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Clockwise from left: Yasuyo Maruyama's Yuka 2, 2023, at Ro2 Art. Anindita Dasguptas' Walk me through it all, 2024, at Daisha Board Gallery. Carla Gannis' Sphinx, 2024, at Ro2 Art. B egin at Daisha Board Gallery's epic Tin District space, presenting "Silk Route — Our Creative Odyssey." The focus is multicultural, curating five Indian female talents, all based in Dallas, working in diverse media: Mansi Aggarwal, Anindita Dasgupta, Bharathi Dev, Anjali Pai, and Janak Narayan, who also steps up as curator. The dazzling, Surreal-tinged paintings of Dasgupta truly steal the show. Characterized by heavy patterning and a Matisse-like palette that translates forms from nature, these canvases emit a bolt of energy (through May 3). Board's Tin District neighbor, Ro2 Art, is another must-stop. Gallerist Jordan Roth is one of Texas' maverick dealers, and his programming always surprises. Case in point, his doubleheader stars NYU professor Carla Gannis, whose paintings pair AI-generated imagery with tremendous encrustations The Augustus Owen Foundation stepped into the spotlight during Dallas Arts Month last year, welcoming the first artist to their residency — an enviable arrangement boasting a studio and living space ensconced in a 5,400-square-foot Highland Park manse near Knox Street, just off the Katy Trail. Their inaugural resident, the high-profile Gabriel Rico, a Perrotin-represented sculptor and installation artist whose work is informed by Surrealism, was celebrated in a swank cocktail bash at the Hotel Swexan, then showcased in a Nasher Sculpture Center talk aligned with Dallas Art Fair, with Rico in conversation with Nasher curator Jed Morse. This month, Venice Biennale alum artist Iván Argote alights in town for the second Augustus Owen residency. Fresh from Manhattan acclaim for his droll enormous pigeon sculpture Dinosaur along the High Line, Argote is also the artist behind the recent Wild Flowers, a figurative bronze for Katy Trail. During his residency, he will be creating work for his October 2025 show at Dallas Contemporary. Stay tuned for an intimate artist salon series with the Dallas Contemporary launching soon. The ambitious end game of the foundation, Peter says, is "promoting dialogue through the arts and social sciences to enrich the cultural and intellectual landscape of Dallas." augustusowen.org. Catherine D. Anspon Fair Deal: Dallas Dealers Align with Fair Time. Four Shows to See in the Galleries During Dallas Arts Month. of sculptural elements including costume jewelry — the analog versus algorithmic, so to speak. Counterpoised with Gannis is Japanese-born, Texas-based painter Yasuyo Maruyama, whose startling portraits exist between the hyperreal and the unreal with touches of humanity and manga (both shows, April 12 through May 17). Finally, beeline to the new U.S. HQ of Colector gallery, whose grand reveal takes place the week before Dallas Art Fair. Directed, owned, and founded by Mexican architect Jesús Alberto Flores, this young Turk's other locales are Colector's original gallery in Monterrey and a Houston project space that opened this past fall. Flores unveils in River Bend, adjoining Dallas Art Fair offices and prime gallery neighbors such as Erin Cluley. His vision calls for a bold commitment to Texas, as well as its art fairs; Colector, which participated in Untitled Art's 2024 Miami edition, has signed on for both Dallas Art Fair this month and Untitled Art, Houston, come September. What you'll see for Colector's inaugural Dallas show in its expansive 2,200-square-feet space: a solo for avant-garde Mexican artist Dr. Lakra (Jerónimo López Ramírez), who's both a tattooist and a fine artist with Sotheby's auction records to prove it. Collected by NYC's MoMA, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, and the Hammer Museum at UCLA, Dr. Lakra's edgy take on pinups and luchadores are laced with Surrealism, fetish culture, and ritual. He's also the headliner of Colector's booth at Dallas Art Fair (exhibition April 5 though August, colector.gallery). Catherine D. Anspon Dr. Lakra's No Title, 2025, at Colector 65