Biennale Library

The Library’s heritage, originated from the ASAC book archive, is constantly being developed and updated through purchases, donations and, above all, exchanges with the main institutions of production, research and preservation of contemporary, national and international arts. Since 2009, through the Book Pavilion, the Library also welcomes and acquires volumes donated by artists and architects participating in art exhibitions and architecture exhibitions. The books collected thanks to this project realized by La Biennale di Venezia are the result of constant collaboration with the directors of the art and architecture exhibition.

The Library adheres to the National Library Service (SBN) and is currently completing the catalogue of the original fund. You can browse the online catalogue, including catalogues of exhibitions, monographs, essays, repertoires, and specialized periodicals, at the page of Venice’s Polo SBN. A counting project is active in order to enhance the content about La Biennale topic present in the Italian and foreign periodicals. Thanks to the analytical description of the content, users can easily find the individual articles, thus deepening the search. The activity is carried out both in subscription magazines (about 200 titles) and in discontinued ones.