VENICE TOURS
Get ready for an unforgettable adventure!
Whether you’re diving into the high-energy vernissage celebrations or soaking up the spring sunshine with a refreshing spritz, Creative Australia’s tours promise excitement at every turn. Enjoy exclusive, guided access to major exhibitions and discover hidden cultural gems that few ever see.
Tours are guided by leading curators and academics with previous guides including Ellie Buttrose (QAGOMA), Anthony Gardner (Oxford University), Tamsin Hong (Serpentine Gallery), Kathryn Weir (curator) and Eugene Yiu Nam Cheung (art critic). With their wealth of knowledge, experience, and captivating anecdotes, our guides will deepen your understanding and elevate your engagement with the art offerings in Venice.
As well as a fantastic art adventure these tours directly support the artistic vision of Khaled Sabsabi and enable the realisation of the Australia Pavilion exhibition for 2026.
Expressions of interest are now open for the following Venice Biennale tours:
Architecture 2025: September, exact dates TBC
Art 2026: Vernissage in April, exact dates TBC
Art 2026: September, exact dates TBC
Curated tours of the Venice Biennale are developed by Creative Australia and delivered with the assistance of our trusted travel partner, Limelight Arts Travel.
Express your interest to join a tour using the form below. Holding deposits for your place will be due in July 2025.
About the Australia Pavilion
The 2015 opening of the award-winning Australia Pavilion designed by Denton Corker Marshall celebrated the first twenty-first century pavilion in the Giardini della Biennale. Matthew Doyle of the Muruwari people led the smoking ceremony for the Pavilion’s opening. It is one of only 29 national pavilions within the Biennale Gardens, all built at different periods by various countries.
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The Australia Pavilion’s form was designed to be as simple as possible. The architects describe it as a “white box within a black box, carefully positioned on the site to ensure minimal impact on the existing landscape.” Large slabs of black granite give the building its dark exterior. Some panels fold open to reveal the clean white interior and allow some natural light inside. These protruding panels aim to enable the building to take on a new appearance when an exhibition is taking place.
The development of the Australian Pavilion was made possible through a public-private partnership, led by the Australia Council with the then Commissioner Simon Mordant AM. The original pavilion, designed as a temporary structure by Philip Cox, opened in 1988 and hosted 22 artists during its lifetime.
CONTACT
Creative Australia’s Supporters’ Tours to the Venice Biennale are operated by Limelight Arts Travel. If you have any questions about participating in the program, Limelight Arts Travel can be contacted on:
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Image credits:
Archie Moore / kith and kin 2024 / Australia Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2024 / Photographer Andrea Rossetti / © the artist / Images courtesy of the artist and The Commercial.
Illustration of HOME by Dr Michael Mossman, Emily McDaniel and Jack Gillmer
Khaled Sabsabi and Michael Dagostino. Photo: Anna Kucera.
Images from 2023 Supporters tour courtesy Creative Australia. Photographer Luca Fazzolari
All other images courtesy Creative Australia
