Best Photos of the Day

A 10-panel polyptych on thickly smeared gold by the Chinese artist Yu Hong, exhibiting in the Chiesetta della Misericordia at the Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

A work from "Thresholds," the massive exhibition at the German Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

Yuko Mohri’s installation "Compose," part of the Japan Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

The French Pavilion, where the art-world darling Julien Creuzet presented sinewy sculptures made of thread, beads and netting, at the Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

A family tree encompassing 3,484 names created by the Indigenous Australian artist Archie Moore for the installation "kith and kin" at the 2024 Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. "kith and kin" won the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Biennale, on Saturday. (Matteo de Mayda/The New York Times)

The French Pavilion, where the art-world darling Julien Creuzet presented sinewy sculptures made of thread, beads and netting, at the Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

Moisture from rotting fruit is converted into electric signals, which generate sounds or turn on suspended lightbulbs at Yuko Mohri’s installation "Compose," part of the Japan Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

A work from "Thresholds," the massive exhibition at the German Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)

A work by Yael Bartana at "Thresholds," the massive exhibition at the German Pavilion at the 2024 Venice Biennale on April 18, 2024. The world’s longest-running and most extravagant festival of contemporary art opens to the public on Saturday after a preview biathlon of fine art and financial profligacy that has grown more hectic than ever. (Casey Kelbaugh/The New York Times)