News The Biennale said the public will vote on “Visitor Lions” instead, and made it clear that Israel and Russia will be in the running. The Golden Lion for the life's work of Düsseldorf artist K. Fritsch, taken at the 59th Art Biennale (photo Felix Hörhager/picture alliance via Getty Images) With widespread boycott campaigns , a crowdfunded United States pavilion exhibition, and the jury's collective resignation before it even starts, the 61st Venice Biennale is moving more like a circus than the “Art Olympics.” In the latest twist, the Golden Lion awards have been shelved altogether this year, and it will now be up to the public to vote on the best national pavilion and best artist in the main exhibition. The Biennale Foundation announced the establishment of the “ Visitor Lions ” shortly after the Biennale's award jury issued its collective resignation yesterday , April 30.…