Impossibly beautiful, idyllically decaying: Venice Biennale 2017

On her first trip to the Venice Biennale, Rebecca Gallo finds that not all art is created equal, even in the arena of the best of the best…
Venice is a fairytale town, impossibly beautiful and idyllically decaying. The streets are convoluted and full of dead ends, some of them into the water, which is slow and fetid in summer. Gondoliers are overpriced and oversupplied, and the vaporetto – the Venetian answer to public transport – is crammed and sprouts more smartphones,