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Art Notes COLLECTOR'S CONVERSATION brought to byto by you brought you DALLAS ART FAIR Howard Scott, founder/director of Howard Scott Gallery, New York, takes questions from Dallas-based patron and collector Howard Hallam, vice chair of Ben E. Keith Co., a Fair sponsor. Preview some of the artists in your booth for 2014. Will you be bringing any of Milwaukee painter Fred Stonehouse's wondrous image + text canvases, for example? I will be bringing several repeat artists. Fred Stonehouse is very popular and will return. Also Rebecca Salter, Sati Zech and Rolf Behm, to mention a few. Fanchon and Howard Hallam Take us back to the beginning. The East Village, 1985. What was the scene like, and how did you persevere? Challenges? And what in your personal background made you want to be a gallerist? The East Village of 1985 was a very exciting time in the evolution of the contemporary art scene. We were very young, energetic, the spaces were small. And we introduced art to a demographic who never thought art was an option for them. At that time, you had to put on a suit and tie and go up to 57th Street and be snobbed. I started collecting early and friends thought I had a good eye and started asking me to help them develop a collection. In 1985, I was approached to become a partner in a recently opened gallery. For the rest of the conversation, peruse papercitymag.com. DALLAS ART FAIR: APRIL 11–13, 2014; PREVIEW GALA APRIL 10, 2014 WWW.DALLASARTFAIR.COM allas-based artist Laura Wilson has forged an enviable career with her camera. She's also been at the right place to intersect with one of the late, great masters of 20th-century photography. (Her time with Richard Avedon as his assistant is memorialized in her book Avedon at Work, one of her four published photo volumes). Now Wilson's signature series gets its due: "West," debuting this month in a jewel-box space appropriately located in the charming central Texas hamlet of Fayetteville. Red & White Gallery, sited on the historic town square, is owned and directed by renaissance design duo Joan and Jerry Herring; the couple, formerly of Houston, published a handsome survey of Jesus Moroles' sculpture, one of the talents recently showcased at their gallery. Wilson is known for her series depicting both the debs of Laredo and high school football players of small-town America, as well as playing mom to famous sons Luke and Owen Wilson. Here she presents, for the first time, images spanning her Avedon years to the past decade. Crisp, timeless black-and-whites document Texas cowboys and the 19th-century attired members of Montana's Hutterite community, alongside modern color portraits that possess an enigmatic fashion edge and a whisper of surrealism. "Laura Wilson's West" at Red & White Gallery, opening Saturday, January 25 (5 to 8 pm); artist talk Sunday, February 23 (3 pm); exhibition through March 1; redandwhitegallery.com. Catherine D. Anspon Was Won Laura Wilson's Young Girl with Colt in Living Room, 2006, at Red & White Gallery Alta MODA, Alta Mario Testino Kim Kardashian FABULOUS D Alta Moda by Mario Testino at Queen Sofía Spanish Institute estination: the Queen Sofía Spanish Institute on Park Avenue in New York, for an artistic rendezvous with Peter Doroshenko, executive director of the Dallas Contemporary, to attend the exhibition opening of "Alta Moda Models Candice Swanepoel, Alek Wek Mario Testino, Her Majesty Queen Sofía of Spain, by Mario Testino." Why am I sharing details Oscar de la Renta about an event that I attended in New York, you may well ask? Well, if this exhibition is good enough for New York, then Dallas is certainly in for a visual treat. The exhibition and Mr. Testino will be arriving later this year, scheduled to open at the Dallas Contemporary in September. A native Peruvian, Testino is a beloved fashion photographer, worshipped by every international glossy magazine. After discovering an archive of traditional festive costumes, he became inspired by the native Latin American photographer Martin Chambi and spent the last five years on a personal project with frequent trips to Cusco, a city located high in the Peruvian mountains. The Spanish term Alta Moda means "high fashion," and the outcome, a masterpiece of ethnographic photography, presents a vibrant series of oversized Peruvian portraits that are rich in color and deep in culture. "With this series, I wanted to do something very different — not just with my own work, but also with the practice of photography," Testino says. "I tried to fit as much time and history into each frame as possible — from the traditional and festive clothing to the Chambi backdrops to the Peruvian people in them." The starstudded reception in New York did not disappoint. Hosted by the institute's chairman Oscar de la Renta and president Inmaculada de Habsburgo, the evening's guests included Her Majesty Queen Sofia of Spain, Anna Wintour, Hamish Bowles, Lauren Santo Domingo, Grace Coddington, and Kim Kardashian with sister Kendall Jenner, who made an explosive paparazzi arrival during my conversation with street-style photographer Bill Cunningham. I attended Art Basel in Miami... Let's hope that the Dallas Contemporary exhibition opening will be as every bit as glamorous as New York. Stay tuned. Max Trowbridge I DAVID HUME KENNERLY GETTY IMAGES Do you participate in other Rolf Behm's Schimgar 6, 2013, at Howard Scott Gallery fairs? And if so, what stands out about the Dallas Art Fair? Yes, I have participated in other fairs. I like the warm reception of the people in Dallas ... They seem happy you are there. COURTESY THE ARTIST AND HOWARD SCOTT GALLERY, NEW YORK You've shown at the Dallas Art Fair every year since its launch in 2009. How did you originally come to exhibit at the Fair? Why are you returning in 2014? The idea sounded good. I like Dallas, and I had several collectors and friends in the city. I am returning because I like the intimacy of the Fair, and it's very well run. They treat us very well. D West HOW THE PATRICKMULLAN.COM New year, intriguing art. All these stories are unfurling this spring: Edward Hopper's epic Nighthawks heading to the Amon Carter, a dual museum solo for David Bates, the coming of the Dallas Art Fair year six … In galleries this Carlos Donjuan's Toonch, 2013, at Kirk Hopper Fine Art month, we love Kirk Hopper Fine Art's perfect pairing of two Dallas street artists, Carlos Donjuan and Luke Harnden; the former rolls out a series based on the close-to-home concept of an illegal alien, while the latter mines magic, space and light from the most minimal of materials — an unusual practice perhaps for a talent who's in the collective ArtBeef (through January 18) … Meanwhile, catch the final weeks of the Edward Hopper drawing show at the Dallas Museum of Art, organized by the Whitney Museum of American Art, which owns the world's greatest cache of Hopper holdings (through February 16). See the original drawing for Nighthawks before the actual canvas arrives in Fort Worth at the Amon Carter February 22 … Speaking of Fort Worth, the Kimbell's new Piano Pavilion posits a serene bookend to the original Kahn building, an exercise in light, massing and scale, perfectly sited with 65 yards between the two structures. Piano's deferential, functional architecture's greatest surprise is saved for some razzle-dazzle downstairs with an extraordinary theater for 300, plus an emphatic environmental statement realized by a green roof with underground geothermal wells — both of which dramatically save on the light bill. The viewer only encounters the roof berm from the west side of the new Pavilion, which makes for a terrific reveal. Fittingly, the museum's greatest hits inaugurate the new Piano, while the Kahn building gets the blockbuster "The Age of Picasso and Matisse: Modern Masters from The Art Institute of Chicago" (through February 16). For more art dish, follow @PaperCityCA. Catherine D. Anspon HEART GO RED R Barbara Smith eady to be shocked? One woman dies from heart disease each minute. Currently more than 80 million Americans suffer from cardiac issues, and more than half are women. Determined to make an impact, The American Heart Association's Go Red Luncheon has asked two philanthropic powerhouses to cochair the 2014 event: Capera Ryan and Barbara Smith. Ryan has been personally affected by heart disease, so the organization is near and dear to her heart — as is this luncheon, which raises awareness Dick Cheney Capera Ryan and funds for vital research. The 2013 luncheon, attended by 1,000 heart-loving ladies, raised more than $1 million, while just under $11 million was allocated to Dallas for research funding last year. No stranger to cardiovascular disease, vice president Dick Cheney serves as keynote speaker. Cheney, who has survived five heart attacks, shares his personal battle. Join the cause Friday, February 7, 10 am to 1:30 pm, at the Hilton Anatole; PaperCity serves as media sponsor. Tickets $150, through 214.748.7212, dallasgored.heart.org. Jane Rozelle CLOSET ENCOUNTERS Dream of raiding the closets of style-setters? Vaunte has answered your prayers. Brought to you by former Gilt Groupe execs Leah Park and Christian Leone, plus technology expert Andy Shin, this online shopping site features designer labels, shoes and accessories from some of the chicest women in the U.S. Now, Dallas is on the map. Paula Minnis Ladies about town Kim Schlegel Whitman, Bag Snob Tina Craig and Christie Sheffield (handler of VIP client relations for Vaunts) helped sort through the personal stashes of 18 of Dallas's finest dressers (and fashion collectors), and this month vaunte.com throws open the closet doors. Think Heather Anderson, Elizabeth Midgett, Merry Vose, Sam Stewart, Nicole Musselman, Joslyn Taylor, Julie Garrigue, Kristie Ramirez Hoitsma, Tish Cox, Katina Thornton, Angela Scott, Paula Minnis, Susie Straubmueller, Marisa Howard, Laura Ginsburg Pierson, Toni Munoz Hunt and Andrea Pambechy. While meeting, greeting and exploring the closets of the sophisticates, CCO Leone, says "These women were extremely gracious and hospitable, offering us lunch and wine when we went into their homes. That's something we don't often see in other cities." Throughout January, you can peruse through the closets via vaunte.com and find the likes of Lanvin, Alaïa, Chanel and more. Shoppers can feel even better about snagging these designer goods, since some of the women requested that a portion of the sale be donated to a charitable organization of their choice. Just look for the items marked "charity." vaunte.com. Rachael Abrams