Since 2007, the Clark library has worked closely with Thomas Heneage, London art-book dealer, who collects materials to be added to the Clark’s unique collection. Catalogs, press kits, and endlessly inventive artist-designed “swag” are given away. The Clark’s Venice Biennale Ephemera Collection represents the wide variety of publications and objects that are distributed during the week when curators, artists, collectors, publishers, dealers, and the press are invited to preview the exhibitions and pavilions. These digital items can only be viewed on the Clark campus but a selection of images from the collection can be seen below.
Venice Biennale material that has been digitized or is available in electronic format falls into three distinct collections. The physical collection is housed in the library’s Special Collections and these materials can be searched in the online catalog and viewed upon request.
In 2007, the Clark library began to build on its comprehensive collection of Biennale-related literature by collecting a rich variety of publications and ephemera that were not being archived anywhere else, electronic as well as physical objects, many of them artist-designed. Its national pavilions and collateral events generate a fascinating array of exhibition-related publications and objects. Each Venice Biennale comprises a lavish extravaganza of exhibitions that draw over 600,000 visitors during the Biennale’s six-month (May – November) run. The Venice Biennale is the longest-running and most high-profile international exhibition of contemporary art in the world.
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