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Art Notes KENNON EVETT on Stage FELIX SANCHEZ Edward Sanchez at Vanity Lounge You're So Vain Edward Sanchez Vanity Lounge, West Ave, 2800 Kirby, 713.942.9177; esvanitylounge.com Edward Sanchez might be one of the most prolific artists in the city — a stroke of his brush creates a masterpiece in makeup. A favorite of the socialite and local celebrity set, Sanchez has left his post at Urban Retreat to open a namesake salon, Edward Sanchez Vanity Lounge, in West Ave. The 1,200-squarefoot space, next door to Katsuya, has four makeup stations, a lounge area and a VIP room for the celeb client or services that require more privacy. Besides offering makeup application, lash extensions, eyebrow threading and more, Vanity Lounge has partnered with neighbor Azur West hair salon to create a one-stop beauty spot. An exceptional part of Vanity Lounge is the stock of hard-to-find, small-batch international beauty products — many exclusive to VL — such as ModelCo (Australia), Bésame (Argentina), Ellis Faas (Amsterdam), Face Atelier (Canada), ElishaCoy (Korea), Ainhoa (Spain), Franché (USA) and History of Whoo (Korea). Caroline Gallay [ Lynn Wyatt gets costumed for Show Boat. J.Crew Men and J.Crew Women will open two separate boutiques in the former Tootsies space in Highland Village Shopping Center. The shops will occupy about one-third of the building; the other two-thirds of the space will house a new Anthropologie flagship. All will debut mid-March … Elizabeth Anthony/Esther Wolf hosts evening gown designer Gionni Straccia January 18 and 19 … Stop by Tootsies January 23 and 24 to meet New York–based milliner Kokin, who has topped off such celebrities as Julia Roberts and Jennifer Lopez ... M Penner adds more crème de la crème shirts and ties to its stock with French label Charvet … Joan Pillow Bridal Salon celebrates the New Year with a Monique Lhuillier trunk show January 3, 4 and 5 … Savannah House and rug-and-carpet showroom Emmet Perry & Co. have joined forces under one roof at The Interior Shops on Washington. The rugs mix with Savannah House's expanded gift department and new garden patio area of architectural antiques. Megan Pruitt Winder Raphaëlle Bischoff, co-founder and co-owner of London-based gallery Bischoff/Weiss, fields questions from Kenny Goss, the man at the top of The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas. Describe your trajectory as a gallerist, and how you and Paola Weiss came to found the gallery. Paola and I met in 2004, and after curating a few projects together we decided to open a gallery. We found a little space in the East End just behind Hoxton Square. The rent was low, and our location was perfect at the time. The area was really buzzing with lots of other young galleries around us. From left: Raphaëlle Bischoff Paola Weiss Who will the headliners be in your booth? Rana Begum, Nathaniel Rackowe and Michael Reisch. Begum does sculpture, Kenny Goss and she comes from Bangladesh. Rackowe is from the UK and also does sculpture that involve light. Reisch comes from Germany and does very large-scale photographs. What is your personal background? Paola's? What strengths do you both bring to running a gallery, and what roles do each of you play? Paola and I come from very different backgrounds. Although we started with different roles at the gallery, I would say that through time we have really merged, and we always take all the decisions together. Our tastes have become more similar with time, and if we both go around an art fair separately, chances are that we will like the same works. I see this as a real strength, as we have a very clear vision of the gallery's program, and we are a very strong team. For the rest of the conversation, peruse papercitymag.com. DALLAS ART FAIR: APRIL 12 – 14, 2013; PREVIEW GALA APRIL 11, 2013 WWW.DALLASARTFAIR.COM COURTESY THE GOSS-MICHAEL FOUNDATION, DALLAS Why are you exhibiting in the Dallas Art Fair 2013? Dallas came naturally to us for two reasons. The first one is that we now have close relationships with lots of collectors in Texas, and the second one is that some galleries that we like really recommended the fair. The team of the fair has been incredibly welcoming, and we are very impatient to take on this new challenge. James Beard award–winning California chef Bradley Ogden is opening not one but three new concepts inside the loop this year. Like another CA chef who moved his French concept from California to Houston (Étoile owner Philippe Veripand), Ogden sees lots of opportunity in our city. Keep tuned for his two fast casual concepts (both focused on chicken, according to the Houston Business Journal) and his pub to open this year … Bruce Molzan, who reinvented his Ruggles Grill concept as Ruggles Green a few years back and multiplied it several times throughout the city, is taking on the former space of the Brownstone Restaurant. There, Molzan will open a trio of concepts including a bar, nightclub and an eatery dubbed Corner Table by Chef Bruce Molzan this month … Al Scavelli, Angelo Scavelli and Olsi Lito have opened Crisp Wine, Beer and Eatery in the Heights area. This isn't their first bar/restaurant; they also operate Pub Fiction, Shot Bar and Celtic Gardens. Their newest features a great self-serve Enomatic wine machine and a cask system so you can pour all sorts of varieties of beer and wine … Taking the all-American burger to new heights, Elevation Burger has opened its first locale on Kirby Drive in the former Mai Thai space. The fast-casual Restaurant Buzz brought tobyto you you by brought DALLAS O ART FAIR n Saturday, February 16, the Blanton Museum of Art at University of Texas in Austin marks a milestone. The country's largest university museum hits a half-century and celebrates with both an exhibition and a black-tie bash (PaperCity is media sponsor). The museum is the site of the big-ticket fête, as well as a Gold a Go-Go After Party. Tapped as honorary gala chairs are retired UT prez Larry Faulkner and former Blanton director Jessie Hite — two influencers who shaped the reborn Blanton's $83.5 million building (unveiled 2006) and its holdings, such as the Italian Old Master canvases and works on paper that comprise the Suida-Manning John William Godward's Bellezza Pompeiana, 1909, at Blanton Collection of Renaissance and Baroque art. Twenty-two Museum of Art regional chairs have stepped forward, including megacollectors Cindy and Howard Rachofsky; fellow Dallas denizens Patty and James Huffines; Austin's astute Jeanne and Mickey Klein; and Suzanne Deal Booth (who gifted the James Turrell skyspace that graces Rice University) and husband David Booth. With tables of 10 priced from $10,000 to $100,000 and sponsorship tickets at $1,500, this soirée, mounted in the Blanton's 124,000-square-foot Michener Building, will lure the big boys and girls of the art contingent to support the museum's ever-expanding mission. (Its 17,000 artworks include the Suida-Manning cache; American gems such as Jerry Bywaters' Oil Field Girls, acquired by a bequest from late scribe James A. Michener and wife Mari; modernist and contemporary Latin American holdings; and the only encyclopedic print collection in Texas.) The party includes an exclusive preview of "Through the Eyes of Texas: Masterworks from Alumni Collections," organized by Blanton curator Annette DiMeo Carlozzi — a look at the acquisition acumen of UT grads. The exhibition boasts art across the millennia, from Monet to pre-Raphaelite canvases, the Egyptians, Mayans and Romans to Rauschenberg, plus Janine Antoni's portrait busts in soap and chocolate that riff on antiquity. (Public opening February 24, through May 19.) Blanton Museum of Art Golden Anniversary Gala in Austin, Saturday, February 16; tickets 512.475.6013; gala@blantonmuseum.org. Catherine D. Anspon JANUARY | PAGE 6 | 2013 concept's claim to burger fame is its 100 percent USDA-certified organic beef, ground on premises. These free-range, grass-fed herds are hailed as the cleanest cows in the pasture; we're told they're never given antibiotics and live in an area free of pesticides and chemicals. When you visit the 2,500-square-foot burger haven, be sure to try the French fries cooked in olive oil … Hawthorn — named for the tree variety — is a New American restaurant with Mediterranean influences, open for dinner only at 3200 Kirby Drive. (It's situated where Dessert Gallery stood for many years.) Chef Riccardo Palazzo-Giorgio and GM Cory Graff serve up fresh pastas and gelatos made in house. At last visit, we swooned over PalazzoGiorgio's pan-roasted Pekin duck breast with date purée, a sauce soubise and grilled romaine … Happy birthday, Damian's! To celebrate the restaurant's 30th year, starting this month, the powers that be visit a different region of Italy and create a $30 anniversary sampling of dishes from each geographic area. The celebration continues all year … The Eatsie Boys Café (by acclaimed food-truck trio) opened recently in the Montrose in the former Kraftsman Cafe spot … Speaking of food trucks: A brand-new fancy food truck is rolling your way soon from Berryhill Tamales. Look for the taqueria on wheels curbside near your 'hood. Laurann Claridge PRIVATE COLLECTION, PHOTO COURTESY RICHARD GREEN GALLERY, LONDON The Blanton COLLECTOR'S Goes for Gold CONVERSATION ESTATE OF RAMMELLZEE. COURTESY THE SUZANNE GEISS COMPANY, NEW YORK. The illustrious Lynn Wyatt has chaired or been honored at innumerable Houston Grand Opera fêtes and even presided over the 50th anniversary festivities, which brought Elton John to town. Now she takes on a different role — on stage. She's been tapped by HGO for its latest, Francesca Zambello's brilliant new staging of Show Boat, the beloved musical by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the Edna Ferber novel. Watch for Wyatt's cameo as the Lady on the Levee in the final act, where she trades her signature Valentino and Chanel for 19th-century elegance. At the Wortham Theater Center, January 18 – February 9; tickets houstongrandopera.org. Catherine D. Anspon [ Lynn Steps To see in '13. At the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Valerie Cassel Oliver's adroit curation of "Radical Presence: Black Performance in Contemporary Art" culls more than three dozen provocateurs across three generations, from Benjamin Patterson to Houston's own two-time Whitney Biennial talent, Trenton Doyle Hancock, who reprises his 1998 "Mound" performance of Off-Colored at the CAMH on Thursday, January 31, at 6:30 pm (gratis; watch for Hancock in a high chair, as well as reportedly partaking of Jell-O while spewing balloons out the back end; through February 15). We're also enamored of the Gothic futurism costuming of Basquiat pal Rammellzee … Jennifer Ward organizes a peek into border politics at FotoFest in "Crónicas," a searing examination of six Mexican artists probing the drug war (January 17 – February 23) … Leap into pure painting with Laura Rathe Fine Art's dual survey for ab-ex master Tony Magar, paired with Houston's own Mel DeWees in a lively intergenerational dialogue (January 12 – February 9) … See more top views Rammellzee's Chaser the Eraser, circa 1994, at CAMH at papercitymag.com. Catherine D. Anspon