“No Putin in Venice,” protesters including Russian feminist activist collective Pussy Riot shouted at demonstrations that marked the event’s opening. The Ukrainian Pavilion’s 'Security Guarantees' project centers on 'Origami Deer,' a concrete sculpture by Zhanna Kadyrova evacuated from Pokrovsk, an eastern Ukrainian city that has faced intense Russian assaults. The title of the ‘Security Guarantees' project refers to the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, under which Ukraine gave up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for security assurances from Russia, the US and the UK. Beyond the Biennale, the exhibition “Still Joy” held as a 'Collateral Event' at the city's Palazzo Contarini Polignac, brings together Ukrainian and international artists reflecting on joy in wartime, guided by testimony from soldiers and veterans.