Artistic dig at resort hosting World Economic Forum
A leading enfant terrible of the European art scene has taken a pop at Davos, the normally sedate Swiss mountain resort turned into a fortress ahead of the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum.
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Thomas Hirschhorn, one of Switzerland’s most controversial artists, has portrayed the eastern ski destination as a village under siege in his exhibition, ‘The Economic landscape of Davos.’ He explains the significance of the work. (SRF/swissinfo.ch)
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Inertia reigns as elite return to Davos
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Derided by some as being little more than a millionaire’s cocktail party indulging in empty rhetoric, the 43rd gathering of international movers and shakers will again talk about debt crises, rampant unemployment, environmental time bombs and irresponsible finance. The lack of progress from last January even has WEF founder Klaus Schwab tearing his hair out…
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