“Can art triumph in a Venice Biennale marked by protests?” by Jackie Wullschläger

Palazzo Franchetti’s Turandot: To the Daughters of the East celebrates 11 wildly imaginative women artists exploring history and modernity in central Asia and the Middle East: Saodat Ismailova’s panoramic, philosophical film about Uzbekistan “18000 Worlds”; Afruz Amighi’s glittering cascade of empty Bic pens and Swarovski crystals commemorating Iran’s child soldiers “Opium House Tears”; Farideh Lashai’s lyrical landscape paintings animated by Alice in Wonderland cartoon characters: “Dear Dear how Queer Everything is Today . . . I Come from the Land of Ideology.”