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Beauty © THE ARTIST, COURTESY MARTY WALKER GALLERY For an understanding of where we are, see "Glenn Ligon: America," a survey of one of the most seminal figures in contemporary art, organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, landing at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth this spring (through June 3). In the show, Glenn Ligon's Sun (Version 2) #1, 2001, at Modern Art Ligon moves from Museum of Fort Worth Basquiat-like primitivism and deceptively simple silkscreens of leaders such as Malcolm X to postmodern neon sculptures bearing startling text fragments. Go! Catherine D. Anspon Derring-Do at BelAir Wayne White's Funny Sad Funny, 2010, at Marty Walker Gallery Cocktail Shakers & Flappers © NEIL BERKELEY, COURTESY MARTY WALKER GALLERY BROOKLYN MUSEUM At BelAir Studio & Design, a perfect bricolage of elegant and unusual home furnishings is making decorating news. The just-opened boutique is a hop across Greenville Avenue from Terilli's Restaurant and brims with interesting pieces — geometric pillows, cowhide bar stools, Lafco candles, Elizabeth Anyaa custom-felted textiles, vintage lighting, repurposed antique furnishings — that are defined by idiosyncratic textures and a luxe use of color. Key is the in-depth knowledge of the decorative arts and the witty, cultivated style from owners Susan Colvin Gant, Shannon VanBeber and Cindy Svendsen. The trio's mantra? Everyone, regardless of budget, is worthy of good design. 2802 Greenville Ave., 214.827.7420. Christina Geyer T he 1920s roar at the Dallas Museum of Art as "Youth and Beauty: Art of the American Twenties," arrives from its organizing institution, the Brooklyn Museum. All things Jazz Age are in the air; don't miss the major and minor players from this buoyant epoch, from the inimitable Edward Hopper to under-known Luigi Lucioni, as well as the always fresh Joseph Stella, whose fictionalized portrait, The Amazon, left, is this show's showstopper (March 4 – May 27). Catherine D. Anspon Wayne White in studio Joseph Stella's The Amazon, 1925–26, at at the Dallas Museum of Art Thrift-A-Rama Biennial The mad, brilliant mind that brought you Pee-wee's Playhouse, reformed puppeteer Wayne White, returns to Marty Walker Gallery with another batch of thrift-store canvases, upon which he has painted snippets of text. Just in: These are White's actual paintings. Learn more at the opening on Saturday, March 31, and meet the irrepressible Monsieur White, in from L.A. (through May 5). Heading to Austin for SXSW? Be sure to catch a full-length doc on the life of this idiosyncratic talent, Beauty is Embarrassing, Saturday, March 10. Catherine D. Anspon Photo denizens take note: America's most significant photographic convergence takes place in Houston this month. FotoFest 2012 unveils March 16, citywide — more than 100 venues, 45 days, with hundreds of artists and thousands of images, many never before exhibited. Not to be missed are three thoughtful group shows curated by FotoFest co-founder Wendy Watriss and a team from Russia, focused on modern and contemporary Russian photography, spanning the post-Stalinist decade, through glasnost and onto today (through April 29; fotofest.org). FYI: World power players Dasha Zhukova and Roman Abramovich are involved as supporters/funders, so this will be a FotoFest like no other. Catherine D. Anspon Bill Haveron's Reverse Osmosis Post Pubescence, 2012, at Kirk Hopper Fine Art VISIONAIRE Extraordinaire He's the ultimate outsider brought in from the cold: Bryan, Texas–based Bill Haveron, who's showcased in not one but two solos on view this month, at the McKinney Avenue Contemporary (through March 31) and Kirk Hopper Fine Art (through March 24). Visit both and discover what the fuss is all about. Why can't this artist be in the 2012 Whitney Biennial? Catherine D. Anspon DESIGN BUZZ: Stellar Stella Charles Russell's When Cows Were Wild, 1936 COLLECTION MONTANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Take note of this change-of-address: Mid-month, the darling decor shop Stella Dallas will shutter its Lovers Lane boutique and open its fresh new digs at 1812 Market Center Boulevard. In addition to Stella's feminine home accents and furnishings, the Design District shop will boast two showrooms exclusively for Missoni Home and Lilly Pulitzer Home. Tap to stelladallas.com for more. Lauren Scheinin Oleg Knorring's Untitled, published in Ogonek No. 18, 1950 COLLECTION STERLING AND FRANCINE CLARK ART INSTITUTE, WILLIAMSTOWN, MA Bound Impressionists A Go Go A glorious peek at some terrific French paintings from the gilded age of Impressionism, borrowed from the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Massachusetts, travels to the Kimbell Art Museum as the only stop on its three-year, multi-continental U.S./ Asian/European world tour. See crowd pleasers from a roll call including Monet, Manet, Degas, Morisot and friends, alongside other distinguished painters of the day including Bouguereau, Corot, Gauguin, Gérome, ToulouseLautrec and (new even to our eyes) Alfred Stevens, whose portrait A Duchess (The Blue Dress), circa 1866, above, is splendid, sumptuous and riveting — and one of the exhibition's surprises (March 11 – June 17). Catherine D. Anspon Arrested by Russell It's hard to get any better than Western legend Charles Russell, who loosens up his compositions and adds humor (you can always tell a Russell from a Remington, even at 40 paces). More than 100 of his greatest works on paper come together at the Amon Carter Museum of American Art in "Romance Marker: The Watercolors of Charles M. Russell," including many loaned from the Montana Historical Society, which holds many treasures in the Russell trove (through May 13). You don't have to be a Western devotee to want to see this show. Catherine D. Anspon MARCH | PAGE 53 | 2012 COLLECTION OF EILEEN HARRIS NORTON American