This is the fifth consecutive ‘Agendas’ to take place at the Venice Biennale. Venice Agendas is now regarded as a crucial forum for the exchange of ideas generated by the Biennale. At Agendas 2007 leading artists, critics and commentators will address the question of how artworks constitute and promote debate, consider the potency of art world gossip, and scrutinise Biennale curator Robert Storr’s ambitions for an ‘art in the present tense’