Upcoming exhibitions

Marina Xenofontos. Play Life

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Espace Projet
Free admission
Through her sculptures, found objects, writing and films, Marina Xenofontos interrogates the material manifestations of memory and history. For her show in the Espace Projet, she explores the question of space, both virtual and real.
Through her sculptures, found objects, writing and films, Marina Xenofontos interrogates the material manifestations of memory and history. For her show in the Espace Projet, she explores the question of space, both virtual and real.

French Painting 1800-1945. Anatomy of a Collection

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Espace Focus
Free admission
Mounted within The collection, the display of the museum’s permanent collection, as well as in the MCBA Espace Focus gallery, the show French Painting 1800-1945. Anatomy of a Collection invites visitors to rediscover the many masterpieces of French painting conserved in the museum. These are pieces signed by a number of major French artists, including Corot, Courbet, Degas, Cezanne, Matisse, and Bonnard. It is also the chance to discover paintings that are rarely on view.
Mounted within The collection, the display of the museum’s permanent collection, as well as in the MCBA Espace Focus gallery, the show French Painting 1800-1945. Anatomy of a Collection invites visitors to rediscover the many masterpieces of French painting conserved in the museum. These are pieces signed by a number of major French artists, including Corot, Courbet, Degas, Cezanne, Matisse, and Bonnard. It is also the chance to discover paintings that are rarely on view.

Otobong Nkanga. I dreamt of you in colours

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MCBA, in collaboration with the Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, is presenting a major exhibition devoted to the work of Otobong Nkanga. Conceived in collaboration with the artist, it runs from 10 October 2025 to 23 February 2026 in Paris, then from 3 April to 23 August 2026 in Lausanne.

Lucas Erin
Manor Art Prize 2026 Vaud

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Espace Projet
Free admission
For his show in the Espace Projet, Lucas Erin presents a new series of works that explore the garden, its connection to the seasons and climatic variations, its changing meanings across different latitudes, its particular economy, as well as its place in specific histories and temporalities.
For his show in the Espace Projet, Lucas Erin presents a new series of works that explore the garden, its connection to the seasons and climatic variations, its changing meanings across different latitudes, its particular economy, as well as its place in specific histories and temporalities.

Blanc-Gatti. The Painter of sounds

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Espace Focus
Free admission
A scientist and musician by training, the Lausanne native Charles Blanc-Gatti (1890-1966) was a self-taught painter and filmmaker, as well as a major player in the ‘musicalisation’ of the visual arts. His work places us at the very heart of modernity’s progressive utopias.
A scientist and musician by training, the Lausanne native Charles Blanc-Gatti (1890-1966) was a self-taught painter and filmmaker, as well as a major player in the ‘musicalisation’ of the visual arts. His work places us at the very heart of modernity’s progressive utopias.

Ted Joans. Black Flower

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MCBA is pleased to present the first solo show devoted to the American artist Ted Joans (1928-2003), the creator of a teeming unclassifiable body of work that blends influences as diverse as Surrealism, jazz, Black Power, and Pan-Africanism.
Past exhibitions