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1. Dallas Art Fair, year seven, the convergence that's at the epicenter of the entire week — and the reason why internationals and coast-to-coast power players are flocking to Texas. (Preview Gala, Thursday, April 9; Fair, April 10 – 12). For four days, Fashion Industry Gallery becomes the capital of the art world. Read about the British invasion, page 35. Complete details and exhibitor roster, dallasartfair.com. PaperCity media sponsor. 2. The brushes with fame, a world-premiere performance, openings, private tours, a collector breakfast and luncheon, more extra- curriculars, plus the parties! Secure your Dalpass to take it all in for a modest $1,500 — a lot less than a Dan Colen (dalpass.com, 214.220.1278). 3. Dallas Contemporary's extraordinary doubleheader. Following on the momentum of last year's Schnabel/Richard Phillips pairing, the Contemporary ups the ante and serves up solos for the masterful David Salle and the red-hot Nate Lowman (read our chat with Mr. Lowman, page 44). And head to papercitymag.com for the dish on David Salle's show at the DC, in a revealing Q&A. PaperCity media sponsor. 4. Supreme collecting at the ultimate party/benefit/auction: MTV Re:Define. Read our insider preview, through the eyes of host Kenny Goss, alongside artists' confidentials about what and why they're donating, page 37. PaperCity media sponsor. 5. Side shows that are anything but for the sidelines. Check out Gagosian-represented Dan Colen at James Cope's eagerly watched Cedars' space, And Now. Also, take in Lowman's pal, the buzzed about Chivas Clem, at Erin Cluley Gallery. 6. Did anyone say Daniel Arsham? Read why this artist is one of the it-men on the scene and what makes him tick — also what works by Arsham will be stocked at Galerie Perrotin at the Fair. Turn to page 42. 7. Post-fair, recover with a classical respite: Gaze at The Abelló Collection at the Meadows Museum and contemplate masters from El Greco to Francis Bacon (April 18 – August 2, meadowsmuseum.org). Want more insights? Follow our blog during Dallas Arts Week at papercitymag. com for best of the Fair and Dallas Arts Week, alongside scenes from the social performance art as it unfolds. 7 RED-HOT REASONS WE'RE GOING Above: Renee Cox's Sacred Geometry, 2014, at Zhulong Gallery, Dallas Art Fair. Left: Francis Bacon's Triptych, 1983, in The Abelló Collection at Meadows Museum. First row, from left: Dionisio González's Inter-Acciones 15, 2013, at Galerie Richard, Dallas Art Fair. Santiago Montoya's SOSOSOS (III), 2014, at Beatriz Esguerra Art, Dallas Art Fair. Chivas Clem's Totem (comedy, action, drama, thriller, horror), ongoing, at Erin Cluley Gallery. ARCHIVE ABELLÓ COLLECTION UNLESS INDICATED, ALL IMAGES COURTESY THE ARTISTS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE GALLERIES KEVIN TODORA ARTFAIR 2015 DALLAS Above: Paul Lee's Untitled (Tambourine), 2014, at Maccarone, Dallas Art Fair. Right: Irby Pace's Terra Firma Marfa, TX, 2014, at Galleri Urbane, Dallas Art Fair Above: James Magee's Cable Piece, 1991, at Kirk Hopper Fine Art, Dallas Art Fair Left: Saâdane Afif 's The Fairytale Recordings: REC#006FTR-ON (Brume 2003) [detail], 2011, at RaebervonStenglin, Dallas Art Fair. Far left: Susie Rosmarin's Black/ White Cube, 2015, at Talley Dunn Gallery, Dallas Art Fair. Top: Ilya Bolotowsky's City Rectangle, 1948, at Washburn Gallery, Dallas Art Fair. Above: Danielle Frankenthal's Turbulence # 3, 2013, at Wade Wilson Art, Dallas Art Fair. On our cover: Damien Hirst's Damien's Methylamine-13c, 2014, at Paul Stopler Gallery, Dallas Art Fair. © Damien Hirst and Science Ltd. All rights reserved, DACS 2015. Courtesy Paul Stolper Gallery, London. Photo Prudence Cuming Associates.