its impact on society, education, and learning practices. This conference offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the opportunities, challenges, and ethical questions raised by these rapidly evolving technologies.

In French.

4 – 9 May

Sustainability Week is a student-led festival that brings together students, staff and the wider community to explore sustainable living and collective action. Across workshops, skill-sharing and discussions participants can join clothing swaps and repair sessions, sewing and bookbinding workshops, paper-making, a planetary health programme, rooftop yoga, film screenings and photo exhibitions, and a closing Biocale evening. Activities encourage hands-on learning, mutual support and community building.

Monday 4 May, 19:00

Francesca Rosati Freeman’s documentary observes the Moso people of the Yunnan foothills, offering an intimate, lyrical portrait of a matrilineal society. Through first-hand testimonies and lingering images of striking Himalayan landscapes, the film probes how a roughly 40,000-strong community organizes daily life around collective solidarity, sharing and a maternal ethic. Quiet, observational camerawork and patient pacing emphasize oral traditions and the fragile persistence of cultural practices under pressure from market forces and mass tourism, evoking both beauty and concern.

In French.

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Events running for an extended period

28 March – 10 May

MAMCO presents Dial‑A‑Poem Switzerland, a telephone-based poetic broadcasting project inspired by John Giorno. The installation transforms a decommissioned phone booth into a listening station, gathering recorded voices from across Switzerland’s linguistic regions. The programme features contributions by poets and artists exploring language, public space and oral transmission, alternating recorded and live readings. Conceived with Giorno Poetry Systems, the project foregrounds voice as material and communal listening as a poetic practice.

13 March – 16 May

Geneva-based artist Christian Robert-Tissot transforms everyday words, slogans and street expressions into bold visual artworks. By shifting these familiar phrases out of their usual context, he reveals their rhythms, ambiguities and hidden meanings, turning ordinary language into playful reflections on daily life.

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

29 April – 5 July

Artist Jessica Decorvet presents an immersive installation and scenography centered on a monumental curtain that choreographs a shifting landscape. Through sculpture, textile and spatial interventions, the work stages transformations of perception and material histories, exploring entanglements between nature, cultivation and human intervention. The exhibition evolves over time with the staged unveiling of Néophytes, inviting reflection on emergence, adaptation and the politics of presence within constructed environments.

16 March – 17 October

Dany Gignoux (photographer) and poet Georges Haldas present a compelling dialogue between documentary photography and lyrical prose. The exhibition brings together photographs and written fragments that register everyday life in Geneva’s cafés, combining on-the-spot reportage with memory-infused “prose inspirée.” Through intimate black-and-white images and spare, evocative texts the works transfigure mundane scenes into poetic testimony, revealing social undercurrents and human tenderness. Archival materials frame this historic encounter between two generations of cultural chroniclers.

May 2026

CineGlobe is a singular science film festival held at CERN, exploring the fertile ground where science, technology and culture meet. Rather than focusing on traditional science fiction or didactic documentaries, it showcases inventive films that draw inspiration from scientific ideas and use storytelling to spark curiosity, reflection and debate. Each edition is guided by a broad thematic thread, offering a bold and imaginative look at contemporary issues — from climate change to digital societies — while celebrating creativity, narrative power and fresh perspectives on science.

12 March – 9 May

The exhibition brings together three artists, Nnena Kalu, Linda Bell and Marie Gyger, whose practices examine repetitive gesture as a daily discipline. Gyger reflects on the value of labour, while Bell and Kalu pursue more spontaneous, obsessive procedures. Their works, ranging from repetitive drawings and object accumulation to installations and assembled images, show how accumulation sculpts pictorial forms and material narratives, inviting reflection on labour, ritual and the construction of visual meaning.

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

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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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