New York’s top art collectors, dealers and culture vultures are landing in Italy for a three-day VIP preview of contemporary exposition the Venice Biennale, which begins tomorrow. Organized this year by Massimiliano Gioni of the Lower East Side’s New Museum, the expo’s lineup includes artists Cindy Sherman, Richard Serra, Bruce Nauman, Paul McCarthy, Steve McQueen and Robert Crumb. Spotted yesterday along the canals was PPR mogul François Pinault, who was greeting guests at a Rudolf Stingel show at his Palazzo Grassi space. Over at Venice hotspot the Bauer Hotel, New York gallerist Gavin Brown’s hosting a pop-up kitchen by artist Rirkrit Tiravanija until June 1.