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Beams of Light, Skeins of Yarn, Cutting-Edge Core Creations, a Photo by Frida Kahlo's Dad, Plus Cheech Marin's Smokin' PA Houston Fine Art Fair, Deborah Azzopardi's The Unexpected Call, 2012, at Cynthia Corbett Gallery Year Two CATHERINE D. ANSPON SURVEYS BEST OF SHOW, JAW-DROPPING SALES, AND ALL THE BUZZ. PHOTOGRAPHY GARY FOUNTAIN, DAVE ROSSMAN. Booths and Buzz Adventuresome Poppi Massey investigated the light work of Korean master Chul Hyun Ahn at C. Grimaldis Gallery, after glimpsing it on the cover of the PaperCity HFAF Special Section. Now Ahn's sculpture is lighting up Massey's cool and contemporary casa. CAMH director Bill Arning, ever on the prowl for the next art star, went home with a painting by Houston talent Geoff Hippenstiel from Devin Borden Gallery. Erin McCall PG Contemporary, a respected emerging Houston gallerist and one of the headliners in the fresh-faced Fahrenheit section for newbie dealers, had a huge response to her Japanese icon, Ushio Shinohara, concurrent with his show at MoMA. "We sold two Shinohara sculptures at 6K and 13 Guus Kemp paintings which was really amazing. It was a very successful fair for us!" Tommy reported. Margaret Naeve For more Fair action, peruse papercitymag.com. Fair-A-Rama the Sequel Dateline Houston Fine Art Fair 2012: Twelve thousand of the eager and eagle-eyed — big-time to beginning collectors, powerful museum directors and curators, tip-top nonprofit folks and all manner of the curious — stormed Reliant Center one weekend this fall. And everyone, simply everyone in the Texas art world was there. Natch, millions of dollars changed hands. But there's more to the story than mere moolah. A sense of community, importance and the primacy of our hometown's art dealers, institutions and artists, and the increasing influence of Houston as an art capital define what HFAF and its success are all about. Mimi Kilgore Christopher Martin Laura Rathe Matthew Schreiber Cheech Marin Catherine Anspon Janet Hobby Rick Friedman Deborah Colton Jody McCord Toby Kamps Benjy Levit Erica Levit Kathy McCord Sara Frantz Hiram Butler Roy Cullen Carrie Markello David Shelton Jessica Phifer Rick Friedman Francesca Fuchs Debra Barrera María Ines Sicardi Tom Solís Barbara Solís Roni McMurtrey Dandee Warhol Anthony Vu Mary Cullen Actor, collector and activist CHEECH MARIN's Gabriel Dawe's string theory at Hempel Design Jim Harithas Brittany DavisMorris eloquent, inspiring and humorous talk about Chicano art was a battle cry for inclusivity, diversity and embracing nontraditional artists. Karen Farber Robert McClain Randy Twaddle Luis Arsenio Gonzalez Jeneba Wint Lester Marks Lucinda Loya Penelope Marks Alex Cao Trevor Morris Scott Ziegler Ernie Cockrell Stephanie Cockrell Cristobal Valecillos Nyala Wright Joe Havel Massa Lemu Gabriel Martinez William Cannings Jay Shinn Tim Hurst Andy Weathers Shelley Weathers Mel Chin Clint Willour Melissa Grobmyer Paul Kopeikin Melvyn Wolff Cyvia Wolff