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Sculptor + Painter's Progress: Our two top views revolve around a Brit sculptress and a Texas painter. The former, septuagenarian Phyllida Barlow, takes over Nasher Sculpture Center with an inventive display of unorthodox, riotous blooms and installations crafted from unexpected materials. The Nasher's Jed Morse curates the exhibition for the former Slade School of Art professor, who recently exhibited at Tate Britain in London and New Museum in Manhattan. Her monumental, witty architectural, hand-built constructions redefine contemporary sculpture (through August 30) … At Conduit Gallery, the beauty's on the panels, as Dallas-based Cranbrook MFA Matt Clark returns to present "Serendipity," a series inspired by travels from Polynesia to Mexico. Clark's poetically titled abstracts feature layered, limpid surfaces informed by alchemy (through June 20). A Voyage to the North: At Kirk Hopper Fine Art, influential Dallas painter Roger Winter, a former SMU prof, solos with a series of paintings based upon his Nordic sojourns. The graceful canvases in "Cygnus: Paintings of Greenland, Iceland and Sweden" conjure light and mood with an economy of means (through July 3). Bay Area Master: Some talents get swept aside in the currents of art history. So perhaps is the case with Tom Holland, a senior San Francisco- based painter and sculptor who's now been rediscovered. In the orbit of Bay Area greats such as figurative masters David Park and Richard Diebenkorn, Freeman's latest language of abstraction is on view at Samuel Lynne Galleries (through June 29). Pop to Pollock: In one of the most exciting openings this spring, Minneapolis' Walker Art Center rewrites the story of the '60s with "International Pop" — a broad worldview for a movement that previously belonged to the Americans (but for an occasional nod to the Brits, as best seen in the Menil's 2001 U.S./U.K. Pop survey). Get ready for a bigger-picture read as artists from Latin America to Tokyo are admitted into the Pop canon, including Ushio Shinohara, represented by Kirk Hopper, who was recently seen in Dallas. Head to papercitymag.com for a preview of the blockbuster, which will arrive at the Dallas Museum of Art October 11 (through January 17). But Pop isn't the only thing up the DMA's sleeve this fall: A Pollock exhibition is also planned — an ode to the ab-ex painter's elegant, seminal Black Pourings (November 20 – March 20) … For more hot topics, including how we weigh in on the astounding #worldauctionrecords that went down this May, follow our twice-weekly arts blog at papercitymag. com and follow on Twitter, @PaperCityCA. Catherine D. Anspon Art Notes We're compiling our list of must-attend charity events for PaperCity's Fall Social Calendar, covering the months of September through December 2015. Please submit all essential details for your charitable tickets — event name; day, date and starting time; place; chairmen, honorary chairs and honorees; beneficiary; party notes (caterer, theme, attire, special appearances, entertainment); ticket and table starting prices; and contact info, including phone, email address and website, to Jane Rozelle, jane@papercitymag.com, no later than Tuesday, June 30. CALENDAR CALL T his season heralds one of Dallas' most significant gallery moves, as long-time Deep Ellum denizen Brian Gibb of The Public Trust decamps to the Design District, joined by Liliana Bloch Gallery, which had been sharing space with Gibb in his previous locale. The gallerists have taken up residence at 2271 Monitor Street with one common entrance neighboring Galleri Urbane, and present programming within their equitably divided 3,200-square-foot fresh digs. Formerly storage for a law firm, the revamped building with generous 15-foot ceilings was developed by Tom Buck and Bill Melton. Once they learned of the project, Gibb and Bloch leaped at the chance to relocate. "For me, it's simple," says Gibb, who's known for adventurously deploying talents from Shepard Fairey to Sour Grapes. "That is where most of the galleries in Dallas are, especially the majority of my fellow CADD [Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas] galleries. I have wanted to make this move for a while, but the opportunity wasn't there, and then it was, so we jumped on it." With its expansive interiors, direct sight lines and brilliant, even light, the pristine, post-industrial structure serves as perfect foil to both dealers' vision. Gibb, in fact, will be launching a new series this fall, "Soliloquy," mounting solo shows for emerging to powerhouse internationals, all defined by a single work of art. Bloch is also gaining momentum and clarity, beginning with her inaugural Monitor Street show for Letitia Huckaby's ethereal fabric-and- photographic portraits of nuns. Despite divergent aesthetics and backgrounds, the University of North Texas grad/ printmaker Gibb and the El Salvadoran/ former McKinney Avenue Contemporary director Bloch share a total immersion in the art world. The unlikely alliance works. Up now: The Public Trust organizes UNT grads/photographic collaborators Kasumi Chow and Desiree Espada, while Liliana Bloch presents Ann Glazer's new solo "Packable" (both exhibits, 2271 Monitor St., through June 20). Liliana Bloch Gallery, 214.991.5617, lilianablochgallery.com; The Public Trust, 214.282.4866, trustthepublic. com. Catherine D. Anspon DESIGN DISTRICT DUET Liliana Bloch in her eponymous gallery with works by Letitia Huckaby JAMES BLAND Brian Gibb at The Public Trust STEPHEN DUX W ith a pretty pink apron as her kitchen wardrobe staple, it made sense for Savor's dessert chef Julie Vorce to dub the Klyde Warren Park gastropub's new custom pastry company Pink Apron Pastry. Tiered wedding cakes, traditional cakes and mini desserts comprise the menu of the new spinoff, which offers such decadent flavors as German chocolate, coconut lime, red velvet and amaretto. Vorce — who honed her skills at the Ritz-Carlton in Dallas — bakes modern shapes using the ruffle technique, employing only the highest-quality ingredients. Tying these apron strings was a family affair: Vorce's sister, graphic designer Michelle Vorce, created the logo. Pink Apron Pastry, 214.306.5597, pinkapronpastry.com. Linden Wilson THE POUF is in the PASTRY R enowned Italian architect Mario Bellini has designed furniture for Cassina for a remarkable 50 years. To celebrate a half-century of collaboration with one of Italy's most prestigious design brands, Bellini tours the U.S. this month, with a stopover in Dallas at Scott + Cooner (check with Scott + Cooner for details), where he will give a talk. Bellini is so revered in Italy that both the president of the country and the mayor of Milan have presented him with their highest medals of honor, and his iconic Cab chair (1977), along with 24 of his other creations, are included in New York City's Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection. Cassina has produced more than half a million Cab chairs, which come in about a dozen colors, with two new pieces for the Cab collection introduced in April at the Saloné del Mobile in Milan: the Cab Night bed and Cab lounge. Playing off the Cab chair's sinuous leather lines and playful zipper, the bed and lounge are Bellini's only additions to the Cab collection in 38 years. At Scott + Cooner, 1617 Hi Line Dr. #100, 214.748.9838, scottcooner.com. Rebecca Sherman Meet Mario Phyllida Barlow's GIG (installation view, Hauser & Wirth Somerset), 2014, at Nasher Sculpture Center Matt Clark's Casa Jaguar, 2015, at Conduit Gallery COURTESY THE ARTIST AND HAUSER & WIRTH. ©PHYLLIDA BARLOW. PHOTO ALEX DELFANNE. The go-to flower emporium for socials, Avant Garden, has moved to a new Highland Park Village headquarters, just above Robert Talbott. The bright, airy space evokes owner and event planner Todd Fiscus' belle époque lifestyle and introduces new elements including artwork by local artists, an outdoor orchid bar and enough space to showcase mounds and mounds of Papillon hydrangeas, fragrant peonies, blue-and-white porcelain and white Montes-Doggett pottery, handmade in Peru. 85 ½ Highland Park Village, 214.559.3432, avantgarden.com … Swedish menswear company Suitsupply, which unveiled a Stanley Korshak in-store boutique last year, opens its massive Dallas flagship Thursday, June 11, in a 6,700-square-foot space at 3700 McKinney Avenue. The dapper shop will stock ready-to-wear suits, jackets, ties, shirting, trousers, shoes and accessories, and offer made-to-measure services and private shopping … Detroit-based brand Shinola brings its Detroit-built watches, bicycles, pet accessories and small leather goods to a new Plano boutique that opened in May. The store also houses a Willys Detroit shop, sister store to Shinola stocking fashion, home and apothecary goods. It's the eighth location for Shinola — and the first in Texas. Bedrock Manufacturing, parent company of Shinola, is also based in Plano. 1039 E. 15th St., shinola.com. Linden Wilson This JUST IN Mario Bellini for Cassina Cab collection; the first additions in 38 years Pink Apron Pastry wedding- cake creation