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Cowboys and Christmas Trees: Begin your end- of-year gallery dash at Talley Dunn Gallery, where Museum of Fine Arts, Houston former Core Fellow Francesco Fuchs — a Hunting Prize winner — presents the ghost of Christmas past. Catch the artist's vaporous paintings of Christmas trees, captured in an understated palette, in which the image seems to dissolve in a perfect metaphor for time and memory (through December 19) … Photographs Do Not Bend Gallery mounts a show and debuts the accompanying volume of photo essays by Jeremy Enlow documenting "Cowboys of the Waggoner Ranch" (December 4 opening and book signing; through December 19). Fort Worth-based lensman Enlow immersed himself in cowboy culture at the nation's largest working ranch, whose fate lies in the balance as it awaits a new buyer. The resulting images tell of a vanishing way of life that defined manifest destiny and the myth of the American West. Texas Chainsaw Massacre: It's okay to muck around, especially when it's at Circuit 12 Contemporary, as owners Gina and Dustin Orlando curate a lineup of 11 national talents who mine the chaos and detritus of our time to create works reflective of today. "Mysterious Muck" pairs artists such as Matthew Craven and Mathew Zefeldt, who both raid the icebox of art history, alongside sculptor Taylor Baldwin, who employs a chainsaw, amplifier, urethane resin, bloodwood and lignum vitae among other components in an epic creation whose title is unprintable (through January 30). Kehinde + Caillebotte: Your holiday won't be complete without a trip to Fort Forth for retrospectives of two painters who define the 19th and 21st centuries: Impressionist Gustave Caillebotte at the Kimbell Art Museum (through February 14) and new Baroque master Kehinde Wiley at The Modern (through January 10). For more art topics, visit papercitymag.com. See you in 2016. Catherine D. Anspon Art Notes T he life of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel is a mysterious mix of fact and fiction. The French fashion designer, one of the most influential women of the 20th century, kept many details of her life obscured from public knowledge, from her poverty-stricken childhood to her myriad lovers and her true age. Perhaps the clearest glimpse one has into her psyche is La Pausa, the villa she constructed in 1928 in the hills of Roquebrune- Cap-Martin. In a new book, From Chanel to Reves: La Pausa and Its Collections at the Dallas Museum of Art, authors Olivier Meslay (DMA associate director of curatorial affairs) and Martha McLeod (DMA curatorial administrative assistant in the European and American Art department) explore the villa's importance both to Chanel and to Wendy and Emery Reves, the Dallas couple who purchased La Pausa in 1953. The connection? Thirty years ago Wendy, on behalf of her late husband, Emery, gifted the DMA more than 1,400 works of Impressionist, Post- Impressionist and modern paintings, sculptures, works on paper and decorative objects from La Pausa — many of which belonged to Chanel. IF WALLS Could Talk Wendy Reves during redecoration of the salon at Villa La Pausa circa 1953 The replica of Villa La Pausa at the Dallas Museum of Art, which houses the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection COURTESY DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART COURTESY DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART S id and Ann Mashburn and their namesake boutiques in Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and Houston are synonymous with Southern-prep style. Sid (a menswear designer and former design director for J. Crew and Ralph Lauren) and his wife, Ann (a former assistant to Vogue editor Polly Mellen), have brought their boutique to our tony Knox-Henderson neighborhood. The environs include the couple's signature fashion spaces: Sid Mashburn for the gents, Ann Mashburn for the ladies. Men will find a made-to-measure section; women will love the shoe and accessory parlor. Both spaces boast the signature Mashburn collection of contemporary shirting, clothing and accessories for men and women, with designer additions from Aurelie Bidermann, Carven, J. Brand, Edward Green, Tretorn and Allyn Scura. A tree-lined interior atrium joins the separate his-and-hers spaces, filling the boutique with natural light. Sid Mashburn and Ann Mashburn, 3319 Knox, 214.443.6100 (Sid), 214.443.6101 (Ann), sidmashburn.com, annmashburn.com. Linden Wilson You Look SMASHING! Ann Mashburn's side of the boutique in Houston Sid Mashburn (Houston store shown here) Ann & Sid Mashburn T he bag that tastemaker and muse Jane Birkin lent her name to and the house of Hermès lead off the 400-some alluring lots that punctuate Heritage Auctions' hotly anticipated holiday-time Luxury Accessories Sale, set for Tuesday, December 8, A Bounty of BIRKINS Hermès special- order Birkin Limited-edition Chanel bicycle The museum's late architect, Edward Larrabee Barnes, constructed a 16,500-square- foot, five-room replica of La Pausa to house the Wendy and Emery Reves Collection. The DMA's new publication takes a deeper look at the collection and at La Pausa. An excerpt: "The villa is full of architectural quotations reminding [Chanel] of the darkest, or at least the most impoverished, days of her life … It is therefore striking to see how many of the architectural details found at La Pausa are drawn from the Aubazine convent." From darkness, indeed, came light. $15, exclusively at the DMA Museum Store, 1717 N. Harwood St., 214.922.1256, shopdma.org. Christina Geyer 11 am, in Dallas. The bevy of Birkins on the block, with most estimated values ranging from $1,500 to $40,000, are joined by day-to- evening handbags from Gucci, Louis Vuitton, Prada and Chanel, as well as a Chanel limited-edition aluminum- and-quilted-leather bicycle with quilted- leather bike bags (estimated value $7,000 to $9,000). Ladies, prepare your paddles. Peruse the luxe lots and bid at ha.com. Catherine D. Anspon Mathew Zefeldt's Sensations, 2015, at Circuit 12 Contemporary Francesca Fuchs› Xmas Tree (Candles), 2014, at Talley Dunn Gallery COURTESY THE ARTIST AND CIRCUIT 12 CONTEMPORARY COURTESY THE ARTIST AND TALLEY DUNN GALLERY Hermès Himalaya handbag Drive past Stanley Korshak, and something bright will catch your eye: beautifully illuminated rows of windows along the store's Maple Avenue and Cedar Springs Road facades. The elaborate storefront scenes encased in these new retail orbs might compel discerning Harry Gordon Selfridge to tip his trilby in approval. "The first day we unveiled them," says Korshak owner and CEO Crawford Brock, "cars were pulling in and people were saying, 'Wow! What is this?'" The new windows aren't the only new design elements. Korshak's central courtyard also received a facelift — one inspired by the piazzas of Florence and Milan. Dallas architectural firm Staffelbach replaced the bulky fountain with a sleek reflecting pool surrounded by trees draped in twinkling white lights. "It's just spectacular," Brock says. "Now we can host fashion shows and events there. I'm over hotel ballrooms, carpet and chandeliers." Korshak's new look is part of a greater makeover in progress at the Crescent Court complex. The $30 million project is scheduled for completion in May 2016. The Palomino Restaurant & Bar debuted a sidewalk patio; next year, beloved Design District coffee shop and cafe Ascension opens its second location near the Rosewood Crescent Hotel; and later in 2016, Dallas gets its first Shake Shack, the burger house with a devoted New York City following, which will open on Pearl Street in a green space devised by The Office of James Burnett — the landscape architect behind Klyde Warren Park. Stanley Korshak, 500 Crescent Court, 214.871.3600, stanleykorshak.com. Linden Wilson A NEW LOOK for Stanley Korshak and Crescent Court The Crescent's revamped courtyard with reflecting pool Stanley Korshak's traffic-stopping window displays