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SETH VAUGHAN, KIM COFFMAN Art Appreciation in the New Year Deborah Colton, McKay Otto at Colton L ebanese-born artist Rania Daniel was heralded at the grand opening of her new solo exhibition, "Urban Illusion," at Deborah Colton Gallery. Wowed by her work: husband Jamal Daniel, gallery owner Deborah Colton, Matt Messinger, mega-collector Lester Marks, Marcy Taub Wessel; and Monsour Taghdisi. Wade Wilson Art welcomed Joseph Cohen home from his Italian odyssey with "Fatto in Italia." Commending Cohen: Harriet and Gil Gertner, McKay Otto, Anna Dean, and Jana Cothren. Robert McClain's namesake gallery mounted "Reel to Reel," an installation by Jeff Shore and Jon Fisher that served as the backdrop for a dinner party shared by the art elite. Ruminating over the repast: the Blaffer's Claudia Schmuckli and Matthew Drutt, Valerie Cassel Oliver of the CAMH, Jereann Chaney, Judy Nyquist and Mary Lou Swift. Seth Vaughan with Erin Oppenheim Wade Wilson, Joseph Cohen at Wilson Jamal & Rania Daniel at Colton Robert McClain Erin Siudzinski at McClain Aliyya Stude at Colton Lucas & Tania Evans at Colton Adrienne Meyers Vincent Meyers at Wilson Donatella Benckenstein at Colton Lester Marks at Colton Masoud & Sima Ladjevardian at Colton Matt Messinger Wendy Brown at Colton Patrick Medrano & Katy Anderson at Colton Valerie Cassel Oliver at McClain Michel Muylle Lucinda Cobley at Wilson Jereann Chaney, Judy Nyquist Mary Lou Swift at McClain MARCH | PAGE 47 | 2012 Lucy Anderson & Jeff Shore, Jon Fisher at McClain Paul Horn Angelbert Metoyer at Colton