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Above: Emitting a bold but nuanced statement in the master bedroom is Irene Roderick's The Good Tank, 2003, from Barry Whistler Gallery, Dallas. The work contrasts militaristic subject matter with a beguiling medium: the Austin artist's beautiful hand-cut lacy wall hanging. Left: Tim Hurst surveys the Arts District skyline. James Surls' Stairway to Heaven, 2011, rests on a vintage Saarinen table by Knoll, circa 1950, surrounded by Mies van der Rohe Brno chairs with Galbraith & Paul fabric from David Sutherland. Bottom left: A witty little treasure in the dining room is Joe Davidson's Wine Bottle, 2011, a find from Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston. Text works (from top): Bale Creek Allen's Beauty, 2012, Heritage Auctions, Dallas; Archie Scott Gobber's Tired, 2009, Marty Walker, Dallas; and Alexandra Grant's Love, 2009, Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles. Credenza designed by Rodney Woods. This is the airport that Hitler built and now is used as a park. We ride bikes all over the tarmacs while people fly kites and picnic. If some place stays unused for anytime at all, the Berliners turn it into a park. • Retail discovery: KaDeWe Department Store at Wittenbergplatz. Amsterdam for a few days, then on to Berlin for most of November. Back to Dallas for the holidays. We'll see lots of artist friends and galleries, museums and sites in Amsterdam, then meetings with the developer regarding our place in Mitte area of Berlin. SIGNATURE COCKTAIL. JS/TH: Simple dinners with great friends. We like to keep it small. Around four guests plus ourselves. Late brunch if lots of people are in town who don't know each other well. After Art Basel Miami Beach, we are in Dallas for the holidays this year and thinking about a larger group of Dallas friends for New Year's Eve. Our balcony is great for this, especially with the fireplace and view downtown and the midnight fireworks from the Trinity River. JS/TH: Whatever mixes with Dr Pepper. ON THE MENU. JS/TH: New York City, Dallas or Berlin, it's King Ranch chicken. THREE CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS YOU ARE TRACKING. JS/TH: Peter Soriano, Melissa Meyer, Jens Hanke. ON YOUR LIGHT-BRIGHT FUTURE: WHAT'S UPCOMING. JS: Neonish 24/7, a neon project at the Leila Heller Gallery, NYC, through December 2013. • A twoperson exhibition with the Colorado artist Pard Morrison at Galerie Knoerle & Baettig in Zurich this spring. • A solo at Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, in April. • And a commission at 2100 Ross in Dallas. NEXT TRAVEL JAUNT. JS/TH: After a quick trip to Marfa with friends for Tim's birthday, back to NYC before we head to IDEAL ENTERTAINING FORMULA. SIGNATURE APPAREL ITEM. TH: Reading glasses. JH: Good shoes. PERSONAL TALISMAN. TH: My dad's worry stone. JS: Sketchbook. YOU NEVER MISS. JS/TH: Art Basel Miami Beach and Frieze NYC. SHINN AND HURST'S AESTHETIC — UNDERSTATED, SLEEK WITHOUT BEING CHILLY, AND WELL-EDITED — HAS YIELDED A SELECTION OF IMPORTANT ART AND DESIGN WITH AN UNDERLYING WHISPER OF MID-CENTURY MODERNISM. NOVEMBER | PAGE 41 | 2013