The entrance to Daniel Birnbaum’s Making Worlds exhibition, in the Arsenale area of VenicePhotograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesYoko Ono performs at the Palazzetto Tito in Venice on 6 June. She was in Italy to pick up her Venice Biennale Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement awardPhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/ReutersSean Ono Lennon and his girlfriend Charlotte Kemp Muhl play chess during Ono's showPhotograph: Alessandro Bianchi/Reuters
Over in the UAE pavilion, a visitor contemplates Emirati artist Lamya Gargash's displayPhotograph: Christian SinibaldiArchive, by Hungarian artist Péter ForgácsPhotograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesThe French culture minister, Christine Albanel, walks through Le Grand Soir, Claude Lévêque's installation at the French pavilionPhotograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesFleur de Sel, an installation by artists Steve Messam and Hannah Stewart, represents Cumbria at the biennale. Spread over three sites around the Laguna, it's one of the largest exhibits this yearPhotograph: Colman GettyOrbite Rosse, 2009, by Italian artist Grazia ToderiPhotograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesBehold 2009, an installation by Indian artist Sheela GowdaPhotograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty ImagesA detail of The Shambala in Modern Times, 2008, by Tibetan artist Gonkar GyatsoPhotograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
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