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RAP[ [ RETAIL ART NOTES Painters Progress: How does it get better than this? At Conduit Gallery, it's a trifecta of Texas' adroit and most original painters. Joe Mancuso motors in from Houston to showcase his continued nuanced obsession with the blossom; this is floral painting like you've never seen. On other Conduit walls, Dallas-based Ludwig Schwarz mounts a suite of lush six-by-six-foot paintings that are sure-footed and bold takes on patterned abstraction. Then Austin newcomer Erin Curtis takes over the project room, experimenting with un-stretched canvases that suggest the textiles of today's India, offering an ode to her 2009 Fulbright Scholarship destination. A Big Biennial + Texas' Original International Fair: Turn to these pages next month for a preview of spring's most intriguing art trends and topics, plus insider conversations with the gamechanging gallerists of the Dallas Art Fair 2012 (Preview Gala Thursday, April 12; Fair days Friday – Sunday, April 13 – 15) … Meanwhile, photo denizens are encouraged to plan a trip to Houston for March's major international biennial, FotoFest. Russia is the topic, and power players including Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich are involved (March 16 – April 29) ... Dallas Art Fair co-founder Chris Byrne has been busy in the months leading up to that convergence, curating not only the Fair but also other exciting endeavors. He organized a 2011 solo for abstract painter Charles Andresen at up-and-coming NYC Chelsea gallery Guided by Invoices that garnered a recent Artforum review by international critic Barry Schwabsky, followed by another worthy exhibition: Erik and Martin Demaine's creased, curved sculptures up now at Guided by Invoices. The MoMA-collected duo (Erik is a MacArthur "Genius" Grant recipient/ MIT professor; his dad, Martin, is a glass artist) serve up an absolutely fascinating take on computational origami (through March 3). Ludwig Schwarz, Untitled, 2007-2008, at Conduit Gallery Catherine D. Anspon For pint-sized wardrobes with the ultimate pedigree, head to Layette, a freshly opened infant and children's boutique in The Shops at Highland Park (the store scooped up part of the old Talbot's turf). Dallas native Ailsa Hurley's trove of covetable clothing and accessory What we want for spring: the fetching Golden brands include Peach Lip Cover from Burberry Beauty Petite Bateau, Mela Wilson, Busy Bees and Baby Bespoke, to name a few. Did we mention the store also offers on-site monogramming, hemming and button mending? Key in layettedallas.com … As if Burberry wasn't already divine enough, we fell lips over heels for its Burberry Beauty collection and its plans to secure a cosmetic counter at Nordstrom in NorthPark Center come early March. The contents of said counter? Shimmery shadows, slick glosses, creamy lipstick shades and more nestled in pretty gunmetal packaging etched with that famous plaid. Dial Nordstrom at 214.231.3900 … Design firm Gary Riggs Interiors has moved its Allen showroom to 5217 Alpha Road, across from Galleria Dallas. The 45,000-square-foot retail store, dubbed Gary Riggs Home, is open to the trade and public with GRI's Park Cities spot on Preston Road remaining open for business as usual. Visit garyriggsinteriors.com for all the deets … Bloomingdale's, The Outlet Store opens this spring at The Shops at Park Lane and will span 25,000 square feet of prime, ground-level space across from Nordstrom Rack and Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th. Expect apparel and accessories, including women's ready-to-wear, men's, children's, women's shoes, jewelry and handbags … Another outlet debut: Italian furniture label Cantoni has taken over the former Eurway store at 4720 Alpha Road to make room for its Cantoni Outlet, a 35,000-square-foot space next to its Dallas showroom. What's more, Cantoni is expanding its current showroom to make way for a Natuzzi Gallery shop-in-shop concept. (You may remember the only two independently owned Natuzzi stores in America — now shuttered — were located right here, in Plano and Dallas.) Showroom renovations are set to be completed by July 2012. Lauren Mang COLLECTOR'S CONVERSATION brought to byto you you by brought DALLAS ART FAIR NEW YORK– AND BERLIN-BASED C. SEAN HORTON, FOUNDER/OWNER/DIRECTOR OF HORTON GALLERY, TAKES QUESTIONS FROM BILL ARNING, DIRECTOR OF THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS MUSEUM HOUSTON. C. Sean Horton DALLAS ART FAIR: APRIL 13 – 15, 201 PREVIEW GALA APRIL 12 2; WWW.DALLASARTFAIR.COM JENNY ANTILL How will you be curating your booth at the Fair? Will we be seeing some of your star painters such as the always amazing Keltie Ferris? All of my artists are stars, Bill! I'll be debuting two new works by Texas-born, Bill Arning New York–based Daniel Rios Rodriguez. His work, which was recently featured in a solo show at White Columns [New York, New York], tends to begin as depictions of everyday, vernacular scenes from his and his family's life in a style that marries the mannerisms of Forrest Bess with the figurative lines of Picasso. A new carved wood bas-relief sculpture by Minnesota-based Aaron Spangler — who, as you know, was seen late last year at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in the traveling exhibition "The Spectacular of Vernacular" — will be featured. Also on view will be Tisch Abelow's new paintings, which address some of the formal issues introduced by color theorists and early abstract artists such as Josef Albers and Hilma af Klint but with a solipsistic sort of humor. For the rest of the conversation, peruse papercitymag.com. DANA DRIENSKY COURTESY HORTON GALLERY Why are you exhibiting at the Dallas Art Fair 2012? So that I have an excuse to eat at La Calle Doce in Oak Cliff, of course! I'm excited to introduce several new artists in Dallas. I hope to offer a sense of discovery for collectors and curators — the Texas art community has always been very supportive of my various endeavors, and I appreciate the opportunity to have a dialogue within the context of an intimate fair like the Dallas Art Fair. The group of galleries that has been assembled this year rivals the major fairs in other cities; it's impressive to see the Dallas art community foster this kind of highquality event. An over-the-top overpass: the Santiago Calatrava– designed Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge SOCIAL DATEBOOK A finely tuned schedule of February fêtes: Thursday, February 2 Sweethearts for Sweeney billieh@campsweeney.org; campsweeney.org Saturday, February 4 Phenomenon benefitting Dallas Contemporary artist/DJ Shepard Fairey dallascontemporary.org; phenomenon@ dallascontemporary.org Tuesday, February 14 The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society St. Valentine's Day Luncheon & Fashion Show featuring Stanley Korshak 972.996.5912; michelle.northcutt@lls.org; saintvalentinesdayluncheon.org Saturday, February 18 Fly Away With the Bridge benefitting The Bridge Breast Network chefs; live and silent auctions 214.821.3820; terry@bridgebreast.org The Billiard Ball benefitting Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas dinner; performance by Hunter Sullivan & Orchestra 214.821.2950, ext. 721; thebilliardball@bgcdallas.org Friday, February 24 TACA Silver Cup Award Luncheon Caroline Rose Hunt and Frank Risch 214.520.3930; taca-arts.org A Night at the Turtle Creek Karaoke Lounge benefitting Turtle Creek Recovery Center karaoke; PaperCity media sponsor 214.361.5061; tcmanor.org Saturday, February 25 50th Annual Junior League of Dallas Ball dinner; late-night party 214.357.8822, ext. 118; tammy_barger@jld.net; jld.net Saturday, March 3 An Affair of the Art benefitting Dallas Museum of Art 8:30 pm "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties" 214.922.1272, ja@dallasmuseumofart.org; dm-art.org BRIDGE OVER TRINITY WATERS International star-chitect Santiago Calatrava has re-shaped our skyline — in the large-scale, modernist way that the design genius is famous for — with his sleek, white automotive bridge spanning from downtown to West Dallas. Next month, Calatrava's Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge opens for transport over the Trinity River, debuting with a three-day pedestrian frolic via a string of events during the weekend of March 2. Party-design whiz Todd Fiscus will direct two of the three out-of-this-world fêtes, so expect nothing less than a spectacle of grand fireworks, literally. On Friday, March 2, the ticketed Celebration Party for 2,000 guests will be held atop the bridge to benefit The Trinity Trust. A $200 tariff grants access to dinner, dancing and a performance by Lyle Lovett and His Large Band. On Saturday, March 2, the MHH will draw even more supporters, this time for a gratis Street Fair — with all-day entertainment ranging from a live chalk art installation by artist Douglas Rouse to performances by Jonathan Tyler and The Northern Lights. Finally, early birds who rise at 6:50 am Sunday, March 4, can flutter to the Sunrise Blessing and Ribbon Cutting. We hear it will include plenty of pomp and circumstance — think ceremonial rites performed by hundreds of Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts, plus music from the Orchestra of New Spain and the Street Corner Symphony. Talk about a civic commotion of charitable proportions. Tickets and information 214.740.1616; mhhbridgecelebration.com. Christina Geyer FEBRUARY | PAGE 6 | 2012