“If the US had an organisation like the Venice Biennale–capable of staging a cycle of international festivals of cinema, art, dance and music and with an historic archive which is envied by much richer North American museums–then the European art world would have something to worry about, other than the global spread of the Guggenheim. Fortunately … there is no danger of (U.S. institutions) overshadowing the exhibition’s appeal and its almost mythical status.”