| All the major newspapers in the Czech Republic
have dedicated space to
prominent coverage of the
Prague Biennale, with front-page articles and reports in the culture
pages.
Most of the headlines speak for themselves: "The Prague Biennale
is
overflowing with ideas," announces an article by Magdalena
Vanova in
"Hospodarske noviny." The author emphasizes the large
number of works and
curatorial sections, underlining the presence of different points
of view.
Vanova highlights Radek Community's intervention, videos by the
Icelandic
Love Corporation and Melissa Longennecker, and Krzysztof Ostrowski's
video
projection as some of the most interesting works.
"Dnes (Mlada fronta)," the Czech principal daily paper,
reported on the
front page that "The surprising first Prague Biennale aims
to compete with
the world's most famous exhibitions." Jan Vitvar's article
focuses on the
Biennale's intention to make Prague one of the new centers of contemporary
art.
"The first Prague Biennale aims at success" is the title
of the article by
Marcel Kabat in "Lidove Noviny," while Peter Kovac in
the daily paper
"Pravo" notes the very high level of quality in the exhibited
works and the
magnitude and importance of the Biennale, comparing it with major
events of
the past, including those of secular importance.
"Groundbreaking Effort" is the title of the article by
Mimi Fronczak Rogers
of the "Prague Post," the city's most famous weekly magazine
in English,
which reports on the economical and logistical difficulties by comparing
the
budget of the Prague Biennale with those of other international
events. The
author also mentions the key role of painting in an important contemporary
art exhibition.
Tomas Pospiszyl, a critic of the weekly magazine "Tyden"
and former curator of the National Gallery in Prague, is impressed
by the sheer number and the quality of the contemporary art works
presented to the local audience thanks to the Biennale. According
to Pospisil, the Biennale "overwhelms all the similar experiences
that previously took place in Prague."
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