Thursday at the Venice Biennale was stricken with cloudy weather and a little bit of rain, but that didn’t stop the crowds as a slew of pavilions had official openings between the Giardini and Arsenale, including those of the United States, Chile, and Denmark. Below, have a look around town.
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Artist Kirstine Roepstorff delivering a speech outside of the Danish Pavilion.
Australian artist Andrew Rogers with one of his sculptures at the opening of his collateral exhibition "WE ARE" at Palazzo Mora.
A virtual-reality rollercoaster experience by the Dutch art initiative DROPSTUFF is titled The Fair Grounds and transports participants around Venice.
A performer stands at the entrance to the Biennale.
Mark Bradford at the official opening of the United States Pavilion. "I'm obsessed with sustainability," Bradford said. "You have to build a structure you can build upon."
A view of The Horse Problem, an installation by Claudia Fontes for Argentina's Pavilion.
Sislej Xhafa, who is representing Kosovo, stands inside his exhibition titled Lost and Found. The work is Xhafa's response to the plight of families whose relatives have been missing since the end of the Kosovo War in 1999.
Part of a performance piece along the Grand Canal by Paulo Bruscky, titled Art Is Packaged Any Way You Like It.
Paulo Bruscky's performance Art Is Packaged Any Way You Like It continues on the grounds of the Giardini.
Zai Kuning's Dapunta Hyang: Transmission of Knowledge in the Singapore Pavilion.
Part of Grisha Bruskin's Scene Change in the Russian Pavilion.
Risers, 2017, Samson Young’s Songs for Disaster Relief. Young is representing Hong Kong in this year’s Biennale.
Bernardo Oyarzún, who is representing Chile, with masks featured in his exhibition titled Werken.