Current exhibitions

Jardin d’Hiver #2
Poems of Change

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Curated by Simon Würsten Marin, the second iteration of Jardin d’Hiver (Winter Garden), the biennial show devoted to the region’s contemporary art scene, will explore questions of change, instability, and vulnerability, while showcasing the variety seen throughout the artists’ modes of expression.

Balthus the Draftsman

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Espace Focus
Free admission
The exhibition features a selection of drawings by Balthus which the artist’s family has placed with the museum as long-term loans..
The exhibition features a selection of drawings by Balthus which the artist’s family has placed with the museum as long-term loans..

René Auberjonois – Louis Soutter.
The Return to Innocence

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Espace Focus
Free admission
The show brings together two outstanding artists in the MCBA’s collection to examine the quest, which both shared, to get back to art’s sources. Louis Soutter and René Auberjonois were…
The show brings together two outstanding artists in the MCBA’s collection to examine the quest, which both shared, to get back to art’s sources. Louis Soutter and René Auberjonois were…

Naissance et vie des formes.
Dessins contemporains de la collection

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Free admission
This show explores the theme of drawing and the possibilities that lie within the medium, with some 60 works from the MCBA collections by contemporary artists. MCBA conserves nearly 11…
This show explores the theme of drawing and the possibilities that lie within the medium, with some 60 works from the MCBA collections by contemporary artists. MCBA conserves nearly 11…

Résister, encore

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Withdrawal, silence, resilience, outcry, indignation, protestation, action, reflection, satire, humor… This collective show exemplifies the forms of resistance artists have developed when faced with the great challenges of our age – those forms amount to survival strategies.

Jean Dubuffet.
The Mireille and James Lévy Bequest

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Free admission
In 2019, MCBA received an exceptional donation, 34 works by Jean Dubuffet from the art collection of Mireille and James Lévy. This group of works, some of which are on…
In 2019, MCBA received an exceptional donation, 34 works by Jean Dubuffet from the art collection of Mireille and James Lévy. This group of works, some of which are on…