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Manifesta in Zurich: daring experiments

"What people do for money" - that’s the motto of Europe’s biggest roving biennial of contemporary art, held in Zurich. Hundreds of international artists are involved in refreshingly daring ways, throughout the city.

Schweiz Manifesta 11 in Zürich

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