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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Venice Biennale 2009: the opening day

Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Scandinavian art duo Elmgreen and Dragset have transformed the Nordic and Danish pavilions into a dramatic installation called The Collectors Photograph: Andrea Pattaro/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Death of a Collector, one of the more macabre items in Elmgreen and Dragset's house-installation at the Nordic and Danish pavilions Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
A young visitor stares up at Rain Theorem, a mixed-media art installation by Russian artist Alexei Kallima Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Italian artist Michelangelo Pistoleto destroys a mirror as part of an installation called Seventeen One Less Photograph: Andrea Pattaro/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Artist Steve McQueen at the British pavilion, where his atmospheric and visually stunning film, Giardini, is showing Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Members of the Maori group Waka Huia perform in St Mark's square to mark the opening of the New Zealand pavilion Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Four Pairs of Heads, artist Bruce Nauman's installation in the US pavilion Photograph: Christian Sinibaldi
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
French billionaire and art collector François Pinault (right) arrives at the opening of the Punta della Dogana in Venice, which has just been converted into his new art gallery Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Pinault inspects a statue by US artist Charles Ray during the opening ceremony of La Dogana Photograph: Tony Gentile/Reuters
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Untitled 2007, by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan, also on show at the Punta della Dogana Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
A barely visible visitor to La Dogana takes in Kandors Full Set 2005-2009, a work by US contemporary artist Mike Kelley Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
Venice Biennale: Venice Biennale gets under way
Cream, 1998, one of Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's dairy-oriented artworks, is also on show at La Dogana Photograph: Alberto Pizzoli/AFP/Getty Images
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