Notes from the Venice Biennale: What does it mean to be an American artist anyway?

They call the Venice Biennale the Olympics of the art world, acknowleging the way it brings together artists representing many different countries.

But many artists and their curators in Venice seem more conf

licted than most athletes about waving their national flags. Click here to read a report on how this year's participants from the U.S., Poland, India and more are reframing the Biennale's "national pavilion" model and rethinking notions of homeland.