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I f Dallas Art Fair didn't exist, there would be no Dallas Arts Month, and you wouldn't be reading this Arts Section. The fair's arrival 18 years ago has been one of the top visual stories we've tracked faithfully, including stepping up as a media sponsor, across two decades. This spring, collectors flock like cultural swallows to Capistrano, as Texas becomes the epicenter of the contemporary art world Thursday through Sunday, April 16 through 19, when Dallas Art Fair returns to Fashion Industry Gallery for its next edition; 89 international, national, and Texas galleries are confirmed at press time. Co-founded by visionary developer John Sughrue and led by longtime director Kelly Cornell, with VIP relations director Sarah Blagden, this influential boutique fair in the heart of the Dallas Arts District has been transformative in birthing a new wave of collecting, and redefining our state as a center for investigating today's most important avant-garde art. Expect big and serious players, as well as those with independent vision, as the fair showcases galleries that deal art in more than 30 cities and hamlets spanning five continents. Read whom our art experts — Adam Green, Sheryl Adkins- Green and Geoff Green, and Frank Hettig — are tracking in this section, then head online to check out the fair exhibitors' programs and begin your own acquisitions list. Dallas Art Fair, April 16 – 19, at Fashion Industry Gallery; Dallas Art Fair Foundation Preview Benefit, Thursday, April 16, 5 to 9 pm, supporting Dallas Contemporary, Dallas Museum of Art, and Nasher Sculpture Center; fair admission from $40, Preview Benefit $275; tickets and dealer lineup, dallasartfair.com. Catherine D. Anspon Clockwise from top: Amoako Boafo, Untitled, 2019, at Michael Kohn Gallery. Jeanette Pasin Sloan, Black Shift, 2024, at Turner Carroll Gallery. Henrik Godsk, Green Forest, 2024, at PIERMARQ*. Paola Pivi, Next year I am going to graduate, 2021, at Perrotin. Friedel Dzubas, Coastel, 1973, at Jody Klotz Fine Art. Takes the Stage Dallas Art Fair 74