This reading list includes nearly forty articles by Australian and International writers about the Venice Biennale. Dating from 1966 to the present day, the articles chart key moments of Australia's participation in one of the worlds oldest art events alongside shifting attitudes towards contemporaneity, the global art circuit and the relevance of Venice itself. 

1960s

Ronald Millen, ‘Fun and Games in Venice’, Art and Australia, Vol. 4, Issue 3, 1966.

Ronald Millen, 'Venice Besieged', Art and Australia, Vol. 6, Issue 2, 1968.

1970s

Ronald Millen, '0, Easy for Leonardo ! :The Venice Biennale 1970', Art and Australia, Vol. 8, Issue 1, 1970.

Ronald Millen, 'Keeping One’s Cool in Venice, or the Modular Mode', Art and Australia, Vol. 10, Issue 2, 1972.

Ronald Millen, 'All's fair', Art and Australia, Vol. 14, Issue 2, 1976.

Ronald Millen, 'The Venice Biennale: Nature Morte with a Brace of Australians', Vol. 17, Issue 1, 1979.

1980s

Ronald Millen, 'Venice Biennale 1980: Even More than Less', Art and Australia, Vol.18,Issue 3, 1981

Ronald Millen, 'Requiescat in Venice: The Venice Biennale', Art and Australia, Vol.19,Issue 4, 1983.

Ronald Millen, 'Venice Biennale: Afterart', Art and Australia, Vol. 22, Issue 2, 1984.

Ronald Millen, 'Venice Biennale and Past Futures', Art and Australia, Vol. 24, Issue 2, 1986.

Leon Paroissien , 'Contemporary Art Classicised', Art and Australia, Vol. 26, Issue 2, 1988.

1990s

Jonothan Turner, 'World Art Farm', Art and Australia, Vol. 31, Issue 2, 1993.

Judy Annear, 'Bad Weather', Art and Australia, Vol. 33, Issue 2, 1995.

Jeanette Hoorn, '48th Venice BiennaIe 1999: Death of Painting', Art and Australia . 37, 2, 1999.

Barbara Creed, '48th Venice BiennaIe 1999: Video Biennale', Art and Australia . 37, 2, 1999. 

2000s

Jeanette Hoorn, 'Deep Water, The Particular Pleasures of the Art of Lyndal Jones', Art and Australia, Vol. 38, Issue 4, 2001. 

Candice Bruce, '49th Biennale of Venice 2001: Spectacle, wizardry and disrupted narratives', Art and Australia, Vol. 39, Issue 3, 2002. 

Stephen Naylor, Getting into the Giardini di Castello: Australia's representation at the Venice Biennale, Art and Australia, Vol. 40, Issue 4, 2003. 

Felicity Fenner, 'Venice Biennale: Dreams and Conflicts', Art and Australia, Vol. 41, Issue 2, 2003.

Terry Smith, 'Biennales in the Conditions of Contemporaneity', Art and Australia, Vol. 42, Issue 3, 2005. 

Ronald Millen, 'LOOKING BACK: The 1978 VeniceBiennale as reviewed in Art and Australia in 1979', Art and Australia, Vol. 42, Issue 4, 2005.

Klaus Biesenbach, 'Panem et Circenses: Ricky Swallow in Venice', Art and Australia, Vol. 42 Issue 4, 2005.

Zara Stanhope, 'The Impossible Dream: 51st Venice Biennale', Art and Australia ,Vol. 43 Issue 1, 2005 .

Rachel Spence, '52nd Venice Biennale', Art and Australia, Vol. 45 Issue 1, 2007. 

Daniel Palmer, 'Australia at the Venice Biennale: Disaster and other impressions', Art and Australia, Vol. 45 Issue 1, 2007.

Victoria Lynn, 'Rethinking the present: The 53rd Venice Biennale', Art and Australia, Vol. 47 Issue 1, 2009.

2010s

Max Delany, 'Reflections on ‘ILLUMInations’: The 54th Venice Biennale', Art and Australia, Vol. 49 Issue 1, 2011.

Cathryn Drake, 'Rudolf Sfingei: Carpet fetish', Art and Australia, Vol. 51 Issue 3, 2014.

2020s

Chris Parkinson, 'Surrounded By Slience: Maria Madeira in Venice', Art + Australia, Vol.59, Issue 1, 2024,  

Yuki Kihara & Natalie King, 'Paradise Camp By Yuki Kihara, Curated By Natalie King', Art + Australia, Vol.58, Issue 1, 2023

Robyn Adler, 'Filthy: Marco Fusinato's DESASTRES', Art + Australia, Vol.58, Issue 1, 2023. 

Suzanne Fraser and Ceclia Alemani, 'The Milk of Dreams', Art + Australia, Vol. 58, Issue 1, 2023.

Jon Bywater, 'Duty Of Care: Archie Moore's Australia Pavilion At Venice', Art + Australia, Vol. 59 Issue 1, 2024

Stephen Naylor, 'A Glacier On Steroids: Australian Representation At The Venice Biennale', Art + Australia, Vol. 60, Issue 2, 2025