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PAUL HESTER PAUL HESTER DOUBLE Take Yoshio Taniguchi's Asia Society Texas Center, opening April 2012 The second floor looking toward the Elkins Foundation Water Garden TANIGUCHI Takes Off Crocodile tiles at Horizon Italian Tile It's a big architecture month for Texas, as Yoshio Taniguchi's first freestanding building in America unveils April 12 through 15. After the Dallas Art Fair wraps up, plan an art trek to Houston to take in the quiet, contemplative splendor of the new $48.4 million Asia Society Texas Center, one of the most important cultural initiatives in the state since the Nasher Sculpture Center opened in 2003. A major destination in the heart of the Houston Museum District, the museum's inaugural show highlights the storied collection of Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Rockefeller 3rd (through September 16, 2012). Stay tuned for our complete coverage coming in May. 1370 Southmore Blvd., Houston, 713.496.9901; asiasociety.org/texas. Catherine D. Anspon CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2012 CHRISTIE'S IMAGES LTD. 2012 Silver soup tureen from the Grand Duchess Olga Nikolaevna Service, circa 1840 Van Cliburn, Moscow, 1958 TREASURES of a DIFFERENT TUNE Since his orchestral debut with the Houston Symphony Orchestra more than 60 years ago, the legendary Texan pianist Van Cliburn has travelled the world — tickling the ivories for heads of state, royalty and political figures, and collecting rare works of decorative art along the way. Cliburn's extraordinary private collection — brimming with more than 150 pieces of historical English furniture, rare Russian art, plus myriad silver and jewels — goes up for bid at Christie's next month, with a viewing at its New York City Rockefeller Galleries, May 12 through 16, with the auction on Thursday, May 17. It's music to the most discerning ears. Information christies.com. Lauren Scheinin Art L ove to work in a leather-lined office? Bathe in a glazed whitecrocodile bath? We adore the look, but it's even more fun when you do a double take — or rather, a double touch — and realize both are rendered with porcelain tile, not hide. That's right, you can replicate the look of pebbled leather, skins, even limed-oak hardwood floors with Italian porcelain tiles. We found double-take worthy looks at Horizon Italian Tile. 1617 Hi Line Dr., 214.741.4447; horizontile.com. Laurann Claridge Fredrik Broden's Untitled #1 SHOP Renee Rhyner, who has represented über-talented Dallas photographers, illustrators and graphic artists for 20 years, has opened Brian Cronin's Indian Flower The Shop online to showcase the work of her stable and to bridge a gap between commercial art and fine art. Here you'll find fineart photographs and illustrations, posters, notecards and books from Dave Anderson, Fredrik Broden, Brian Cronin, Stephen Karlisch, Bruce Hulse, Tom Brown, Juliette Borda, Alice Franklin, Piergiorgio Sclarandis, Beth Perkins, Ann Stratton and a just-acquired Mazziotta Collection of 30 years of images shot for the Dallas Morning News and Dallas Times Herald by John and Peggie Mazziotta. reneerhyner.com/shop. W e'll be tooling around town this summer in the new limited-edition Fiat 500 Cabrio by Gucci with the legendary red-and-green stripe across the canvas top (or along the side on the Fiat 500 by Gucci) and on the seats, seatbelts and floor mats, and adorable GGs on the hubcaps and shift knob. The automatic convertible top is a dream and can be partially opened at several points. In pearlized black or white, starting at $23,500 (can you believe it?). At area Fiat dealerships. APRIL | PAGE 35 | 2012 Gary Riggs Home DEN of DESIGN Rarely does decorator Gary Riggs do something quietly — his statementmaking interiors are an over-the-top homage to the whimsical, opulent and colorful. Give the ever-creative Riggs a 45,000-square-foot space to dress, and expect wonderment of the decorating kind. His newly opened showroom, Gary Riggs Home, is a furnishing indulgence in colossal size — a certain upgrade from his now-shuttered Allen digs. The spacious new Alpha Road address once lodged both a Restoration Hardware and a Crate & Barrel. But what's housed there now is quintessentially Riggs: Multiple levels of highly styled vignettes ranging from the contemporary to the traditional with everything you could possibly arrange inside your manse. What to shop? A curated compilation of furniture, bedding, gifts, accessories, artwork and more, handpicked by Riggs and buyer Michael Reese. Bright names in design are represented — Theodore Alexander, Ralph Lauren, Baker, Vanguard and Ferguson Copeland, plus Riggs' namesake line, Gary Riggs Art in Design, as well as a spectrum of top-notch services, from in-house designers to custom upholstery. 5217 Alpha Road, across from Galleria Dallas, 214.547.1054; garyriggshome.com. Christina Geyer