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Restoration work at the Chapelle du Scapulaire in Le Landeron has uncovered remarkably well-preserved decorative artwork dating back to 1683.
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As part of the ArtBasel fair currently taking place, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac has sold the work “Playmate” by American pop artist James Rosenquist to a European institution for $1.8 million (CHF1.5 million). (Keystone/Georgios Kefalas)
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The sports field at the newly opened asylum seekers’ centre in Grand-Saconnex, near Geneva Airport. The facility, which is expected to house people whose asylum requests have been rejected, has sparked years of heated local debate.
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Farewell to 20 Minutes in print. One of Switzerland’s most widely read newspapers will cease its print edition by the end of the year.
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The artist Katharina Grosse is drenching Basel’s Messeplatz in colour. In the picture, a team member is working on the large-scale installation, which is part of Art Basel and opens on June 19.
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A rare phenomenon could be seen in the night sky this week: The full moon, called the strawberry moon in June, was extremely low on the horizon - an astronomical peculiarity that apparently only occurs every 18 years. Keystone photographer Anthony Anex photographed it above the Federal Palace in Bern.
