The opening of Europe’s main contemporary art exhibition this year was accompanied by noisy protest actions. But the Biennale will run through the end of November, and there is certainly plenty to see here besides the closed doors of the notoriously scandalous Russian pavilion.

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Užupis is one of the strangest places in Europe. This city district has its own Constitution, president, ministry of foreign affairs, currency, anthem, and more than five hundred ambassadors around the world. All of this is not entirely serious—it's a game, an art performance, a collective joke that has become part of the city’s identity. But it’s not just a joke, either.

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