Vernissage preview - Day 1

With the first day of the opening, colored exhibition canvas tote bags were out in force with the start of the National Pavilions opening events. Thousands of people attended the main venue at the Giardini and Arsenale in the warm Venetian summer, including press and industry leaders.

Providing insights into another facet of the Biennale, the opening events presented a chance to hear from the creative teams behind the exhibitions.

Australia was one of the first to open, and with a dense program of openings, a selected summary of some of the countries openings to follow, with more details of their exhibition content in later posts.

Quite a crowd,  the main avenue in the Giardini