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With its atmosphere of rarefied aesthetic splendor, its culture of art and partying, and its maze of cruisey dimly-lit alleyways, Venice has long been a site of pilgrimage and obsession for the discerning artistic homosexual. Today, the Biennale continues to bring visitors to ‘La Serenissima’ – not least the contemporary queer, drawn by a heady, sometimes toxic mix of passion, desire and exposure offered when the world’s artistic elite come together. But, they follow in the footsteps of some of history’s most fascinating – and sometimes malevolent – art fags.