Venice Biennale: slaps, drenchings and Dobermans on the prowl

The main show is a woolly walk through hand-wringing hippydom and flowerpot trainers. But elsewhere, the biennale bares its teeth in works of danger and daring

Hot under the collar: Venice Biennale artist uses 27,000 neckties for installation

UK-based Israeli artist Michal Cole says work is ‘silent embroidered scream’ against global patriarchy