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DECORATION Dragon & TATTOO COURTESY THE ARTIST AND TRACK 16 GALLERY, SANTA MONICA, CA Don Ed Hardy's 2000 Dragons (detail), 2000 H ow often do the tattoo parlor and the white cube converge? But when they do, it's guaranteed to be memorable. Make tracks to DiverseWorks for its final show of the summer — and reportedly the very last show ever at its north downtown digs before fall's permanent move to a new midtown HQ. This is the ultimate solo for the man who straddles both worlds, fine art and skin art. "Don Ed Hardy: 2000 Dragons + 12" unfurls a 500-foot-long scroll painting, circa 2000, alongside a cycle of 12 new dragon paintings, all executed in Hardy's inimitable, arduously inked style, which is informed by his time as a tatt apprentice while earning a BFA in printmaking from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1967. Hardy's obsession prompted him to study with an Asian tattoo master and move to Japan during the early 1970s and again in the 1980s to delve further into this once transgressive medium. In the ensuing decades, he's explored painting, drawing and printmaking; and launched his eponymous clothing line, while also exhibiting in galleries and museums nationally and maintaining the studio Tattoo City in San Francisco. It seems fitting that Hardy, the arbiter of crossing boundaries should be the closing act for DiverseWorks' final days at the "docks." Through July 7 at DiverseWorks, 1113 East Freeway, 713.223.8346; diverseworks.org. Catherine D. Anspon A Little BIRDIE Told Me The Bird Cage lamp from Roche Bobois is somewhere between Cousin Itt and a sweet nightingale aerie. Available in two heights, 30 inches and 67 inches, with white ceramic birds, a shade with leather handle and a white-lacquered metal base. $1,886 and $3,904, respectively, at Roche Bobois. Holly Moore LOVING Hansel & Gretel We have a woodlands thing going on here with Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams' Too Sexy Sadie Bird fabric married to an iconic MG+BW chair ($940) and the high-gloss Lincoln Pull-Up Tables made from the Trembesi tree with hand-waxed tops to show the natural rings of the wood (16.5 inches high in onyx, sterling and sugar; $370). At Hien Lam Home. Holly Moore MATTS & RUGS L ove anything with the word "bohemian." YSL, Talitha Getty in Morocco … We're so there in spirit. Matt Camron Rugs & Textiles has added the bohemian tribal Moroccan Collection to its repertoire., a grouping of longer-nap, vibrantly patterned vintage wedding blankets traditionally gifted to brides for good luck and now repurposed as rugs. Need a perfectly matched pair or unusual size? Then custom reproductions of these one-of-a-kinds are what you need. At Matt Camron Rugs & Tapestries. Accessories that are inspired SUMMER TAG SALE 30% TO 70% OFF THRU 7/29 SELECT FLOOR SAMPLES + STOCK 2992 Kirby Drive @ W. Alabama Because they are specially priced: love and stock options plus programs are not included. w w w. j s u s s a n . c o m 2032 West Alabama St. Houston, TX 77098 / 713.523.1558 / www.hienlamhome.com Follow us for latest news and discounts. 10 AM – 6 PM Monday – Saturday Closed Sundays 713.808.9303