Christian Bernard, founding director of Geneva's MAMCO, dies at 76

Christian Bernard, founding director of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO) in Geneva, died on 6 August 2026 aged 76 after a long illness. MAMCO announced the death on Instagram on 11 August. Appointed in 1991 to develop the museum's concept, Bernard directed MAMCO from its 1994 opening until the end of 2015. He told Le Monde in 2003: "I didn't open this museum, I created it." A memorial ceremony is set for the Père-Lachaise crematorium in Paris on 22 August.