Venice Biennale: triumphs and talking points

Many fairgoers will now be on a grand tour, with the Venice Biennale on their itinerary. We asked leading figures for their impressions of Christine Macels main show, Viva Arte Viva, and their pick of the national pavilions.Stefan Kalmar
Director, Institute of Contemporary Arts, LondonAs a whole, the Biennale felt flat, maybe because we are living in such dire times. Perhaps the problem lies with the context into which the Biennale has fallen, rather than the Biennale itself. In the social and