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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 22 S erena & Lily, the wildly popular design site for all things beachy, bright, and beautiful, opens its 8th store — the first in Texas — early fall at Knox Promenade … Mecox, a beloved Dallas design store, opens a pop-up shop in downtown Napa mid-April, at the First Street Napa development, with cool neighbors Archer Hotel and Charlie Palmer Steak. Mecox owner Mac Hoak says the shop will remain open for at least six months, more likely a year … and maybe longer! F rancisco Moreno is one of the most eagerly watched artists in Texas. The shapeshifter's diverse oeuvre includes employing a Fendi Peekaboo handbag as canvas (for the Dallas Museum of Art's Art Ball auction, 2017); devising costumes and sets for a Dadaist dance (2017, staged for Dallas Neo-Classical Ballet in collaboration with SMU's Meadows School of the Arts); and creating a painting-meets-muscle-car performance for Soluna's debut year 2015. Now this UT Arlington and Rhode Island School of Design grad continues his dialogue with art history via The Chapel, unveiling at Erin Cluley Gallery the weekend prior to Dallas Art Fair. Constructing a barrel- vaulted structure within the gallery, which he adorns with murals painted in a Baroque manner, Moreno was inspired by a centuries-earlier chapel from the Romanesque period, which is installed in Madrid's Prado Museum. The original murals were saved from the Hermitage of la Vera Cruz de Maderuelo; Moreno first glimpsed them during his 2016 residency Vespers I n keeping with Dallas Arts Month, the Dallas Contemporary rolls out a survey of '80s superstar painter Eric Fischl. He's been on our minds since his controversial spring show in London, where he gave away posters of his canvas featuring President Trump wearing a clown nose. No such paintings are coming to Dallas; curator Peter Doroshenko has chosen instead a road that is both art historical and unmined. The Contemporary show is a career-spanning survey of the painter's works that wink at the art world via the inclusion of other artworks in the canvases — a Picasso here, a Lichtenstein or Bernini there. Many are cheekily depicted amidst the phenomenon of fair going. Fischl, who spilled his guts and insider art-scene secrets in the 2013 autobiography Bad Boy, will be in town for the free public talk Sunday, April 8, 1 pm, and the members' opening Wednesday, April 11, 7 to 10 pm. Doroshenko says, "Fischl's critiques of suburban America since the late 1970s have questioned social strata and the function of art as either a souvenir or cultural trophy in our homes and work spaces." "Eric Fischl: If Art Could Talk," at the Dallas Contemporary, April 12 - August 19; dallascontemporary.org. Catherine D. Anspon BAD BOY at the DC F ormerly known as Earth Day Texas, EARTHx — the brainchild of real estate mogul, entrepreneur, and self-proclaimed green Republican Trammell Crow — has become the largest exposition, conference, and film festival in the world addressing environmental issues. Here's what you need to know about how EARTHx, sponsored by PaperCity, is painting the town green this month. Eco film stars will walk the green carpet at the Angelika Theater for opening night of EARTHxFilm, which presents more than 60 features and shorts at screenings and events across the city, April 13 through 22. Visionary leaders in environmental education, film, and television will be honored with Global Impact Awards at the EARTHxGlobal Gala Friday, April 20, at the Perot Museum. Expect environmental champions and eco-minded celebrities to attend. The main event at Fair Park takes place Friday through Sunday, April 20 through 22; last year, the event drew more than 116,000. From a green auto show to an American Lung Association-sponsored 5K to goat yoga, there will be something for everyone. Investors, researchers, hackers, and policy makers convene to effect change at a series of summits including EARTHxSolar, EARTHxOcean, and EARTHxHack, the world's largest environmental innovation competition. Information 214.310.1200, earthx.org. Lisa Collins Shaddock EARTH to Dallas THIS JUST IN: in Spain. The Chapel, funded in part by a Nasher Artist Microgrant, features Moreno's own iconography rather than the angels, Apostles, and evangelical scenes of the 12th-century original. It promises to be an apt kickoff to Dallas Art Fair, where Cluley will also feature his work in her booth. "Francisco Moreno: The Chapel and Accompanying Works," opening Saturday, April 7, 6 to 8 pm; on view through May 19; at Erin Cluley Gallery, erincluley.com. Catherine D. Anspon Francisco Moreno in The Chapel, opening April 7 at Erin Cluley Gallery COURTESY THE ARTIST AND ERIN CLULEY GALLERY, PHOTO KEVIN TODORA Eric Fischl's Her, 2016, at the Dallas Contemporary © ERIC FISCHL, 2018. PRIVATE COLLECTION RALPH GIBSON Eric Fischl