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June 2018- Houston

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OBSESSIONS. DECORATION. SALIENT FACTS. 14 I t wasn't until entrepreneur Windi Grimes added an entertaining room to her River Oaks home that she realized how great the need was for a mid-sized party space. "We already knew there was a need for wine storage, so it made sense to put the two together," she says. The result is the 16,700-square-foot stone- clad Balthazar Cellars, designed by architect Bill Curtis of Curtis & Windham Architects, with interiors by Grimes. The result is a two-story wine-storage facility with several second-floor entertaining venues and a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen. Beyond the 80-degree temperature- and humidity-controlled wine locker (each with a 1,500-bottle capacity), we're swooning over the intimate glass- enclosed Bubbles dining salon, named for its hand-blown glass chandelier, designed by Studio Bel Vetro. Teague Burrell, formerly at City Kitchen Catering, oversees operations — who better to do so than a French wine scholar, chef, and three-level sommelier. Balthazar Cellars, 3311 Branard St., balthazarcellars.com. Shelby Hodge AGING Gracefully A mong the freshest collecting categories is Urban Art. Credit Heritage Auctions for culling 417 lots of street- themed collectibles and artwork for its Thursday, June 7, Internet Auction that trailblazes this field. In the edgy roundup: Tinker Hatfield-signed Nike Air Mag sneakers, doll-sized sculptures by KAWS, and canvases and graphics by street talents RETNA, Banksy, Mr. Brainwash, and Shepard Fairey. With the KAWS painted and cast- vinyl desk-sized sculpture Sad Irons to Sci-Fi T wo Houston artists pull from the past and the future in must-see solos. Master printmaker and Rice University printing and drawing professor Karin Broker presents poignant mementos from bygone times in her latest exhibition at McClain Gallery. "Love Me, Love Me Not" continues Broker's bold but sensitive feminist stance, incorporating materials as diverse as antique irons known as Sad irons — shades of Man Ray's 1921 sculpture Gift perhaps? — as well as World War II letters home between a couple whose identity is now lost that are collaged upon etchings of Baroque bouquets; a steel bench and chairs incised with text; and a book that documents both violence against and the achievements of women throughout history (through June 23). At Moody Gallery, it's all about a buoyant future, as Claire Ankenman enters the space race with new abstract sculpture formed from colored acrylic and steel. Nine total, they're perfect artworks for a sci-fi pad on Mars. "Ideal Dream" opens Saturday, June 9, with an artist's talk with Clint Willour at 5 pm (through July 7). Info and images mcclaingallery.com; moodygallery. com. Catherine D. Anspon estimated between $1,500 to $2,500 and others lots soaring to $30,000 to $50,000 — the tag estimated for the Nike Air Mag sneakers, as well as the patriotically colored 60-by-60-inch RETNA canvas — there's a wide collecting range. Offerings include Ai Weiwei's skate deck triptych that takes a political stance, bearing a photo of a hand gesture aimed at the White House (estimate $1,500 to $2,500). Heritage Auctions' Urban Art Internet Auction #5373, Thursday, June 7; info and bidding ha.com. Catherine D. Anspon NICE NIKES + TAKING IT TO THE STREETS Nike's Air Mag (Back to the Future), 2016 RETNA's Brooks of the Mark, 2014 KAWS' Astro- Boy — KAWS Claire Ankenman's Surrender, 2017, at Moody Gallery COURTESY THE ARTIST AND MOODY GALLERY Balthazar Cellars Bubbles dining salon

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