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Agence France-PresseMarch 3, 2013 04:30
AFP Europe News Agenda
What's happening in Europe on Sunday:
+ Swiss voters to decide on curbing pay for business fat cats
GENEVA: Switzerland holds a referendum on measures to rein in big salaries and bonuses for business leaders, especially the so-called golden parachutes for executives leaving a company. Results are expected around 1300 GMT as some voters have already cast their ballots by mail. (SWITZERLAND-REFERENDUM-BUSINESS-WAGE)
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VIENNA: Two state elections in Austria, with the far-right set for a drubbing in their late leader Joerg Haider's former fiefdom of Carinthia. New party of eurosceptic Austro-Canadian auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach also standing for first time. Results around 1600-1700 GMT. (AUSTRIA-VOTE). Picture.
ATHENS: Representatives from the troika of Greece's creditors -- International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank -- arrive in Athens to carry out their regular audit of Greek accounts. Meetings will be held with Greek Finance Minister Yannis Stournaras 0800 GMT (FINANCE-ECONOMY-DEBT-GREECE) Picture.
SOFIA: Bulgarian national day, expected to be marked by further protests against poverty, corruption and utility prices even after the resignation of Prime Minister Boyko Borisov's government last month. (BULGARIA-POLITICS-DEMO). Picture.
MADRID: Spanish King Juan Carlos is set to undergo an operation for a slipped disc, his seventh surgery in two and a half years. (SPAIN-ROYALS-HEALTH)
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/afp/130303/afp-europe-news-agenda
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Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man" at Art Basel, the world’s premier trade fair for leading galleries and collectors focused on modern and contemporary art.
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The front of the Art Basel building. This year’s show attracted 303 of the world’s top galleries from 36 countries, showing the works of more than 2,500 artists. It drew more than 62,000 visitors, a new record.
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Platform Gallery's Chen Wei and one of his "Recovery Room" series at Liste Young Artist's show. By the time the week was over he had sold more than 10 works, with prices ranging from $1,800 to nearly $3,000.
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A performance spectator admires some of the pieces at Basel Art.
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A performance piece at Basel Scope, done by an unidentified nearly naked man who moved in slow motion up and down the aisles dressed like a Greek version of Mars, the god of war.
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A performance piece at Scope. The man clutched a staff, on which a plastic container for motor oil with the BP logo was impaled.
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An installation piece at Basel Art.
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An installation piece with paper tubes at Basel Art.
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A gallery scene at the Scope Basel show.
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A sculpture of Sperone Westwater Gallery's employee, Michael Short, by Evan Penny.
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Evan Penny's sculpture of Michael Short.
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A woman views Jaume Plensa's "Tel Aviv Man," (Study) 2010, Galerie Lelong, Paris.
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"Medusa marinara," 1997 — a photographic representation of the Medusa in spaghetti and tomato sauce by New York-based Brazilian artist, Vic Muniz.
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Children play around Ai Weiwei's piece, "Field," 2010.
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Heimo Sobernig's "Black Cube" sits on display outside outside.
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A piece by Yayoi Kusama titled "Pumkin."
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