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...short, the Venice Biennale can be like any massive art fair - at times a cabinet of wonders, at other times an emporium of the second-rate and the inscrutable, with the significant difference that it takes place in Venice, that most magnificent of stage sets. And if you don't find the epiphany you were hoping for here, coming up next is Art 38 Basel, Switzerland's art trade fair, a citywide aesthetic shop floor. Then there's Documenta 12 in Kassel, Germany, and then the Sculpture Project in Münster. Dealers, curators, critics and other determined members...
...LIVING SPACE: British-French expat Jennifer Dyson was a longtime fixture on Tha Pae Road until this past February, when she moved her design-and-lifestyle emporium, tel: (66) 5321 5166, to Nimmanhaemin. "I suppose I was ready for a new environment," she says. Fans of her old store can still find plenty of its distinctive, boldly colored Thai and Vietnamese lacquerware. Other goodies include two-toned lambskin messenger bags and teak trays inlaid with mother-of-pearl...
...array of shops. As the word spreads, more tourists are showing up to make a beeline for the neighborhood's retro home-furnishing stores, vintage-clothes boutiques and characterful cafés and bars. Set aside at least half a day and prepare for a retail smorgasbord. At kitsch emporium Coctail de Luxe, Bondegatan 34, tel: (46-8) 642 07 41, you can ogle the pink flamingos and comic books before moving on to Grandpa, Södermannagatan 21, tel: (46-8) 643 60 80; www.grandpa.se. The rustic boutique flogs a curious mix of wares - from his-and-hers outfits...
...festival's organizers. "We have got to get our black population drinking wine." Talk to some of the locals at the festival, and there are encouraging signs of change. Two years ago, Thami Xaba opened Soweto's first wine shop, the Morara Wines & Spirit Emporium. He reckons it's the wine industry that has been slow to recognize the potential of places like Soweto, not the other way around. "Drinking wine represents a lifestyle. It means you are affluent," he says. "I could never have opened the shop at a better time than now. The market is untapped...
DUBAI Available at the famous fashion emporium Villa Moda, 7 for All Mankind's flare Havana jeans ($187) are a favorite of Jessica Simpson...