THE ART OF LIVING

5 June 2009  |  Week in Review  |  Fine Art

May 29 - June 5

This week: The Daily Beast reports from the Venice Biennale; Brussels celebrates two new museums devoted to famous native sons; Karen Margolis and Daniel Zeller's Mindscapes opens at Dieu Donné New York; Swoon's "Swimming Cities" docks in Venice; Albert Oehlen is interviewed by Glenn O'Brien; and a book review of The Way We Live with the Things We Love.

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• Art’s Biggest Party The Daily Beast goes inside the Venice Biennale. Featuring interviews with artists, reports from the pavilions, and photos from the hottest parties. From TheDailyBeast.com

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• Brussels Celebrates Its Native Sons Brussels has never been an especially hip destination, but two new museums, each devoted to a famous native son — René Magritte and Hergé (of Tintin renown) — are opening today, and the city is hoping for a tourist bonanza to rival Bilbao’s Guggenheim boom. From ARTINFO.com

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• Mindscapes New Work by Karen Margolis & Daniel Zeller at Dieu Donné New York Dieu Donné presents Mindscapes, an exhibition featuring the work of Karen Margolis and Daniel Zeller. Both artists cultivate an intimate otherworldliness through extremely detailed compositions of delicate linework. From FADwebsite.com

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• Swoon's "Swimming Cities" Crashes the Venice Biennale The street artist and her 30-member crew will dock off of Certosa Island during the Venice Biennale to give a series of performances, collectively titled "The Clutchess of Cuckoo," which will feature music, shadow puppetry, and visual storytelling. From ArtinAmericaMagazine.com

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• Albert Oehlen Interview Oehlen’s fantastic exploratory techniques and improvisational spirit have blazed a spectacular trail through abstraction. And he has breathed some intoxicatingly revivifying fumes into the corpse of surrealism in the bargain. From Interview.com

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• Antiques Bookshelf: The Way We Live with the Things We Love Cliff and Gilles De Chabaneix have traveled from North America to Europe to Asia, and compiled a dazzling assemblage of interiors - from more is more to minimalistic - where objects, collections, and curiosities are the central focus. From TheMagazineAntiques.com