The Historical Archives of Contemporary Arts (ASAC) is the largest collection of assets concerning the Venice Biennale, gathered from the beginning to the present. Located in the VEGA complex in the Venice mainland, the ASAC offers services of documentation, research and experimentation in the field of contemporary arts: visual arts, architecture, cinema, music, dance, and theatre. Most of the above collections are located at Vega (Cygnus building) whereas the Library, including the Periodicals collection, has found a new location at the Biennale Library at Giardini. A selection of works from the artistic fund are now on display in the Biennale headquarters at Ca' Giustinian.
Notice: The Archive is open to the public from Tuesday to Thursday, 9:30 am - 5 pm by appointment only. Please send an email to consultazione.asac@labiennale.org.
Access modalities that users are subject to will be explained in the reply, according to the “Anti COVID-19 - ASAC Library and Archives” security protocol. Please note the document delivery service is also available.