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On Saturday, the train station in Zurich was heaving with art addicts en route from Venice for Contemporary Art Weekend, Zurich. The weekend kicked off with a major hit. In the Lowenbrau, an exhibition of more than a dozen new works by Paul McCarthy unveiled at Galerie Hauser & Wirth; Rita Ackermann showed "Marfa/Crash," funny, tough works with thick appliqué that she made during her recent Chinati Foundation residency at Galerie Peter Kilchmann. Haunch of Venison celebrated an exhibition of new paintings by British artist Rachel Howard titled "Der Wald" at their Lessingstrasse post; and Galerie Mai 36 opened a stunning show of new work by John Baldessari.  Other highlights included a retrospective of work by German artist Katharina Fritsch at Kunsthaus; The Absence of Mark Manders also at Kunsthaus; Tris Vonna Michell's Auto-tracking, Auto-tracking in the project room at the Kunsthalle and a vibrant, violent, restraint showing in the main space of new work by Philippe Parreno.  The weekend concluded on a high note, with cocktails and dinner hosted by the Kunsthalle Zurich at the Breuerlakehouse overlooking Lake Geneve.

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