Reviews
The Herzliya Biennial got mixed reviews in local and foreign press.
Smadar Shefi from Haaretz wrote that the name Biennial might be a bit too provincial to use for a city like Herzliya, whether it would be bi-annal or not. Quote: "The strength of the biennial lay not in any specific work on display, but in the fact that it realized its declared intention of creating a "public sphere through the various works and the responses they elicit in their viewers." The biennial extended across 14 sites, in addition to the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition in the museum, with notable installations by Itamar Jobani and Elisheva Levy, will continue until mid-December."
Anat Turisky from Ha-Ir wrote that the idea to place the mega exhibition in Herzliya was original and efficient.
Jerusalem Post article said (quote): "Is the biennial being used as a quick fix for the organizers and curatorial staff who are presenting particular kinds of art forms and media, while making a concerted effort to bring foreign guests, critics, museum people and local aficionados of the arts from outside the Herzliya/Dan region to view the displays? This was definitely not the objective according to both (Dalia) Levin and (Joshua) Simon."
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