Biennials-outmoded?

Biennials may be outmoded in terms of format--by that I mean both how they are organized/programmed and how artwork is viewed/presented at a biennial. As Saltz writes there are many more opportunities for artists to exhibit work arising each and every day. In many cases these opportunities provide specific advantages for particular artists or artworks. The main advantage being a more intimate contact between the artwork and viewer. It seems as though something is lost at a biennial because of the mass viewing so commonly associated with them. On the other hand, biennials do allow a large amount of work to be presented to a large portion of the viewing public. Perhaps the most important role of a biennial relates more directly to the commodification of art. It seems as though biennials play an important role in art industry and marketing, they play an important role in awareness, or more specifically networking. For that purpose maybe they are still necessary, necessary until they can be replaced with a more effective large scale exhibition.