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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 24 A new-to-Houston gallery gets into FotoFest action with a pride of lions, panthers, cheetahs, and more — a photographic menagerie of Africa's big cats, giraffes, and elephants that alludes to conservation and aligns with 2020's upcoming FotoFest International Biennial of Photography in Houston and its theme, "African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other." For the occasion, Casterline | Goodman Gallery — whose primary space is in Aspen, where it's been in the art biz for three decades — presents editioned prints by David Yarrow. The British lensman is known for setting the photo world abuzz when his image, The Wolves of Wall Street, sold for $200,000 at Art Miami in 2019. But there's more meaning to the artist's work than the marketplace. For the past decade, London-based Yarrow — who began as a sports photographer in the mid-1980s — has been committed to environmental issues, particularly the precarious balance between man and African wildlife. As such, Yarrow is now an ambassador for the Kevin Richardson Foundation, which seeks to expand African lion habitats; the photographer is also an advisory board member for Tusk, with its ongoing 30-year mission to foster conservation efforts through grass roots groups in the African continent. "David Yarrow," March 10 – April 17, at Casterline | Goodman Gallery, River Oaks District. Catherine D. Anspon PHOTO SAFARI AT RIVER OAKS DISTRICT O ne of our time's great conceptual talents, the late Sol LeWitt (1928- 2007), has just entered the permanent public art collection of Rice University. The minimalist known for geometric abstractions defined by primary hues is represented at Rice's Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies by a pair of wall drawings. The more iconic of the two works, Wall Drawing #1115: Circle within a square, each with broken bands of color, 2014, has quickly become the school's calling card. Featured as the cover of Glasscock's SOL IS IN THE HOUSE Fall 2019 course catalog, the 14 –by- 14-foot acrylic painting — executed according to its creator's instructions by a band of fellow artists — holds court in the Deans Commons of the Anderson- Clarke Center, visible day or night to pedestrians en route to the neighboring Moody Center. Alum H. Russell Pitman funded Wall Drawing #1115; Moody Center director Alison Weaver suggested the artist and initially thought of seeking a loaned LeWitt. Glasscock dean Robert Bruce enthusiastically greenlighted a purchase instead. Rice's LeWitts join the Hobby Center's Wall Drawing 2002 in making Houston a two-venue LeWitt town. glasscock-info.rice.edu/lewitt. Catherine D. Anspon S wiss luxury women's fashion and accessories house Akris opens in The Galleria early this month, moving from its River Oaks District store. The new store — on Level 1, near Neiman Marcus and between Tom Ford and Loro Piana — stocks Akris, Akris Punto, accessories, and handbags in a 2,862 AKRIS' BIG MOVE square-foot boutique. Exclusively available in the new Houston boutique is a medium shoulder Ai bag in horsehair and cervo leather ($2,999), celebrating both the new store and the 10- year anniversary of the coveted Ai bag. Akris, The Galleria, akris.com. Anne Lee Phillips accessories house Akris opens The Galleria early this month, moving from its River Oaks District store. The new store — on Level 1, near Neiman Marcus and between Tom Ford and Loro Piana — stocks Akris, Akris available in the new Houston boutique is a medium shoulder Ai bag in horsehair and cervo leather ($2,999), celebrating both the new store and the 10- year anniversary of the coveted Ai bag. Akris, The Galleria, akris.com. COLLECTION RICE UNIVERSITY, GIFT OF RUSSELL H. PITMAN. © ESTATE OF SOL LEWITT / ARS, NYC Above: Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing #1115: Circle within a square, each with broken bands of color, 2014, at Rice Below: David Yarrow's Hot Legs, 2019, at Casterline | Goodman Gallery COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CASTERLINE | GOODMAN GALLERY