The Tabernacle sculpture, a part of the Liberty installation by Martin Puryear, at the US pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni) 
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First pictures: Venice Biennale provokes thought on fake news, migration, global warming, conflict and more

First pictures: Venice Biennale provokes thought on fake news, migration, poverty, global warming, armed conflict and more.

Jaideep Sen
US curator Brooke Kamin Rapaport poses at the Liberty installation by Martin Puryear at the US pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
The Cloister Redoubt or Cloistered Doubt sculpture, a part of the Liberty installation by Martin Puryear, at the US pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
The Aso Oke sculpture, a part of the Liberty installation by Martin Puryear, at the US pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
An actress performs at the Deep See Blue Surrounding You installation by Laure Prouvost at the French pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Visitors watch the Field Hospital installation by Aya Ben Ron at the Israel pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Israeli artist Aya Ben Ron stands by her Field Hospital installation at the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A guest at the Madagascar pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Wreck of Barca Nostra, which sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015, at the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. This is a part of an installation by Christoph Büchel. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Wreck of Barca Nostra, which sank in the Mediterranean Sea in 2015, at the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. This is a part of an installation by Christoph Büchel. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
A man walks through the Fogscreen installation by Jitish Kallat at the India pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Ghana pavilion curator Nana Oforiatta Ayim at the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. The biennale runs through Nov 24, 2019. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
The Mondo Cane installation by Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys at the Belgium pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
The Mondo Cane installation by Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys at the Belgium pavilion of the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)
Venice Biennale President Paolo Baratta and US curator of the Biennale Ralph Rugoff at the 58th Biennale of Arts in Venice, Italy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni)