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53 AVANT-GARDE MEXICO By Christina Geyer. Photography Tamytha Cameron Smith. F or the Dallas Museum of Art's new Eugene McDermott Director, Agustín Arteaga, there could not have been a grander curatorial debut than the opening of the blockbuster exhibition "México 1900—1950: Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Orozco, and the Avant-Garde" (on view through July 16). The DMA secured the U.S. exclusive for the show — the largest showing of Mexican art at the DMA in 30 years, which had just wrapped a megawatt run at the Grand Palais in Paris and includes more than 200 works from the foremost influencers of Mexican Modernism. The VIP opening was a celebration in two parts, starting with a stop at the DMA, where international delegations, donors, sponsors, the board of trustees, and other patrons were given a first look at the magnificent show, complete with Patrón Tequila. Later that evening, a select group made their way to Cristina and Harry Lynch's beautiful casa for a private dinner and, for many, the first intimate meet-and-greet with Arteaga, Who was there? DMA board president Catherine Rose; DMA board chairman Melissa Fetter, Margaret McDermott, Diane and Stuart Bumpas, Jorge Baldor, Mexico's director general of international affairs Jimena Lara Estrada, Mexico's Consul General in Dallas Francisco de la Torre Galindo, the secretaria de cultura de Mexico María Cristina García Cepeda, Andrés Blaisten, Boris Hirmas, Renata Lia Blaisten Gonzalez, Patrón Tequila's Carlos Boughton, Gayle and Paul Stoffel. Juan Pablo Gomez Morin Rivera Eva Ayala Maribel Arteaga, Isabel Arteaga Roger Horchow, Laura Wilson, Jonathan Martin Greg & Angelia Venker Peggy Sewell Bill Jordon, Emily Summers, Robert Brownlee Cristina Lynch, Gayle Stoffel Agustín Arteaga Barbara Thomas Lemmon Melissa Fetter, Lee & Ann Hobson Agustín Arteaga, Catherine Rose, Jimena Lara Estrada Casa Lynch Melinda Knowles, Dan & Lizzie Routman Renata Lia Blaisten Gonzalez, Carlos Phillips, Guadalupe Margain, Andrés Blaisten