The exhibitions have been put in. The artists have arrived. The town of Venice is ready to welcome throngs of holiday makers from internationally.
The 2024 Venice Biennale, that includes work by greater than 330 collaborating artists from some 90 international locations scattered all through the town, opens to the general public on Saturday. And earlier than that come the pre-opening celebrations, early viewing alternatives — and at the very least one act of protest.
Gus Powell, a photographer for The New York Instances, is on the bottom overlaying the spectacle that makes the Biennale one of many premier occasions within the artwork world’s international calendar.