Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève — Attraction in Geneva

Mamco...what to say. At the entrance we had to wait for 1,5 hour to get in. Then, the security obliges you to put your bag in a sort of cloak room. At the “cloak room” there are small safety boxes and you have to have a 2 CHF piece and cram in your outwear in this small box including your handbag. The elevators are not working, so prepare to be in a good sport shape and climb the stairs. As for the art itself. I don’t pretend to be a connoisseur of painting or contemporary art in general, however I can’t consider the mountain of trash as an art. For me, Mamco building in Geneva is neither a gallery,...

Was there during the Tristan Tsara exhibition, a very very interesting one, with a broad approach to curating. Bookstore closed a bit early to my opinion. Bathrooms welcoming. Another temporary exhibition that was hanging at the time was also very well curated, and made accessible through "wall texts", or "expanded labels" for every exhibit, that one can tear of the wall and take home. It's easy to tell that people working there put large efforts to bring quality exhibitions and to present them in an...

The staff is extremely nice and they know a lot about the exhibitions which is helpful if you're not familiar with the artists.

It's FREE in the summer which is very nice if you're traveling in Switzerland on a budget.

I'm just giving it 4 stars because it was extremely hot on the inside. Of couse we went in the middle of summer but still maybe a fan would help with the heat. We left without finishing the exhibitions because of the temperature...