Publications
Max is a writer and editor with a longstanding commitment to contemporary art publishing across museums, galleries, magazines, academic journals, small press and independent platforms. A member of the International Association of Art Critics, and past member of various editorial advisory boards and committees, he has published and contributed to a wide range of books, catalogues, journals, magazines and digital publications. Selected works to which he has contributed as author and/or editor include the following publications.
Texts currently digitised or available online are identified with an asterisk. Further texts will continue to be uploaded as the site develops.
‘Hany Armanious: Ordinary Mysteries’, The Saturday Paper*
Max Delany, ‘Hany Armanious: Ordinary Mysteries’, The Saturday Paper, 22 November 2025, pp. 20-21, https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/culture/visual-art/2025/11/22/sculptor-hany-armanious
Time Square: Clifford Thompson’s four-dimensional metaphysics *
Max Delany, ‘Time Square: Clifford Thompson’s four-dimensional metaphysics’, for Clifford Thompson: The Rooster King, NAP Contemporary, Mildura, 2025
Unmyth – Mithu Sen: Works and Worlds of Mithu Sen
Max Delany, ‘mOTHERTONGUE’, in Irina Aristarkhova (ed.), Unmyth – Mithu Sen: Works and Worlds of Mithu Sen, Mapin, Ahmedabad, 2024
Tennant Creek Brio: Juparnta Ngattu Minjinypa Iconocrisis
Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2024
Texts: Max Delany, Jessica Clarke, Elyse Goldfinch, Shelley McSpedden, Jimmy Frank Jupurrula, Joseph Williams Jungarayi, Tristen Harwood, Dr. Erica Izett, Lévi McLean.
Fires, Forests, and a Flying Grandma: 5 Works by Laure Prouvost *
Max Delany, ‘Fires, Forests, and a Flying Grandma: Max Delany on 5 Works by Laure Prouvost’, Ocula, 30 April 2024, at https://ocula.com/magazine/spotlights/max-delany-on-laure-prouvost-acca/
Mithu Sen: mOTHERTONGUE
Max Delany (ed.), Mithu Sen: mOTHERTONGUE, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2023; with texts by Max Delany, Nancy Adajania, Nikos Papastergiadis, Mithu Sen, Laura Raicovich
Laure Prouvost: H Oma Je
Max Delany, Annika Kristensen and Mona Pouillon (eds.), Laure Prouvost: H Oma Je, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2024; with texts by over 100 contributors
Paul Yore: Word Made Flesh
Max Delany, Devon Ackerman & Paul Yore (eds.), Paul Yore: Word Made Flesh, Art Ink in association with Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2022; with texts by Tony Albert, hanna baer, Mikala Dwyer, Daniel Fountain, Helen Hughes, Bruce LaBruce, and an extended interview with Paul Yore by Max Delany
Like a Wheel That Turns: The 2022 Macfarlane Commissions
Max Delany & Annika Kristensen (eds.), Like a Wheel That Turns: The 2022 Macfarlane Commissions, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2022; with texts by Max Delany and Annika Kristensen, Verónica Tello, Lisa Radford, Tristen Harwood, Stephanie Rhea Erevm Mahmood Fazal, June Miskell, Amelia Winata, and Betty Muffler in conversation with Brook Garru Andrew
Who’s Afraid of Public Space?
Max Delany, Miriam Kelly & Annika Kristensen (eds.), Who’s Afraid of Public Space?, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, 2021–22; with multiple contributors
Experimental Blundering and Embodiment: Fayen d’Evie’s Intersensory Conversations *
Max Delany, ‘Experimental Blundering and Embodiment: Fayen d’Evie’s Intersensory Conversations’, 2021 Adelaide International, Samstag Museum of Art, Adelaide, 2021, pp.11-15, accessible at link above, and see also: https://fayendevie.com/endnote-the-ethical-handling-of-empty-spaces-2021
Yhonnie Scarce: Missile Park
Max Delany, Liz Nowell and Lisa Waup (eds.), Yhonnie Scarce: Missile Park, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, 2021; with texts by Max Delany, Liz Nowell and Lisa Waup, Natalie Harkin, Daniel Browning, Hannah Presley, Louis Anderson Mokak