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CANVAS: Houston Fine Art Fair Kickoff Party. WHITE CUBE: The art-filled casa of Penelope and Lester Marks. COMPOSITION: Joining the visually savvy hosts were HFAF host committee chairman Deborah Colton with husband Bill (he in from Dallas) and a bevy of nonprofit and collector types, heavy on the internationals. Front and center: DiverseWorks new directress Xandra Eden; Ken Mazzu with the Glassell School of Art and best gal Anna Aniban; Anita Smith; HFAF Paper Today curator Mariana Valdes Debes and husband Bob Debes; Fair honorees Michelle Barnes and Clint Willour (the gentleman of the house was also honored as Patron of the Year); Christina Girard, regaling us with tales of her Egyptian antiquities collection; Paola and Arturo Creixell; Mady and Ken Kades, fresh from chairing this spring's Alley Gala; Consul General of France Sujiro Seam and wife Muyi-Jane Ren (she innovatively curates exhibitions at their official residence); newlyweds Eloise Frischkorn Bauer and Luis Bauer; politico/collector Jason Fuller; Carolyn Farb; ambassador Miguel Ángel Fernández de Mazarambroz with wife María Eugenia Suárez-Almazor chatting with artist Loli Fernández- Andrade Kolber who organized Fair events for the Latin community; Anna and Thomas Au; Elise Glattier- Hollingsworth; Eduardo de la Garza and mom Pilar de la Garza; Beth Wolff; Duyen Huynh and Marc Nguyen; and Jennifer and Steve Dolman. A Fare Extraordinaire created the cocktails and bites. PC MOMENT: Host/mega collector Lester Marks movingly addressed the crowd, quoting the late Dominique de Menil: "Art lives by companionship." (A man who lives with Cornell, Kiefer, Bourgeois and Warhol ought to know.) For behind the booths at year five of HFAF, read our reports on the arts channel of papercitymag.com. PAINTING THE TOWN LESTER MARKS' COLLECTION CREATES A VIBRANT PALETTE FOR HOUSTON FINE ART FAIR, YEAR V CATHERINE D. ANSPON COVERS THE PERFORMANCE ART. PHOTOGRAPHY MONICA KRESSMAN. Arturo Creixell Deborah Colton Anita Smith Ken Mades Mady Kades Jack Castle Shushana Castle Mariana Valdes Debes Bob Debes Host & honoree Lester Marks Christina Girard Eloise Frischkorn Bauer Carolyn Farb Luis Bauer Steve Dolman Jennifer Dolman Eduardo de la Garza Paola Creixell Host Penelope Marks with Alana Honoree Clint Willour Honoree Michelle Barnes Pilar de la Garza Bill Colton Beth Wolff IT ONLY TAKES $ 40 BUCKS, TO FEEL LIKE A MILLION. N O C U T S . N O C O L O R . J U S T B L O W O U T S . U P T O W N PA R K & R I V E R OAK S T O B O O K : T H E D R Y B A R . C O M i P H O N E A P P • ( 8 7 7 ) 3 7 9 - 2 2 7 9