Best Photos of the Day

Visitors at the United States Pavilion, where Simone Leigh's stoneware work "Jug" is embedded with enlarged cowrie shells, at the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, April 20, 2022. This year's event is a lopsided affair, with a forceful central exhibition but disappointing national pavilions, writes New York Times critic Jason Farago. (Gus Powell/The New York Times).

A 12-part tapestry by the Roma artist Malgorzata Mirga-Tas on display at the Polish Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in Venice, Italy, April 20, 2022. This year's event is a lopsided affair, with a forceful central exhibition but disappointing national pavilions, writes New York Times critic Jason Farago. (Gus Powell/The New York Times).

In an image provided by the artist, part of "Whose Dreams Have No Titles," featuring Zineb Sedira's artworks at the French Pavilion at the 2022 Venice Biennale. For the first time, a majority of the artists at the 59th edition of the longest-running survey of contemporary art will be female (Thierry Bal and Zineb Sedira via The New York Times).

In an image provided by the artist, Multiple floor-to-ceiling paintings by the German artist Anselm Kiefer hang in one of Venice's most iconic landmarks, the Doge's Palace, during the 2022 Biennale. The installation is titled "These writings, when burned, will finally cast a little light," after the works of the 20th-century Venetian philosopher Andrea Emo. (Anselm Kiefer via The New York Times).

A detail of one of the 78 bronze sculpted funnels that make up the Ukrainian artist Pavlo Makov's "Fountain of Exhaustion," which will be part of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, at the Tecnolegno factory in Cormano, Italy, April 11, 2022. Russia's invasion complicated well-laid plans, but, despite the odds, Ukraine will present work at the international art showcase. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times).

Maria Lanko, one of the curators of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, at the Tecnolegno factory in Cormano, Italy, April 11, 2022. Russia's invasion complicated well-laid plans, but, despite the odds, Ukraine will present work at the international art showcase. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times).

At the Tecnolegno factory in Cormano, Italy, the Ukrainian artist Pavlo Makov draws a draft for workers assembling his sculpture "Fountain of Exhaustion," which will be part of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, April 11, 2022. Russia's invasion complicated well-laid plans, but, despite the odds, Ukraine will present work at the international art showcase. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times).

At the Tecnolegno factory in Cormano, Italy, the Ukrainian artist Pavlo Makov, left, supervises the fabrication of the structure that will support his sculpture "Fountain of Exhaustion," which will be part of the Ukrainian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale, April 11, 2022. Russia's invasion complicated well-laid plans, but, despite the odds, Ukraine will present work at the international art showcase. (Alessandro Grassani/The New York Times).

In an undated photo by Laura Malmivaara, Pauliina Feodoroff, a Sami artist and theater director from Finland. In a significant gesture of recognition for the indigenous Sámi people of the Arctic Circle, the Nordic Pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale --- usually shared by Finland, Norway and Sweden --- has been retitled the Sámi Pavilion. (Laura Malmivaara via The New York Times).

A photo in Venice by Marta Buso/OCA of, from left: Máret Ánne Sara, Anders Sunna and Pauliina Feodoroff, the artists in the Sámi Pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale. In a significant gesture of recognition for the indigenous Sámi people of the Arctic Circle, the Nordic Pavilion at this year's Venice Biennale --- usually shared by Finland, Norway and Sweden --- has been retitled the Sámi Pavilion. (Marta Buso/OCA via The New York Times).