An image from “Flora”, a film installation by Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, shown in the “Women of Venice” exhibition at the Swiss Pavilion at the Venice Biennale 2017.
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Amante de Giacometti ‘reimaginada’ en el Pabellón suizo
“Flora” is based on the artists’ research into the largely unknown American artist Flora Mayo, who studied in Paris in the 1920s at the same time as Swiss sculptor and artist Alberto Giacometti. The two became lovers.
In Switzerland more people are being referred to electrical therapies or psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. Are there similar approaches where you live?
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The Swiss House of Representatives voted against a motion to introduce specific regulations for AI-generated “deepfakes.”
Swiss foreign ministry alarmed by Gaza developments
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The Swiss foreign ministry wrote on X that international humanitarian law forbids the annexation of occupied territories.
Swiss government warns some EU agreements could be rejected by parliament or electorate
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The EU sees the agreements with Switzerland as a single package, but the Federal Council believes that one or more agreements could be rejected.
Swiss parliament rejects national microchipping scheme for cats
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Switzerland should not introduce a nationwide mandatory microchip scheme for cats. On Tuesday, the House of Representatives rejected such an idea by 108 votes to 80.
Sharp rise in reported cyber incidents in Switzerland
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The number of reported cyber incidents and online threats in Switzerland rose sharply last year, according to the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
Swiss National Bank ‘ready to consider’ negative interest rates
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The Swiss National Bank (SNB) is prepared to lower its key interest rate even further in the face of economic uncertainty, Chair Martin Schlegel said on Tuesday.
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Swiss curator Obrist tops art world power ranking
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Hans Ulrich Obrist has been named the most powerful figure in the international art world by the influential ArtReview journal.
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The point of departure, shared by all national pavilions, is the theme “Absorbing Modernity 1914-2014”. As director of the 14th International Architecture Venice Biennale, Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has invited participants to revisit recent architectural history and use it as a toolbox to invent the future. Hans Ulrich Obrist, recognised as one of the most…
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The 36-year-old artist has teamed up with curator Giovanni Carmine, director of the Kunst Halle Sankt Gallen museum, to showcase his work against the modernist architecture of the Swiss Pavilion, designed in 1952 by Bruno Giacometti. Entering Carron’s exhibition we immediately come face to face with an 80-metre-long two-headed, cast-iron snake. While one head looks…
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