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ENTRY SITE IS OPEN for the 2nd Annual PaperCity DALLAS DESIGN AWARDS with Dunhill Partners and Dallas Design District N ew to my coffee table, emitting high notes of ivy, jasmine, tuberose, and sandalwood, is a lovely Fornasetti candle emblazoned with the likeness of opera icon Lina Cavalieri, transformed into the fertility goddess Flora. Flora di Fornasetti candle $175, at Elements, 4400 Lovers Lane, 214.987.0837, elementsclothing.com. Linden Wilson W magazine called her work "riotously inventive." In Vogue, curator Paul Schimmel called her "the most important painter to come out of Southern California in the '90s." Next month, TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art lauds contemporary artist Laura Owens with the amfAR Award of Excellence for Artistic Contributions to the Fight Against AIDS. Owens' transformative work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Kunsthalle Zürich; and the Whitney Biennial. As a TWO x TWO honoree, she is in good company: Since its inception 18 years ago, the multi-million-dollar fund-raiser has honored Ellsworth Kelly, Richard Phillips, Julian Schnabel, and Ed Ruscha. Owens will come to Dallas for the weeklong flurry of TWO x TWO events, and one of her works will be auctioned during the Gala on Saturday, October 22, benefitting amfAR and Dallas Museum of Art. Paddles will be flying. TWO x TWO First Look, Thursday, October 20; TWO x TWO Gala, Saturday, October 22; information and tickets, twoxtwo.org. Christina Geyer OWENS On TOP T he Crow Collection of Asian Art, one of the few museums dedicated to Asian art in the country, has set its sights south of the border. This month, in partnership with Puebla, Mexico's Museo Internacional del Barroco, and State Council for Culture and the Arts, the Crow debuts an exhibition of more than 100 Talavera ceramic works on loan from Museo Franz Mayer in Mexico City. Juxtaposing Mexican works alongside the Crow's Chinese ceramics, the exhibition explores 11 centuries of cross- cultural connectedness between Puebla and Chinese design. The show is part of Connect the World trade mission and will travel to Museo Internacional del Barrocco in early 2017, after its Dallas debut. "Clay Between Two Seas: From the Abbasid Court to Puebla de los Angeles," September 17, 2016, through February 12, 2017, at Crow Collection of Asian Art, 2010 Flora St., 214.979.6430; crowcollection.org. Christina Geyer T he PaperCity Dallas Design Awards recognize outstanding residential interior design, interior architecture, retail, restaurant and gallery design, landscape design, historical preservation, furniture and product design, and sustainability, along with other categories. The entry site, papercitymag.com/designawards, is live for submissions and open to all design, architecture, and landscape professionals, regardless of professional affiliation. On Thursday, November 3, the winning entries will be announced and presented at a cocktail event in the Dallas Design District; winning entries will also be featured in the January 2017 PaperCity Home + Art issue. The 2016 panel of esteemed judges will be announced in the coming weeks. Previous PaperCity Design Awards judges have been architect Joel Barkley of Ike Kligerman Barkley Architects, designer Brian McCarthy, architect and designer Robert Couturier, designer Mary McDonald, and designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard. To enter, go to papercitymag.com/designawards. Entry deadline is Friday, October 7. Information, farrell@papercitymag.com. TRANSCONTINENTAL CURATION #VPC Laura Owens Large earthenware jar (Tibor) with Chinese orange figurine, tin-glaze earthenware, Puebla de los Angeles, 17th century MICHAEL CALDERWOOD 26 W ith a mother like Shelle Sills — the longtime VP and general manager of Neiman Marcus Downtown who now serves as director of retail and project development for Headington Companies — it's no surprise that Drew Bagot would enter the clothing biz. This month, Bagot and his wife, Christine, launch Texas Standard, a collection of menswear standards (supersoft tees, button downs, polos, and hats). Via its Ten to Texas initiative, 10 percent of profits will be donated to Texas charities. Not too fussy and not too preppy, each item is subtly stamped with a modernist knot logo — think of it as Texas' answer to Vineyard Vines. That little whale may be cute, but he's no cowboy. Texas Standard, at Saint Bernard Sports, texas-standard.com. Christina Geyer g High STANDARDS The new Texas Standard collection