Current exhibitions

Surrealism. Le Grand Jeu

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This transhistorical show, the first thematic exhibition devoted to Surrealism at MCBA since 1987, examines the unprecedented relevance today of this major movement in the history of art. Surrealism, a young centenarian, hasn’t aged one bit.

Gina Proenza. You and Your Gang
Manor Art Prize 2024 Vaud

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Espace Projet
Free admission
To mark the award of the Manor Vaud Cultural Prize, Gina Proenza is taking over the Espace Projet for a brand new exhibition: she devises a polyphonic installation that questions the positions of those who pronounce or receive a sentence.
To mark the award of the Manor Vaud Cultural Prize, Gina Proenza is taking over the Espace Projet for a brand new exhibition: she devises a polyphonic installation that questions the positions of those who pronounce or receive a sentence.

Babi Badalov. Xenopoetri

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Espace Projet
Free admission
MCBA is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Switzerland devoted to the work of Babi Badalov. Both writing and drawing, the artist’s visual poetry explores the political and poetic possibilities of language.
MCBA is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in Switzerland devoted to the work of Babi Badalov. Both writing and drawing, the artist’s visual poetry explores the political and poetic possibilities of language.

Esther Shalev-Gerz.
White Out – Between Telling and Listening

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Espace Focus
Free admission
MCBA is pleased to present White Out – Between Telling and Listening, an installation by Esther Shalev-Gerz, who offers us a portrait of a woman between two cultures, places, and timeframes.
MCBA is pleased to present White Out – Between Telling and Listening, an installation by Esther Shalev-Gerz, who offers us a portrait of a woman between two cultures, places, and timeframes.

Immersion.
The Origins: 1949-1969

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With fourteen immersive environments by a range of artists, from Lucio Fontana to Judy Chicago, Immersion. The Origins: 1949-1969 is the first exhibition to look at an emerging practice that was to become one of the major forms of expression starting in the 1990s.

Mirage
The BCV Art Collection invites Natacha Donzé, Gina Proenza, Jean-Luc Manz, and Denis Savary

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Espace Projet
Free admission
For the second exhibition featuring the BCV Art Collection in MCBA’s special Espace Projet gallery, four artists are showing new installations and other pieces in a play of correspondences and dialogue around their respective practices
For the second exhibition featuring the BCV Art Collection in MCBA’s special Espace Projet gallery, four artists are showing new installations and other pieces in a play of correspondences and dialogue around their respective practices

Steinlen.
Swipe of the Paws and Velvet Claws

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Espace Focus
Free admission
MCBA is pleased to celebrate Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, a wonderful eyewitness to the Belle Époque in Paris. The show features for the first time an extensive group of works from the Paul and Tina Stohler Donation.
MCBA is pleased to celebrate Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen, a wonderful eyewitness to the Belle Époque in Paris. The show features for the first time an extensive group of works from the Paul and Tina Stohler Donation.

Emily Jacir. We Ate the Wind

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Espace Projet
Free admission
Drawing on rituals such as dances, processions and games, Emily Jacir's film installation for the MCBA traces how space, community and memory can be claimed.
Drawing on rituals such as dances, processions and games, Emily Jacir's film installation for the MCBA traces how space, community and memory can be claimed.

Magdalena Abakanowicz. Textile Territories

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For its first major show at the Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts at the museum’s Plateforme 10 address, the Fondation Toms Pauli invites visitors to rediscover the startling work of Magdalena Abakanowicz (1930 – 2017), a pioneer of textile art and a major artist of 20th-century sculpture.

The CAYC Group. Buenos Aires - Lausanne

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Espace Focus
Free admission
In the 1970s and 1980s, two highly productive art world figures agreed to set up art exchanges between Lausanne and Buenos Aires. They were René Berger, the director of MCBA, and Jorge Glusberg, the director of CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación).
In the 1970s and 1980s, two highly productive art world figures agreed to set up art exchanges between Lausanne and Buenos Aires. They were René Berger, the director of MCBA, and Jorge Glusberg, the director of CAYC (Centro de Arte y Comunicación).
Upcoming exhibitions