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In a year when it was nearly okay to let things fall apart, our nine Art Influencers made things happen. These remarkable people from diverse backgrounds, wholly engaged in disparate careers, illustrate that they are not only the very best in their field, but also highly skilled in the art of tenacity. Meet the 2021 Art Influencers: Dr. Mark D. Roglán celebrates 20 years of stewardship of the Meadows Museum, coinciding with the museum’s 20th anniversary in its current location; Terry Loftis led the TACA Resiliency Initiative when the arts needed it the most; Anna Kern got creative with her role as manager of art programming with NorthPark Center; Dallas Art Fair director Kelly Cornell and colleague Sarah Blagden kept the fair alive in a year lacking in-person viewing events; Vanessa Peters prevailed in releasing her new album Modern Age; Kyle Hobratschk kept creatives creating through his 100 W - Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency; Darryl Ratcliff lifted Black artistic voices through multiple platforms; and for multidisciplinary artist Leslie Martinez, signed with And Now gallery, 2020 was a banner year. The arts do bring out the impassioned, as evinced by Beatriz Esguerra. She’s a familiar and welcoming face when the Dallas Art Fair is in session as a steadfast exhibitor representing the work of artists from her native Colombia. In Natural Habitat she opens her Bogotá home to our readers, where inside we are treated to exceptional examples of the work of Colombian artists augustly displayed with signature flair. Add her eponymous booth to your must-view list this November, when the Dallas Art Fair returns. The pandemic couldn’t deter the opening of Thompson Dallas within The National, a tenderly restored historic George Dahl-designed building on Akard. On location at the expansive 9th floor pool and deck areas, and up one level to 10 where Catbird, the Jeramie Robison–crafted restaurant resides, fashion takes on new heights in this month’s installment. Enjoy the urban outdoors in A Place In The Sun photographed by new contributor Luis Martinez, with creative direction by Elaine Raffel. Elsewhere, in our Departments, Concentrations 63: Julian Charrière, Towards No Earthly Pole at the Dallas Museum of Art immerses the viewer in the lesstrafficked regions across the planet, which are no less altered by the carbon footprints of humans. Chris Byrne visits with his longtime friend Peter Halley at The Ranch in Montauk, NY, newly owned and managed by Max Levai. Halley has an exhibition this June in this venue, formerly known as Deep Hollow Ranch and owned at one time by Andy Warhol, and most recently by J.Crew/Gap CEO Mickey Drexler. Readers are treated to a preview of the artist’s solo show featuring his Cell Grid paintings to come this fall to Dallas Contemporary. RH Dallas is finally here, the feverishly anticipated reimagining of Restoration Hardware on Knox Street. It was worth the long, gaping-hole wait—three stories of design fabulousness, a wine bar, rooftop terrace, and restaurant make the pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare a top attraction. The faces and stories behind American immigrants whose contributions to this country are widely or lesser known underpin George W. Bush’s Out of Many, One. The exhibition, on view at the George W. Bush Presidential Center through January, presents the former president- turned-painter’s portraits of 43 immigrants. A companion book includes each painting along with anecdotes written by Bush or in the words of the Americans themselves. His hope, he writes, is that the book “will help focus our collective attention on the positive impacts that immigrants are making on our country.” This issue highlights unfaltering resolve in all its artistic forms. We admire these individuals and organizations so committed to our region. – Terri Provencal

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FEATURES 36 ART INFLUENCERS Diverse and dedicated, nine passionate trailblazers working in the arts chart their course. By Steve Carter, Nancy Cohen Israel, and Terri Provencal 46 NATURAL HABITAT Dedicated Dallas Art Fair exhibitor Beatriz Esguerra’s Bogotá townhome finds harmony between nature and built environments. By Nancy Cohen Israel 54 A PLACE IN THE SUN Thompson Dallas brings expansive sumptuous outdoor areas for alfresco swim, sips and bites to downtown. Photography by Luis Martinez; Creative Direction by Elaine Raffel DEPARTMENTS 06 Editor’s Note

10 Contributors 20 Noted Top arts and culture chatter. By Kit Freeman Openings 30 BEYOND SCOPE French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière addresses the immeasurable burden of humans on remote landscapes. By Kit Freeman Contemporaries 32 RANCH HAND Peter Halley debuts new Cell Grid paintings at The Ranch in Montauk to be exhibited this fall at Dallas Contemporary. By Chris Byrne Space 34 HOME RUN RH Dallas, the long-awaited three-story furnishings source on Knox Street, replete with a rooftop restaurant, hits it out of the park. By Peggy Levinson

There 62 CAMERAS COVERING CULTURAL EVENTS

On the cover: Anna Kern, Darryl Ratcliff, Vanessa Peters, Sarah Blagden, Mark Roglán, Kelly Cornell, Kyle Hobratschk, Terry Loftis, Leslie Martinez. Photography by Justin Clemons, Dana McCurdy, and Rip Rowan.

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Furthermore 64 THE FACE OF AN IMMIGRANT Out of Many, One, George W. Bush’s portrait exhibition and companion book, illuminate the journeys of Americans who came here seeking a better life. By Terri Provencal

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CONTRIBUTORS CHRIS BYRNE is the author of The Original Print (Guild Publishing) and the graphic novel The Magician (Marquand Books), included in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University; Rare Book/Special Collections Division, Library of Congress; Ryerson and Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago; Thomas J. Watson Library; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is co-authoring the “Best Of” Frank Johnson’s comics for Fantagraphics with Keith Mayerson and cofounded the Dallas Art Fair.

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STEVE CARTER contributed three profiles to the Art Influencers feature for this issue: Anna Kern, NorthPark Center’s manager of art programming; artist/entrepreneur/arts patron saint Darryl Ratcliff of Gossypion Investments; and singer/songwriter Vanessa Peters, whose brilliant new album, Modern Age (Idol Records), is a must-hear. An ongoing Patron contributor of nearly a decade, Carter says, “It was great getting to learn more about these arts shapers and really inspiring for me, as I hope it will be for our readers.”

LAUREN CHRISTENSEN has over two decades of experience in advertising and marketing. As a principal with L+S Creative Group, she consults with a wide variety of nonprofit organizations and businesses in many sectors, including retail, real estate, and hospitality. Lauren is a Dallas native and a graduate of SMU with a BA in advertising. Her clean, contemporary aesthetic and generous spirit make Lauren the perfect choice to art direct Patron.

NANCY COHEN ISRAEL is Dallas-based writer, art historian, and educator at the Meadows Museum. With international travel curtailed, she was delighted, for the current issue, to peek into the home of Bogotá-based gallerist Beatriz Esguerra. She was also inspired by the stories of true arts influencers Kyle Hobratschk, Terry Loftis, and Mark Roglán, each of whom has enriched the local arts community in innumerable ways.

PEGGY LEVINSON lends her years as a design-industry expert to Patron to cover the ever-evolving world of design. In this issue, she highlights the reopening of RH on Knox Street—the long-awaited reimagining of the international home furnishings icon formerly known as Restoration Hardware. In Home Run, Peggy navigates readers through this three-story furnishings and accessories haven that includes a rooftop restaurant and terrace.

LUIS MARTINEZ is a Kim Dawson model/actor discovery from San Antonio now based in Dallas who is equally adept as a fashion/beauty photographer and videographer. A new contributor to Patron, he teamed up with Elaine Raffel, dodging rainy days to ultimately deliver an alfresco fashion shoot. Bringing his experience both in front of and behind the lens, in A Place In The Sun, Luis photographed vacation looks among the outdoor terraces of the Thompson Dallas, a downtown boutique hotel.

DANA MCCURDY is an American photographer who investigates the way people carry themselves and interact with others. As such, she’s drawn to human behavior and experience, which greatly influences her work. Through her practice, rooted in journalism, Dana’s work takes on the characteristics of documentation rather than abstraction. Her recent works emphasize how the male gaze has influenced women’s perception of beauty. She captured five of this year’s Art Influencers in her first assignment for Patron.

OSCAR MONSALVE has been building the history of Colombian art for the last 40 years. He has seen paintings, exhibitions, and artists at work through his lens. He is a self-taught photographer who captures the spaces, colors, and the feelings that art transmits. As an artist himself, he feels the sensibility of the people through his camera and has kept those images within him. In Natural Habitat Oscar offers Patron readers a rare opportunity to peek inside the home and vibrant collection of longtime Dallas Art Fair exhibitor Beatriz Esguerra.

ELAINE RAFFEL enjoyed the first blush of summer from the ninth-floor pool deck at the Thompson Dallas, within The National downtown. Collaborating with photographer Luis Martinez, Elaine kicked things up a notch with flirty yet effortless dressing for poolside swim, sips, and sunning. Elaine blames her obsession with designer fashion, opulent jewels, and design on her years as creative head for the crème de la crème of retail: Neiman Marcus, Bergdorf Goodman, and Stanley Korshak.

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01 AFRICAN AMERICAN MUSEUM The African American Museum will present Becoming, an aesthetic exploration of the illusions of human nature. The exhibition will feature artist Dr. Valerie Gillespie. Becoming depicts the beauty and lives of African American women. Confederate Currency: The Color of Money remains on view through Jul. 24. aamdallas.org 02 AMON CARTER MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART An-My Lê: On Contested Terrain surveys the work of Vietnamese American photographer An-My Lê. Featuring photographs from the artist’s five major bodies of work, the nationally touring exhibition considers the nearly 25-year career exploring the edges of war and recording these landscapes of conflict. Photography Is Art shares American photographers’ journey from the late 19th century. Both shows run through Aug. 8. An Expanding Vision: Six Decades of Works on Paper revisits key moments in the Amon Carter’s history of collecting works on paper, through Aug. 22. Image: AnMy Lê (b. 1960), Damage Control Training, USS Nashville, Dakar, Senegal, 2009, inkjet print. Courtesy of the artist and Marian Go. cartermuseum.org 03 CROW MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS Divine Spark: Kana Harada continues through Sep. 5. The exhibition features work created during the pandemic and embodies the artist’s ambitions of peace. crowmuseum.org 04 DALLAS CONTEMPORARY The Dallas Contemporary presents Tomoo Gokita: Get Down from Jun. 12–Aug. 22. This is the Tokyo-based artist’s first North American exhibition and will feature new large-scale works. Image: Tomoo Gokita, Remarriage, 2021, acrylic on canvas. 76.37 x 63. 77 in. Photograph by Kenji Takahashi. dallascontemporary.org 05 DALLAS HOLOCAUST AND HUMAN RIGHTS MUSEUM Presenting the unbelievable story of literature, cultural history, and the intellectual group the “Paper Brigade,” The Book Smugglers: Partisans, Poets, and the Race to Save Jewish Treasures from the Nazis will be on view Jun. 23–Jan. 2, 2022. dhhrm.org 06 DALLAS MUSEUM OF ART The groundbreaking Cubism in Color: The Still Lifes of Juan Gris remains on view through Jul. 25. My|gration continues 20

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through Oct. 31. For a Dreamer of Houses is on view through Jul. 4. Moth to Cloth: Silk in Africa continues through Oct. 24. Curbed Vanity: A Contemporary Foil by Chris Schanck remains on view through Aug. 29. Devoted: Art and Spirituality in Mexico and New Mexico continues through Jan. 2, 2022. Concentrations 63: Julian Charrière, Towards No Earthly Pole presents the first solo exhibition of the Berlin-based French-Swiss artist’s work. Concentrations 63 is on view through Aug. 8. dma.org 07 GEOMETRIC MADI MUSEUM The MADI features two exhibits this summer: Structural Harmonies: Three Dallas Artists, Three Mediums, One Perspective featuring Paul Abbott, James Allumbaugh, and Nikola Olic through Jul. 25, followed by Biennial: Origins of Geometry, which will display finalists from all over the globe. Biennial: Origins of Geometry will run Jul. 30– Oct. 24. geometricmadimuseum.org 08 GEORGE W. BUSH PRESIDENTIAL CENTER Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants features George Bush’s oil paintings highlighting the journey of immigrants and the contributions they make to the life and prosperity of our nation, through Jan. 3, 2022. bushcenter.org 09 KIMBELL ART MUSEUM The Kimbell’s next exhibition, Buddha, Shiva, Lotus, Dragon: The Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection at Asia Society, will present nearly 70 of the finest examples of Asian art in the United States, Jun. 27–Sep. 5. Image: Parvati, India, Tamil Nadu, Chola period, 11th century, copper alloy. Asia Society, New York: Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection. kimbellart.org 10 LATINO CULTURAL CENTER LCC presents the work of Raul Rodriguez in his first solo exhibition, titled Marine Park, a photographic series centered around a Fort Worth skate park where local skateboarders have found both community and solace. The work will be exhibited in the Latino Cultural Center’s MPR Gallery Jun. 5– Jul. 24, and can be viewed by appointment only. lcc.dallasculture.org 11 THE MAC Finding Our Way continues through Jun. 12. The MAC's annual membership exhibition, titled Together, mounts in Jun. the-mac.org

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12 MEADOWS MUSEUM Building on the Boulevard: Celebrating 20 Years in the Meadows Museum’s New Home continues through Jun. 20. Throughout the summer, the Meadows Museum will host a plethora of programs including Virtual Connections on Jun. 11, Live with Locals on Jun.12, Marking in the Museum—Art on the Plaza Jun. 19, and digital drawing classes. meadowsmuseumdallas.org 13 MODERN ART MUSEUM OF FORT WORTH The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth presents Sean Scully: The Shape of Ideas on view Jun. 20–Oct. 10. The exhibition will feature Scully’s work from the 1970s up to the present, highlighting the artist’s contribution to abstraction. Also, Wael Shawky remains on view through Jun. 20. Image: Sean Scully, Mexican Azul 12.83, 1983, watercolor and pencil on paper, 9 x 12 in. Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist. Photograph by Rob Carter. themodern.org 14 MUSEUM OF BIBLICAL ART Currently on view are Line Upon Line: Jorge Cocco’s Sacrocubist Images of Christ and Simon Waranch: From Earth to Light until Jul. 31. Also on view is Texas Sculpture Group’s exhibition Celebration, curated by Patricia B. Meadows, through the summer. biblicalarts.org

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15 NASHER SCULPTURE CENTER Nasher Mixtape remains on view through Sep. 26. Nasher Public continues a two-pronged public art initiative that aspires to bring Dallas artists to the forefront. nashersculpturecenter.org 16 PEROT MUSEUM Through Sep. 6, the Perot Museum invites patrons to experience The Science of Guinness World Records. perotmuseum.org. 17 TYLER MUSEUM OF ART The Tyler Museum’s permanent collection includes more than 800 individual works in addition to the Laura and Dan Boeckman Collection of Mexican and Latin American Folk Art, one of the largest collections of its kind in the United States. The collection’s primary focus is on contemporary Texas art, but it makes room for consideration of all culturally and historically significant works from the 19th century to the present. tylermuseum.org

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01 AMPHIBIAN This is My Story, streaming online, is a film that explores the lives of Black men working in Fort Worth. amphibianstage.com 02 AT&T PERFORMING ARTS CENTER The 2020/2021 Elevator Project Season features innovative programming that highlights and features emerging arts organizations and artists who perform at the center. Dancing, music, theater, and media are all celebrated, and themes such as gender and LGBTQ equality are explored. Lucha Teotl is a new production from Prism Movement Theater featuring a mix of local Dallas acting talent and local luchadores, or wrestlers, onstage Jul. 15–Jul. 24. Image: Prism Movement Theater, Lucha Teotl for the Elevator Project. Courtesy of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Photograph by Morgana Wilburn. attpac.org 03 BASS PERFORMANCE HALL Bass Performance Hall will reopen this fall with Final Fantasy VII Remake Aug. 27, presented by the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra. basshall.com 04 CASA MAÑANA See history and culture come alive with A Solitary Man—the Music of Neil Diamond Jun. 15–26. casamanana.org 05 CHAMBER MUSIC INTERNATIONAL Chamber Music presents two summer concerts. On Jun. 19 at St. Barnabas Presbyterian Church, a string trio performs From Here to There for violin, viola and cello. On Jul. 10, Min Xiao-Fen and Rez Abbasi will perform at Moody Performance Hall. chambermusicinternational.org 06 DALLAS BLACK DANCE THEATRE Dallas Black Dance Theatre and DBDT: Encore! will perform dance vignettes during the DBDT annual fundraiser, The BIG Dance, Saturday, Jun. 5 at the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center. There will also be a virtual platform for those who want to support the benefit from home. Image: DBDT The Dancing, Cultural Awareness, 2017. Photograph by Sharen Bradford. dbdt.com 07 DALLAS CHILDREN’S THEATER Currently, Dallas Children’s Theater is streaming The Raven and Andi Boi. Andi is a transgender teen entering his first day of school identifying as a male. Former classmates recall his last name when they hear it, but there is something different about Andi that keeps the dots from connecting clearly in their minds. 22

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Soon his new teachers, classmates, and his classmates’ parents will figure it out. How will they react? dct.org 08 THE DALLAS OPERA The Dallas Opera will return to the stage with an exhilarating 2021/2022 season this fall. dallasopera.org 09 DALLAS SUMMER MUSICALS DSM will return with the 2021/2022 season on Aug. 4 with Wicked. dallassummermusicals.org 10 DALLAS SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Michelle Merrill conducts Magic Circle Mime Company and Alex Kienle (horn) in an afternoon concert on Jun. 11. Presented by the conductor, with opportunities and dilemmas similar to those faced by Mozart, a street musician evolves into a modern-day Mozart. Juneteenth Celebration of Freedom and Diversity is onstage Jun. 18–20. Jeff Tyzik conducts Troupe Vertigo: Circus-Dance-Theatre Jun. 25–26 in which Troup Vertigo will perform. mydso.com 11 DALLAS THEATER CENTER The Dallas Theater Center brings to the stage Working: A Musical Jul. 7–18 at the AT&T Performing Arts Center. For their very first film adaption, Public Works Dallas will present A Little Less Lonely in Aug. dallastheatercenter.org 12 EISEMANN CENTER Max Amini’s highly anticipated show, Max Amini Live in Dallas, will take the stage Jul. 9. eisemanncenter.com 13 FORT WORTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA The Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra is committed to bringing the community together through performance and music. The fall season will begin in Aug. fwsymphony.org 14 KITCHEN DOG THEATER Good Latimer will have its world debut at Kitchen Dog Theater. Good Latimer is directed by KDT co-artistic director Christopher Carlos. The 2021 New Works Festival Commission Series—In the Works premieres in Jun. kitchendogtheater.org 15 LYRIC STAGE Lyric Stage remains dark. Check the website for information on the upcoming season at lyricstage.org 16 MAJESTIC THEATRE The Majestic Theatre will reopen this fall with new programming. majestic.dallasculture.org

19 17 TACA TACA’s mission is to support excellence and impact in the arts through grant-making, capacity building, and thought leadership. The nonprofit organization envisions an innovative, inclusive, sustainable cultural sector and is recognized for its essential contribution to a vibrant, prosperous community. taca-arts.org 18 TEXAS BALLET THEATER Texas Ballet Theater will open the 2021/2022 season in November with Ben Stevenson’s The Nutcracker. The ballet will premiere at the Winspear Opera House in Dallas and the Bass Performance Hall in Fort Worth. The season will run Nov. 2021–May 2022. texasballettheatre.org 19 THEATRE THREE Meredith Willson’s The Music Man takes the stage Jun. 3–Jul. 4. The show, directed by Joel Ferrell, tells the story of salesman Harold Hill and the city of River City, Iowa. Image: Christina Austin Lopez will star as Marian Paroo in The Music Man. Photograph by Brent Weber. Courtesy of Theatre Three. theatre3dallas.com 20 TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND Alonzo King LINES Ballet explores dialogue between movement and music onstage Jun. 12. titas.org 21 TURTLE CREEK CHORALE TCC has provided musical journeys to audiences in Dallas for over 40 years and offers a dynamic mainstage annual concert series at the Moody Performance Hall. The chorus group will resume programming at a later date. turtlecreekchorale.com 22 UNDERMAIN THEATRE Hedda Gabler hits the stage May 26–Jun. 13. Blake Hackler adapts Henrik Ibsen’s classic masterpiece of realism that permanently changed the face of world drama. It tells the story of an extraordinary woman trapped in a conventional life of secrets and lies that fuel her own personal explosion. undermain.org 23 WATERTOWER THEATRE WaterTower Theatre presents the second session of Finding Your Space Masterclass online Jul. 12–Aug. 2. This summer, WaterTower Theatre will also present live The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time Jul. 14–Jul. 24. Tickets for virtual streaming are also available. watertowertheatre.org

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01 12.26 12.26 begins its summer exhibitions with Possibility Made Real: Drawing & Clay through Jul. 31. Image: Sharif Farrag, Sewer Rave Jug, 2021, glazed porcelain and stoneware, 8 x 10.5 x 10 in. Courtesy of Sharif Farrag and François Ghebaly, Los Angeles. Photograph by Paul Salveson. gallery1226.com 02 500X GALLERY For their summer season, 500X presents two solo exhibitions: Emmar Grant and Justin Strickland on view Jun. 5–Jun. 27. Next, work by Kay Seedig will be on view Jul. 3–Jul. 26. 500x.org 03 ALAN BARNES FINE ART ABFA belongs to a family of British art dealers, conservators, and restorers whose roots reach back to London during the reign of King George III. alanbarnesfineart.com 04 AND NOW Currently on view at the gallery, a solo show for Dallas-based Oshay Green continues through Jul. 03. andnow.biz 05 ARTSPACE111 Summer begins with Solo, an exhibition that showcases Martha Elena’s soft sculpture, and The Jane Series, featuring Layla Luna, through Jun. 26. Later in Jul., Caleb Bell is the juror for the 8th Annual Texas Juried Exhibition Jul. 10 through Aug. 28 with an opening reception Jul. 17. artspace111.com 06 BARRY WHISTLER GALLERY On Screen/Off Screen: Contemporary Painting and Technolog y will feature artists Kate Petley, Lorraine Tady, and Liz Trosper. The exhibition will be on view Jun. 5–Jul. 31. barrywhistlergallery.com 07 BEATRICE M. HAGGERTY GALLERY Primarily a teaching gallery, Beatrice M. Haggerty Gallery seeks to serve the University of Dallas Art Department by offering exhibitions of the highest quality, offering a bridge between the learning environment and the diverse range of contemporary artistic practice. udallas.edu/gallery

of climate change, our own emergence from the pandemic, and a turbulent time. The show takes Joni Mitchell’s Woodstock lyrics as a departure point. Image: Emmi Whitehorse, Eddy, 2016 oil, chalk, pencil on paper on canvas, 40.5 x 29 in. Courtesy of the artist and Kirk Hopper Fine Art. caddallas.org 10 CHRISTOPHER MARTIN GALLERY Celebrating 26 years, the gallery presents a group show and two new solo exhibitions: New reverse-glass paintings from American artist Christopher Martin and new works from the Rodeo series by Dallas-based Western photographer Steve Wrubel. The summerseason group show in the new gallery wing features a select group of tabletop sculptures by Salvador Dali; the abstract work of California-based painter Monica Perez; the color-field paintings of Hamptons-based painter Jeff Muhs; the acclaimed work of Dutch image maker Isabelle Van Zeijl; the acrylic constructions of Dallas artist Jean-Paul Khabbaz; the large-format paintings of Dallasbased painter Tom Hoitsma; and the organic paintings of LA-based artist Melissa Herrington. Image: Monica Perez, Vuelo From Love + Courage, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 55 in. christophermartingallery.com 11 CONDUIT GALLERY Marco Querin’s Undoing and The Sea, Eventually, featuring work by Jules Buck Jones, will continue through Jul. 3. Also on view, in the Project Room, Inside the Lines will exhibit Cindy Johnston’s relationship and experiences with Down syndrome. Image: Jules Buck Jones, The Sea, Eventually, 2020, watermedia on paper, 72 x 110 in. Courtesy of the artist and Conduit Gallery. conduitgallery.com 12 CRAIGHEAD GREEN GALLERY Through Jul. 3. work by Tracey Harris, Jeri Ledbetter, and Winston Lee Mascarenhas will be installed in the gallery. New Texas Talent, Craighead Green’s annual juried exhibition, will open Jul. 10 and continue through Aug. 21. Christina Rees is this year’s juror. Emerging Texas artists can apply online. craigheadgreen.com

08 BIVINS GALLERY Bivens Gallery focuses on modern, postwar, abstract expressionist, and contemporary art, showcasing cultural integration and artists at every level. bivinsgallery.com

13 CRIS WORLEY FINE ARTS Rusty Scruby’s Comfort continues through Jun. 19. Next, Cris Worley Fine Arts will present two summer shows: LA artist Anna Elise Johnson’s Earth Works–West Texas and Dallas-based artist Steven Charles’ Clearing in the Forest. Both exhibitions open on Jun. 26. Image: Rusty Scruby, Triangles (This Little Ring of Mine), 2021, wool knitting on poplar construction, 18 x 16 x 6 in. crisworley.com

09 CADD/CADD SPACE Back to the garden continues through June and addresses the urgency

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11 organizations and established independent gallery owners. dallasartdealers.org 15 DALLAS ART FAIR PROJECTS Dallas Art Fair Projects is a special projects space formerly known as 214 Projects. This additional venue allows international galleries and Dallas Art Fair exhibitors to present more ambitious art installations and projects on a year-round basis. dallasartfairprojects.com 16 DAVID DIKE FINE ART The gallery specializes in late 19th and 20th century American and European paintings with an emphasis on the Texas Regionalists and Texas landscape painters. daviddike.com 17 ERIN CLULEY GALLERY Zeke Williams’ Over and Back continues through Jun. 26 alongside Under Construction by Hidenori Ishii. Opening Jul. 3 is Summer 2021, a group show featuring rostered gallery artists. erincluley.com 18 EX OVO For the summer season, ex ovo will host an art crit group for serious artists at any level. The group’s mission is to encourage dialogue and bring together the art community around Dallas. The group will launch their discussions, critiques, and community in early Jun. exovoprojects.com 19 FWADA Fort Worth Art Dealers Association funds and hosts exhibitions of noteworthy art. fwada.com 20 GALERIE FRANK ELBAZ Founded in Paris in 2002, this venerated gallery opened a second gallery in Dallas in 2016 and celebrates French artists by presenting the work of Davide Balula, Bernard Piffaretti, and others. Simultaneously, it offers insight into the American scene, exhibiting artists such as Ja’Tovia Gary, Sheila Hicks, William Leavitt, Ari Marcopoulos, Kaz Oshiro, Mungo Thomson, and Blair Thurman. galeriefrankelbaz.com 21 GALLERI URBANE Galleri Urbane will feature two exhibitions for the summer: Benjamin Terry’s Bits and Bobs and Meghan Borah’s All Dressed Up and Nowhere To Go. Both exhibitions continue through Jun. 26. In Jul., Galleri Urbane mounts the Summer Group Show. Image: Benjamin Terry, Requiem for Rothko, 2021, paint, wood,

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and glue, 33 x 23 in. Courtesy of the artist and Galleri Urbane. galleriurbane.com 22 GINGER FOX GALLERY Open by appointment only, the gallery features contemporary paintings exclusively by Ginger Fox, from abstract expressionism and hard-edge abstraction to hyperrealism, and commissions. gingerfox.myshopify.com 23 HOLLY JOHNSON GALLERY A Dish You Wish You Had Took by David Aylsworth displays his cultivated painting practice with exuberance, quirkiness, and imperfections embedded in his method, through Jun. 19. Matthew Cusick: Of All This World At Once, continuing through Jul. 31, presents archival work by the Dallas artist and reflects on his studio practices. hollyjohnsongallery.com 24 KIRK HOPPER FINE ART I am a Satellite I’m Out of Control–Queen, featuring New York– and Marfa-based artist Charles Mary Kubricht, who builds a visual vocabulary of earth and sky, continues through Jul. 10. Kubricht received a Creating a Living Legacy Grant from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and DiverseWorks. Kirk Hopper Fine Art’s online magazine, Passage, serves as a forum for insights, dialogues, and connections at passagevision.com. kirkhopperfineart.com 25 KITTRELL/RIFFKIND ART GLASS K ittrell/R iff k ind will open its 27th Annual Goblet Invitational on Jun. 12. The gallery will present a vast array of contemporary artists and drinking vessels, ranging from functional to magical. The invitational will be on view Jun. through Jul. 31. kittrellriffkind.com 26 LAURA RATHE FINE ART Laura Rathe Fine Art will host I am the Sun, featuring new works by Meredith Pardue, on view through Jun. 26. Opening Jul. 16 and 17, LRFA announces a two-woman exhibition featuring new works by abstract artists Carly Allen-Martin and Audra Weaser. This show explores these artists’ ability to construct visual experiences through their use of color and approach to building up numerous layers. These paintings serve as narratives to their unique creative processes. laurarathe.com

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13 the work of Rodolfo Dordoni to the House of Finn Juhl. Smink will host its annual works-on-paper show including the work of Robert Szot, Dara Mark and other artists this summer from Jun. 15 through August. sminkinc.com 36 SMU POLLOCK GALLERY The Pollock Gallery is a vital component of the Dallas cultural landscape. The gallery provides a space for critical engagement with art and pedagogy, bringing together historical scholarship, contemporary artistic practice, and experimental methodology. The gallery is committed to producing exhibitions, events, and scholarship in dialogue with the intellectual discourse generated by the faculty, students, and the general public to serve as an integral extension of SMU Meadows academic programs. pollockgallery.art 37 SOUTHWEST GALLERY Southwest Gallery is exhibiting landscape painter George Kovach and his Hill Country landscapes Jun. 19–Jul. 19, highlighting Kovach’s sense of comfort and warmth in his vivid work. The expansive gallery offers something for every art lover, from traditional to contemporary works in all genres in addition to custom framing services. swgallery.com 38 SWEET PASS SCULPTURE PARK Sweet Pass presents Material Girls: Desire Paths through Jul. 31. The exhibition is a site-responsive, outdoor installation that exhibits custom benches and sculptures, sounds, and text, and invites viewers to walk around the landscape and interact. Material Girls is a group from New York, Austin, and LA featuring Cameron, Claire Lachow, Devra Freelander, Gracelee Lawrence, Rachael Starbuck, and Hilliary Gabryel. sweetpasssculpturepark.com 39 TALLEY DUNN GALLERY Born in El Paso and based in County Wicklow, Ireland, Sam Reveles presents New Paintings and Works on Paper through Aug. Reveles creates abstract responses to visual stimuli and his work has been featured in numerous museum solo shows from the El Paso Museum of Art to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. His work is in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Dallas Museum of Art among others. Talley Dunn artist Natasha Bowdoin’s In The Night Garden is also on view at the Amon Carter Museum through Dec. 2021. talleydunn.com 40 VALLEY HOUSE GALLERY Valley House Gallery has three exhibitions for their summer season: Allison Gildersleeve: Swiftly Flow the Days continues through Jun. 12. Deborah Ballard: Can You Hear Me, dedicated to Edith Baker, mounts Jun. 12–Jul. 17. Sean Cairns: Recent Paintings will be on view

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42 WEBB GALLERY Based in Waxahachie, Webb Gallery will open a group show Jun. 5 and 6 online and by appointment in the gallery featuring artists Tim Kerr, Heather Sundquist Hall, and Adam Young. webbartgallery.com

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43 WILLIAM CAMPBELL GALLERY William Campbell will be closed for renovations May 24 through Jun. 19. The venerated Fort Worth gallery will reopen with an exhibition that celebrates the artists within the first 46 years of William Campbell Gallery, as well as newly represented artists, demonstrating the evolution of the gallery as it begins a new era. Image: Benito Huerta, 29: Bomba Atomica, 2010, acrylic & oil on canvas, 30 x 30 in. wiliamcambellcontemporaryart.com AUCTIONS AND EVENTS 01 DALLAS AUCTION GALLERY DAG is now accepting quality consignments across all categories. The auction house will host a Jul. auction and looks forward to showcasing works this summer. dallasauctiongallery.com 02 HERITAGE AUCTIONS Summer auctions begin on Jun. 2 with the Urban Art Monthly Online Auction followed by the European Art Signature Auction, Jun. 4. In Focus: Murakami Special Online Auction and Photographs Monthly Online Auction take place Jun. 9 followed by the Fine & Decorative Arts Monthly Online Auction on Jun. 10 and the Prints & Multiples Monthly Online Auction Jun. 16. On Jun. 18, Decorative Art Signature Auction and the Art of the West Special Online Auction mount. On Jul. 7, Heritage will host its Urban Monthly Online Auction. The Fine & Decorative Arts Monthly Online Auction takes place Jul. 8. Ethnographic Art American Indian, Pre-Columbian and Tribal Art Signature Auction is under the gavel Jul. 14. In Focus: OBEY Special Online Auction is scheduled for Jul. 14, as is the Photographs Monthly Online Auction. The Design Signature Auction is on Jul. 15. Prints & Multiples Online Auction mounts Jul. 21, followed by the Urban Art Signature Auction on Jul. 28. ha.com 2910500_Cover_New.indd 1

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Julian Charrière, The Blue Fossil Entropic Stories III, 2013, archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Ultra Smooth Paper mounted on aluminum Dibond, framed, and Mirogard anti-reflective glass. Copyright the artist; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany.

BEYOND SCOPE French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière addresses the immeasurable burden of humans on remote landscapes. BY KIT FREEMAN

Julian Charrière, Towards No Earthly Pole (film still), 2019, 4K film, color, sound. Copyright the artist; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany.

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he compelling inaugural US solo museum exhibition of Berlinbased French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière is on view at the Dallas Museum of Art through August 8, 2021. Concentrations 63: Julian Charrière, Towards No Earthly Pole continues the 40th anniversary of the exhibition series Concentrations, which features emerging international artists. Charrière’s work examines the bearing of human life on natural landscapes, specifically at extreme climates. Exploring remote locations across the globe, the artist brings together sculpture and image to depict an irreversible change. Also displayed in Concentrations 63 are photos of ice caps and glaciers, overwhelming in size as figures are swallowed by shadows and the blinding whiteness of ice. Contrasting geological time scales and post-romantic ideals of nature, Charrière utilizes performance, sculpture, and mixed media to illustrate views on environmental science and cultural history through expeditions to remote regions. His work encapsulates the viewer’s fearful yet questioning understanding of Earth and reflects on the quest to comprehend it. Magnificent in nature, the settlements the artist portrays are rugged, dark, and cinematic. The Blue Fossil Entropic Stories photographs juxtapose the tundra environment of his sculptures with a deafening loneliness, depicting isolation, lost, and fear with sharp angles. Alongside the icy space is a projector, a video for which Charrière set a fountain aflame. And Beneath It All Flows Liquid Fire (2019) records the clashing elements of fire and water. The flames move wildly, reminding the viewer of the mobility of the planet and how the environment can shift at ease at the cost of humanity. Not All Who Wander are Lost is the first work of the exhibition. Through Charrière’s technical handling, his sculpture looks ice-like and cold to the touch. Cast and drilled with holes, the sensitivity of the sculpture represents how the world is shifting due to human interaction. The core-drilled sculpture is a stone glacial rock, welcoming the viewer into the world’s landscapes and fissures. Charrière, through his work, recounts his time in the polar region, sampling and researching the ways in which ice, rock, and water form. The exhibition explores the melancholic state of nature in the human era, grappling with the environment and imagination. As the viewer enters a dark room a stirring film of a glacier rock invokes a sublime feeling of the Arctic, imagination, and visual contemplation. Towards No Earthly Pole is a 2019 film running 104 minutes. A defining image of the Anthropocene, the current geological age, and polar snowcaps, the moving picture captures the mystery and power of the effects of global warming. Charrière’s film comprises drone footage of the Alps, Iceland, and Greenland. The film, larger than the viewer, emphasizes the scope, majestic beauty, and timeworn nature of the glacial caps. Charrière describes the work in the exhibition text as demonstrating “a shift in the mode of representation by depicting a place that has been overly exposed in another light.” “Julian’s work points to the rapid acceleration of the timeline of such natural phenomena,” says Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck, the DMA’s Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, about the new acquisition Not All Who Wander Are Lost. She remarks that Charrière’s sculptures represent the “erratic” nature of the unusual occurrences of the natural world. Since beginning her time at the Dallas Museum of Art, Brodbeck has curated and organized major exhibitions and programs, including the survey exhibition Jonas Wood (2019), America Will Be! Surveying the Contemporary Landscape (2020), and For A Dreamer of Houses (2020–2021). In reflecting on the exhibition, Brodbeck states, “Charrière’s work is a powerful visual reminder of what we know and what we don’t know about our relationship to the Earth.” P

From top: Julian Charrière, And Beneath It All Flows Liquid Fire (video still), 2019, UHD video, color, sound. Copyright the artist; VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Julian Charrière, Tropisme, 2016, cryogenized plants, refrigerated showcase. Installation view, For They That Sow The Wind, Parisol Unit, London, United Kingdom, 2016. Copyright the artist; VG Vild-Kunst, Bonn, Germany; Julian Charrière and Dr. Anna Katherine Brodbeck, DMA Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art. Photograph by Tamytha Cameron.

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Ranch Hand Peter Halley debuts new Cell Grid paintings at The Ranch in Montauk to be exhibited this fall at Dallas Contemporary. BY CHRIS BYRNE

eter Halley’s work has been shown extensively around the world. In 2022, the Musée d’Art Moderne GrandDuc Jean (Mudam), Luxembourg, will present a survey of his paintings from the 1980s. Recent solo exhibitions include the Lever House Art Collection, New York, 2018; the Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany, 2016; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 2015; and the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Saint-Étienne, France, 2014. In tandem exhibitions—at The Ranch in Montauk this June and Dallas Contemporary in the fall—Halley will exhibit his Cell Grid Paintings, 2014-2021.

Chris Byrne (CB): Were there specific images that led to the Cell Grid paintings? How did the series develop? Peter Halley (PH): In my paintings, I’m continually trying to explore how a small, closed set of two-dimensional icons—“prisons” and “cells” are connected through “conduits”—changes as they are subjected to different formal strategies. If the entire painting is only a prison, how is it different from a painting with a prison and a background? If there are two cells, what happens if they are both on the same canvas or if they are on two different canvases joined together? What happens when the icons are repeated in a compositional grid?

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Top left and lower right: Majestic views of The Ranch. Photographs by Steven Stauffer. Peter Halley at The Ranch. Photograph by William Kahn.

CONTEMPORARIES I’ve always been influenced by the early work of Jasper Johns and by Warhol’s paintings of the ’60s. They explored these basic questions of how icons—like Johns’ American flag or Warhol’s electric chair— can shift meaning as the compositional strategies by which they are presented change. For some reason, I don’t think anybody is interested in this stuff anymore except for me. For many years I made paintings that were grids of prisons. Each prison was on a separate canvas, and they were all bolted tightly together with no space in between. It was interesting to think of these repeated prisons pressed together like sardines. But I was hesitant to make grids of cells because I thought they would look too much like abstract modernist paintings. With no other reference point, it would be hard to say convincingly that the rectangles were cells and not just abstract forms. However, now that I’ve been making these paintings for five years, I’m intrigued by that ambiguity. I think the rough, pebbly, tactile Roll-A-Tex surface subverts the idea that the paintings are just abstractions. CB: And Peter Doroshenko suggested featuring these works at Dallas Contemporary? PH: Yes. I was hoping Peter could help me choose a thematic direction for this show. Peter told me a story about how he was once at an art fair and heard an art dealer trying to convince an art collector that one of the Cell Grid paintings was really by Peter Halley. Apparently the collector could not be persuaded. Peter Doroshenko thought that was a good reason to bring these paintings together, and I completely agreed. CB: Can you tell us about your installation at the Dallas Museum of Art in 1995? Has your impression of the city changed over the years? PH: Well, let me tell you a little bit about my long, happy history of exhibiting in Dallas. Annegreth Nill, who was then a curator at the DMA, invited me to do a project there in 1995. At the time, I was working with Gagosian gallery. I wanted to do my first installation there; it was to combine paintings with wall works, silkscreen prints, and relief sculpture. They turned down the idea, which was a big disappointment. But Annegreth invited me to do the installation in Dallas instead. That was a big moment for me. And as you know, in the early ’90s I also got to know you, Kenneth Turner, and John Runyon. You were all still in your twenties! But you were so supportive of my work—and all of you ended up being influential voices for contemporary art in Dallas and Fort Worth. Then, in 2005, I got a fantastic commission to do an immense painting—17 by 40 feet—for the new American Airlines terminal at DFW. It’s certainly the biggest painting I’ve ever made. Most artists never get the opportunity to do anything that big in their whole careers. CB: We’re excited to debut the new paintings— The Other Path (2021), Wrong Turn (2021), and Under the Light (2021)—at The Montauk Ranch in June. As we’ve discussed, The Ranch was Andy Warhol’s farm for many years (The Rollings Stones would visit to rehearse new material in the barn). Did the location’s history interest you? PH: Of course. I had never been to Montauk. The setting is magical, just forests and beach, since so much land is preserved as state parks. And from the barns at The Ranch, all you see are rolling fields and horses. CB: Peter Halley: Antesteria is currently on view at Museo Nivola in Orani, Sardinia through August 22. Following your exhibition at Dallas Contemporary, what projects can we look forward to? PH: I’m working on a book about my installations for the publisher JRP in Zurich. Then, in September, I’m having my first gallery show in Brazil, at Galeria Millan in São Paulo. Next year I’m exhibiting in New Zealand for the first time, at Gow Langsford Gallery. Even though I’ve been stuck in New York during the pandemic, the paintings seem to be traveling more and more. P

Above: Peter Halley, The Other Path, 2021, fluorescent acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on twelve attached canvases, 82 x 76 in. Collection of Marilyn Lenox, Dallas. Below: Peter Halley, Wrong Turn, 2021, fluorescent acrylic and Roll-A-Tex on eleven attached canvases, 80 x 66 in. Harkey Family Collection, Dallas. Photographs courtesy of Object Studies, New York.

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RH Dallas, the long-awaited three-story furnishings source on Knox Street, replete with a rooftop restaurant, hits it out of the park. BY PEGGY LEVINSON

Above: RH Dallas exterior; Below: RH Dallas Great Room; Right: RH Dallas wine bar detail. All photographs courtesy of RH.

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fter a day visiting trendy shops or simply standing in line at the Apple Store, how about a handcrafted espresso in a dramatic garden-like setting overlooking the bustling activity of Knox Street? Or maybe you’re more in the mood for a glass of champagne in an intimate lounge area, soothed by the sounds of fountains. Look around—are you in Dallas? Or New York, Los Angeles, or even a classical European garden? This is the new shopping and dining experience brought to you by a mature Restoration Hardware, rebranded simply as RH. No longer just a furniture store, the new RH Dallas is an immersive experience that allows you to thoroughly appreciate the full range of RH offerings in a dramatic contemporary structure filled with fresh air and natural light, taking advantage of the (mostly) temperate Dallas climate. Arrive by automobile and valet parkers will whisk your car to the fanciest of car parks while you admire the dramatic 42-foot wall of water fronting it, inspired by the wellknown fountain in Paley Park in New York City. From pedestrianfriendly Knox Street, a Venetian plaster exterior with multiple glass doors opens to lush garden courtyards. The first floor is dedicated to the original, more-traditional RH models arranged in classic room settings that immerse clients in the total design experience—how does this sofa work with the table and lamp, and with the rug? Following the classic Vitruvian architecture designed by RH chairman Gary Friedman, you pass through symmetrical galleries surrounding the central atrium, with one side devoted to mostly light finishes and the opposite side showcasing dark finishes. Adding to the ambiance are antiques and artifacts from Friedman’s world travels. To access the other galleries, climb the dramatic staircase. Both natural light and an installation of hand-blown crystal RH Modern Serenella chandeliers illuminate a double floating staircase. A composition of antique mirrors, each with a hand-applied metal

leaf finish, interspersed with Cannele candlestick sconces along the walls of the staircase, creates an extravagant hall of mirrors effect. The second floor is devoted to RH Modern and the RH Interior Design Atelier—a 5,000-square-foot design firm providing an unprecedented level of services through design experts. And, of course, interior designers and their clients are welcome to use the comprehensive design library that contains a vast assortment of fabrics and finishes. The RH rugs showroom has individual samples that can be purchased for integrating into room designs, and specialized galleries showcase window treatments, bed and bath linens, and hardware. The RH immersive experience allows a stroll through living to dining, from bedroom to bath, and all areas outdoors. An added attraction, and a significant part of any home design, is what hangs on the walls. Offered here are works from artists around the globe through General Public, founded by actress and art collector Portia de Rossi in order to offer good art to more people, using proprietary 3-D technology to reproduce the nuance of an artist’s hand. RH, too, effectively offers good design to a bigger audience. Their collaboration with high-end design talents, like local favorites Ann and David Sutherland and the Dallas-born Hermés- and Comme des Garçon-commissioned artist and lighting designer Alison Berger, completely blurs the line between to-thetrade and retail offerings. The third-floor glass-encased restaurant, wine bar, and a fully landscaped park furnished in RH Outdoor is the crowning glory of a retail masterpiece and integrated hospitality experience. Enjoy the delicious choices on the fresh menu in a glass atrium with sparkling chandeliers and olive trees, or go outside and enjoy the shade of London plane trees as you sit comfortably in an intimate setting and sip from one of the 40 specially selected California wines by the glass. The immersion is complete. P

RH Dallas rooftop terrace overlooks Knox Street. Courtesy of RH.

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rt Influencers Diverse and dedicated, nine passionate trailblazers working in the arts chart their course. BY STEVE CARTER, NANCY COHEN ISRAEL, AND TERRI PROVENCAL

One’s work should be a salute to life. –Pablo Casals, Spanish Catalan cellist, composer, and conductor

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Dr. Mark Roglán, Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum. Photograph by Justin Clemons.

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“Algur Meadows was clear and adamant that he wanted a small Prado in Texas,” says Dr. Mark Roglán, the Linda P. and William A. Custard Director of the Meadows Museum. More than a Texas conceit, it is Mr. Meadows’ vision of excellence that continues to inspire Roglán. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the opening of the current building on the Southern Methodist University campus as well as Roglán’s arrival there. Coming from the Museo del Prado to be the Meadows’ curator, he became its director in 2006. It was a perfect opportunity. “The purpose of the Meadows is extraordinary. It is the combination of having an institution that is so focused and being part of a fine and prestigious university. There’s nothing like it anywhere else in the world,” he says. Access to the academic community and its resources, he adds, further enhances the museum’s capabilities. During Roglán’s tenure, the collection has doubled, with acquisitions ranging from the Middle Ages to the present. The exhibition calendar regularly includes loans from prestigious

public and private collections in the United States and abroad. The museum frequently hosts scholars and dignitaries from around the world. Reaching beyond Dallas, Roglán established an exchange program with the Prado. He was a guiding force in the MAS: Meadows Museum/ARCO Artist Spotlight focusing on Spanish contemporary artists. In 2022, the work of Ignasi Aballí will be the first exhibition. And the Meadows Museum fellowship program, created a decade ago, has welcomed an international group of pre- and postdoctoral graduates. Dr. Amanda Dotseth, the museum’s curator, is one of its alumni. While he has charted the course, Roglán shares the credit for the museum’s successes with many constituencies. In addition to museum staff, this includes the advisory council that he created, the university administration, and the Meadows Foundation. “It definitely takes a village,” he says. If Mr. Meadows’ dream has been fulfilled, it is in large part due to Mark Roglán’s leadership and quest for excellence. –Nancy Cohen Israel

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Terry Loftis was still new in the job when performance venues shuttered last year. As the Donna Wilhelm Family President and Executive Director of TACA (The Arts Community Alliance), he quickly had to guide the organization as it worked to sustain a beleaguered arts community. “We decided we needed to create an emergency fund for immediate distribution,” he says, adding, “It was designed to help these organizations literally keep the lights on.” Through generous community support, donations poured into the Emergency Arts Relief Fund, which soon evolved into the TACA Resiliency Initiative. Under this umbrella, and expanding their usual grant-making processes, TACA is currently awarding monthly Pop-Up Grants for short-term projects. TACA’s support has helped dozens of organizations navigate the pandemic. Aside from finding funding, which is critical, Loftis thinks holistically about the creative community. “The long-term goal is to keep artists in Dallas so they don’t feel that they have to leave Dallas to make a living,” he notes. He also points to access as a

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key factor towards achieving greater representation in the arts. In order for children to be exposed to the arts he says, “It has to happen in the communities where our kids are.” Citing his own experiences as a student at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Loftis recounts, “It opened up a world that I didn’t know existed.” Collaboration, Loftis emphasizes, is also vital to weaving the arts throughout the fabric of the city. Working in partnership with the City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture, he hopes that by bringing the arts into libraries and community centers, they will become increasingly accessible and inclusive. “We have to go beyond writing checks and use our voice to help organizations produce and cultivate art,” he says. Doing so will fulfill TACA’s mandate to support our local artists while nurturing and enriching the communities they represent. The TACA Silver Cup Award luncheon in May was an apt homecoming for both patrons and arts organizations. –Nancy Cohen Israel

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NorthPark Center’s Manager of Art Programming

Anna Kern, NorthPark Center’s Manager of Art Programming in CenterPark Garden in front of Leo Villareal’s Buckyball, 2015. Photograph by Dana McCurdy.

The venerable NorthPark Center turns 56 this July, and its tagline, The Art of Shopping, continues to define its unique character. Anna Kern, the center’s manager of art programming, has been part of the art team for three years and has solely been helming the art department for the last two of those. The shopping center’s renowned art collection continues to expand and evolve, and Kern’s innovative stewardship ensures that it’s as vital and vibrant as ever. One of Kern’s first initiatives was spearheading the ongoing Pop Up Project, a corollary to NorthPark’s rotating international art collection. Pop Up Project artworks are large-scale vinylrealized creations that enliven facades of empty storefronts, a welcome departure from the typical unpainted plywood. A number of DFW-based artists are on view, including John Pomara, Leah Flook, Zeke Williams, and others. “I wanted a platform to really support the local and regional artists in our community,” Kern explains. “We want to be a community hub for Dallas…I felt like we needed to extend that in the artwork as well.”

The COVID era has brought challenges to NorthPark’s art programming, but Kern has adjusted to meet the new frontier. The popular ArtROCKS! children’s program adapted handily to virtual sessions, and Kern-guided public tours of the collection have also gone online. “The virtual tour allows for even more exposure” she says. “I can probably host a hundred different people, versus a physical tour of maybe 15 or 20…a strange silver lining.” Additionally, NorthPark is participating in the RESIST COVID/TAKE 6! campaign, an initiative to raise public awareness through seven storefront activations by Carrie Mae Weems, the acclaimed multidisciplinary artist and activist. And Kern is super excited about the current #If ThenSheCan – The Exhibit, which opened last month. Comprising 122 3D printed statues of contemporary STEM professional women, the exhibition is populating NorthPark’s CenterPark through October 24. With so much art to mind, does Kern ever get overwhelmed? “I do, but it’s okay,” she admits. “Keeps me on my toes.” –Steve Carter

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Kelly Cornell, Director, Dallas Art Fair at Dallas Art Fair Projects with Maja Djordjevic’s I will play!

Kelly Cornell, Dallas Art Fair’s director, describes herself as a visual thinker. Joining the fair shortly after graduating with a BFA from Southern Methodist University in 2012, she confesses, “I was never a great painter in school, always a bit too rigid, but I love the process of things.” Trading her paintbrushes in while still maintaining the art of process, she was promoted to fair director in 2016. “The art fair is all about layers and relationships. We want it to have depth in its programming and offerings, be relevant, and most importantly provide opportunities for relationships among galleries, collectors, and artists to grow.” And grow the Dallas Art Fair did, until the cruel pandemic disrupted the momentum exhibitors and collectors anticipate each spring. Postponing the fair “just weeks before our opening date last year forced us to think fast, and we were one of the first to launch an online art fair,” she says, which enjoyed some admirable sales. Hollis Taggert and Canada galleries topped the “sold” chart with Franz Kline’s, Untitled for $100,000 at Hollis Tagger and Joan Snyder’s The Summer Becomes a Room, offered by Canada, for $75,000. Ultimately, the fair made the tough decision

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to cancel last year’s edition, which had been rescheduled for fall. Despite receiving cancellation backlash, Cornell remains “proud of the impact that the fair has had on the city of Dallas over the past decade.” Through her leadership, Dallas Art Fair is internationally recognized on the annual fair circuit. “It is so rewarding to know that Dallas is ‘on the map’ as a major arts city, and that the appetite for arts will continue to grow and develop.” Dallas Art Fair returns this fall, November 11–14. She describes this year’s installment as, “Our comeback edition! It will have been two and half years since the last physical fair [April 2019], and we can’t wait. We will have an exciting lineup of galleries, plenty of opportunities for in-person art viewing, and lots of sanitizing stations. Our galleries are really excited about their return to Dallas and to showcase their programs.” Calm and confident, you would never know she balances her leadership role with two tots, three and under, during fair week. “It's like juggling flaming balls, especially during the busy season. Luckily, we have an amazing village that helps us out, and the girls like art, so that's a win.” –Terri Provencal

Sarah Blagden, director of VIP Relations, Dallas Art Fair, with paintings by Eric Shaw from The Hole's In Play.

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Director of VIP Relations, Dallas Art Fair

“I grew up in a family of photographers and painters, so an appreciation of art was instilled in me from an early age without me really realizing it,” says Sarah Blagden, director of VIP Relations for Dallas Art Fair. Prior to the fair, she was an artistand-client liaison and fair coordinator at Pace Gallery, New York, where she worked closely with artists Kiki Smith and Richard Tuttle and the estates of Alfred Jensen, Robert Ryman, and Isamu Noguchi, learning the ins and outs of operating a mega-gallery. Juggling “what felt like 20 different projects at once” she says, “whether I was working on a gallery exhibition, organizing loans to the Met, visiting Kiki Smith’s studio, or in Paris for FIAC, I was constantly learning.” Armed with an MA from Christie’s Education in New York, and a BA in art history from Trinity College in Hartford, she is particularly prepared for her fair role and knows all too well how to react to unanticipated demands like the onset of COVID-19. Dallas Art Fair and her tenure at Pace uniquely prepared her for the unwelcome challenge. “We were constantly working to innovate.”

Her programming role shifted away from planning an elevated fair experience, presenting Dallas Art Fair exhibitors and collectors cultural keys to the city—like VIP visits to private collections, the Cowboys Stadium art tour, and museum exhibition access. When the fair was not in session pre-COVID, she arranged equally cultural patron trips to London, Paris, Guadalajara, and Mexico City. But last year her schedule shifted to launching an online sales platform in July 2020 and programming Dallas Art Fair Projects, adjacent to the fair offices, beginning in October 2020. “Despite the pandemic, we have been able to present artworks from Night Gallery, Perrotin, Magenta Plains, Keijsers Koning, The Hole, and Sapar Contemporary in person at our gallery space.” Looking ahead to the conscientious return of the Dallas Art Fair she’s “thrilled to bring back that energy” with more intimate programming and outdoor events. “I went to college intent on being a psychology major. This all changed when I took one art history course. Art, for me, opened a whole new way of looking at the world, past and present.” –Terri Provencal

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Vanessa Peters, singer/songwriter, recording session for Modern Age. Photograph by Rip Rowan.

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Singer/Songwriter

From her first major release in 2006 through to right this very minute, Dallas singer/songwriter Vanessa Peters has been crafting her critically acclaimed career by degrees, turning casual listeners into all-out advocates. Known for her smart, literary lyrics; captivating hooks; and the clarion clarity of her voice, she’s an indie folk-rocker who continues to expand her horizons. Peters’ latest, Modern Age (Idol Records), was released on April 23, and it’s a masterful, trailblazing departure that couldn’t have come at a better moment. Compared to her previous Idol release, last year’s Foxhole Prayers, Peters assesses Modern Age as more energetic, more poprock, less melancholy, with an unmistakable nod to ’90s indie rock. “I didn’t really feel like making a cheerful record,” she admits. “Obviously things are going weird in the world with the pandemic. But I felt like it was the right time to make a more fun record because we’d all had enough of sadness, you know? It felt like the right time to do something that you’d want to listen

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to with your windows down and having a good time…like that liberation feeling after the war.” Modern Age is a musical antidote to the difficult zeitgeist and circumstances that birthed it: Peters and her musician husband/ producer Rip Rowan were COVID captives in Italy for 14 months, locked down mid European tour. The album was recorded with her Italian bandmates in Germany, the Netherlands, and Italy; some songs employed earlier demos from Dallas sessions as their endoskeletons. The album’s first three singles, Craz ymaker, Modern Age, and Valley of Ashes are all radio-ready earworms that are sure to catch new converts. A bonus is the inviting eye candy of Rowan’s cover artwork: a cartoonish, computerized portrait of Peters with ironic ’60s echoes of Roy Lichtenstein pop. “I’ve never really made this kind of record before,” Peters marvels, “and it’s funny that we’re calling it Modern Age, ’cause it’s clearly not whatever the latest, hottest thing is—but I never have been.” –Steve Carter

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Kyle Hobratschk in 100 W - Corsicana Artist & Writer Residency, Photograph by Sean Fitzgerald.

Kyle Hobratschk first heard of Corsicana in 2012. Living and working in Oak Cliff at the time, the painter and printmaker was looking for a larger space to accommodate a wood shop. Nancy Rebal, a fellow artist, introduced him to a friend in Corsicana who owned a historic building. Hobratschk was taken with the late-19th-century structure. “It was full of light, with large rooms, and was architecturally beautiful. I was struck by how untouched it was,” Hobratschk recalls. It was also affordable. With 11,000 square feet, it offered ample space for his shop as well as potential studio space. Hobratschk also bought it, got to work on restoring it, and has even crafted much of its furniture. “It’s been an education in maintenance,” he admits. Rebal and her husband, writer David Searcy, leased space in the building, as did a handful of other Dallas artists, including Travis LaMothe. Rebal’s introduction has since blossomed into 100 W - Corsicana Artist & Writer

Residency, an internationally respected program now spread across several facilities in this town just an hour outside of Dallas. The residency attained nonprofit status in 2018, with Hobratschk becoming the executive director. LaMothe served as the board’s first president. “The nonprofit is here to advance ideas for artists and writers who find a unique utility in Corsicana,” Hobratschk explains. So far, the program has attracted over 100 residents. Earlier this year, Alysia Nicole Harris became the first director of public programs. A newly opened storefront aims to increase the residency’s accessibility to the local community. Hobratschk and Rebal continue to acquire property in the town that they, with Searcy, now call home. “The community has been terrific. The whole thing is so relational,” Hobratschk says. He also sees this as a model for the future. “It is an example of the potential in small-town America and how we can work with it to make things happen.” –Nancy Cohen Israel

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Darryl Ratcliff, artist and cofounder of Ash Studios and Gossypian Investments, in front of work by studio mate Fred Villanueva. Photograph by Dana McCurdy.

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Social-practice artist, poet, arts writer and cofounder of Ash Studios, Micheleda Think Tank, and Gossypian Investments

Even the shortlist of all the hats Darryl Ratcliff wears makes for a longlist: Award-winning social-practice artist, poet, arts writer; cofounder of Gossypion Investments, Ash Studios, and Michelada Think Tank; organizer of the Our Future fundraiser for pandemic-impacted artists; curator; cultural organizer; public speaker; and on and on, Ratcliff’s business card might well be poster-sized. Suffice to say he is one dedicated man of the arts. Ratcliff got his feet wet in the Dallas arts world back in 2012, when he and artist Fred Villanueva cofounded Ash Studios collaborative. Their ongoing “DIY arts center” has been engaging communities of color ever since in a multidisciplinary bilingual setting. In April 2020, Ratcliff and Maya Crawford cofounded Gossypion Investments, and he’s passionate about its possibilities. Gossypion’s multi-focus includes real estate development, cultural investments, consulting, advising, artist management, and more. “Our mission is to evolve the role of culture and society,” Ratcliff says. “Artists and creatives are often

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used in very narrow ways…there’s a lot more need for artists outside of a gallery, a concert hall, a venue. They can be useful at a hospital, in a boardroom, inside government. Artists are creative problem solvers.” One recent Gossypion venture was Cheer!, four pop-up installations at The Joule; it was their fourth project with Headington Companies. On view last November and December, the holiday-themed outing featured immersive works by female artists and artists of color. Ratcliff assesses the year as rewarding for Gossypion: “We’ve been really thankful. We’ve been able to work with some really amazing clients—it’s been fantastic.” How does he keep all the balls in the air? “It can be a lot, but the beautiful thing is that I’m working with the smartest, most brilliant people I’ve ever worked with in my career right now. So in some ways it makes it—I’m not going to say easy—but it does make it doable,” he says with a laugh. –Steve Carter

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ESLIE ARTINEZ

Multidisciplinary Artist

Leslie Martinez with their work Lodestar 2021 at And Now. Photograph by Dana McCurdy.

To say 2020 was a pivotal year for Dallas-based artist Leslie Martinez during a polarizing pandemic minimizes the rapid trajectory of this MFA 2018 Yale School of Art graduate. “In December 2019 I made the sink or swim decision to devote myself fully to painting without any form of stable income,“ says Martinez. Introduced to the artist through their Nasher Windows presentation of Monarchs on the Hoop in the Nasher’s vestibule last June, And Now followed with Thrashing on the Mooring Mast, a sold-out show in the late summer. They were immediately signed by the art dealer. “When the pandemic hit, I was terrified about this decision to go rogue because so many things fell apart immediately, including a couple of shows I had been working toward. James (Cope) swooped in and offered me a solo show and from there everything changed, and I’ve been efficient and sustainable ever since.” This spring, Cope presented a solo show for Martinez in the Frieze Viewing Room, and they were included in Fifteen Painters at Andrew Kreps Gallery in New York. Born in the Rio Grande Valley of the South Texas-Mexican border, Martinez was raised in Dallas but returns to the area,

which offers insight into their work. Operating out of a zerowaste studio, they obscure the original intent of unconventional materials. Studio discards are repurposed and conjoined into “dense phenomenological surfaces” investigating connections to waste and the environment. Used shop rags, acrylic wastewater, or previous work may be reclaimed later and given anonymity through meticulous handwork. “I think about the whole world— beauty, horror, conflict in terms of how material can be molded and how paint can be manipulated in regard to language. For example, I may think of wildfires, oil spills, the pandemic, and queerness in regard to the terms that bind them.” Material processing is paramount to the artist’s intricate constructions. “Materiality may function as body or reality, where paint and color may function as image, spirit, or the fluidity of imagination and shifting perception.” Martinez mixes their own paints and saved discards to allow natural processes like oxidation and calcification to occur until a later use is revealed. In a grappling world turned upside down, Martinez’s queries into identity and self-knowledge make this work especially relevant today. –Terri Provencal

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NATURAL HABITAT Dedicated Dallas Art Fair exhibitor Beatriz Esguerra’s Bogotá townhome finds harmony between nature and built environments. BY NANCY COHEN ISRAEL PHOTOGRAPHY BY OSCAR MONSALVE

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This page: The luscious patio features a yellow tiled decorative work from Seville, Spain. Opposite: Beatriz Esguerra stands in front of a bookcase that houses paintings rather than bookends. Accompanying Esguerra’s literature are works by Pedro Ruiz, Cesar Romero, and Margarita Gutiérrez.

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estled in a lush verdant landscape, Beatriz Esguerra’s townhome is an urban oasis. Though it is minutes from the bustle of one of Bogotá’s main avenues, this home to the gallerist and her husband is a corner of calm. Their three-story townhome takes advantage of its natural surroundings with three patios where the couple regularly enjoys breakfast and lunch. Here, amid well-established landscaping, these restorative refuges are serenaded by the babbling of a nearby brook. Built in 1990, the townhome retains vestiges of that era with its polished Venetian stucco walls in the main living areas. The sheen of the golden patina serves as a warm backdrop to the couple’s art collection. It also adds, according to Esguerra, “instant sunshine.” Visitors to the Dallas Art Fair may be familiar with the serene presence found at Beatriz Esguerra Art. She is a fixture at the annual event and has garnered a large collector base. Her home exudes the same quiet splendor while reflecting Colombia’s creative community. “I believe in supporting my people,” she says, adding, “I promote my country and promote the talent here. I believe that Colombia is a resounding subtlety.” Citing her country’s diverse geography, Esguerra talks about how these dissimilar environments bring a richness to the region’s art. The diversity of that talent is on full view in her home, where the work of her gallery’s artists is well represented. “I wish I could buy everything that comes through here!” she enthuses. Beyond nationality, there is another common thread throughout the collection. “Art should feed your soul,” Esguerra emphasizes. It should come as no surprise then that the work in her collection is suffused with a calmness that also offers windows into her life. In many ways, Esguerra’s home is an extension of her own elegance, warmth, and charm. For example, Santiago Uribe-Holguin’s Explorer, she says, “Reminded

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Above: The lively color palette of the home mixes well with literature and art, such as Bullfighter by Cesar Romero and Fernando Botero’s Woman. The focal point of the space is a collection of antique apothecary jars that surround Guillermo Londoño’s painting Fire, from his series Under the Shade of a Walnut Tree. Bottom left: The walls display Sin titulo, or Untitled, by Carlos Nariño. Bottom right: Displacement by Pedro Ruiz overwhelms the east wall yet balances well with the sun’s rays. Opposite: Esguerra’s townhome is an oasis for the collector, with works such as Luz Helena Caballero’s Vase of Flowers with Red Background and a pair of blue works by Jorge Cavelier and Cesar Romero. Above: The serene sense of the townhome captures the light with monumental windows and enough wall space for Esguerra’s voracious appetite for diverse art. Beside the window is Santiago Montoya’s Dream a Little Dream of Me.

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me of an ancestor of mine who came to Colombia as an explorer in the 17th century.” Placing it in an antique frame imbues it with an heirloom quality. While Uribe-Holguin is known largely for his abstract paintings, he took a brief detour when he created a small body of representational work. Inspired by the past as well as by Spanish artists, this work is a nod to Joaquín Sorolla’s brilliantly lit paintings. Nearby, Esguerra has installed a pair of paintings by Pepe González and Elsa Zambrano. González’s Still Life without a Ruler depicts a sparsely filled shelf set against a mottled black-and-white background. Far from solitude, it reflects a thoughtful, well-ordered space. “I’m quiet in my life so I need that quiet,” Esguerra explains. Zambrano’s filled solitary Teacup set atop richly patterned table linen reveals another personal detail. It is perhaps with this work that life and art merge harmoniously, reflecting Esguerra’s enjoyment of creating elegant tablescapes. Using linens that she collects in her travels, each tableau is enriched by a profusion of fresh flowers. As flowers are one of Colombia’s top exports, their easy availability makes them a constant fixture throughout Esguerra’s home. And just as flowers nurture her spirit, splashes of red throughout the communal spaces infuse her home with positive energy. In her dining room, for example, Tata Navia’s March depicts a procession of chairs that echo the ideal number of guests that Esguerra enjoys seating around her table. Preferring intimate gatherings, she advises, “There should never be more than one conversation.” Installing Carlos Nariño’s Sunset across from a window, Esguerra has placed her dining table seemingly at the center point along the arc of the sun’s daily procession. With harmony and balance as guiding principles, Esguerra’s home seamlessly blends old and new, family treasures and travel finds, each selected by Esguerra and her husband. In the living room, kilim and Oriental rugs tastefully adorn floors, furniture, and half walls, reflecting the couple’s many sojourns. Other objects in silver and ceramic present an endless array of Colombian craftsmanship. In this space Esguerra has also threaded the natural world, as seen through her large picture windows, to the imagery indoors. Another work by Nariño depicts voluminous clouds. With its inspiration

Above: A set of two fruit paintings by artist Hermann Camargo greet guests to the dining room. Below: Luis Fernando Roldan’s paintings show the artist’s interest in color and blurred lines.

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The unframed yet magnificent work by Tata Navia hangs above a formal dining room, and the work shares an intimate detail about Esguerra: The procession depicts the ideal number of guests she enjoys entertaining.

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The stairwell’s artworks—Santiago Uribe-Holguin’s Explorer, Elsa Zambrano’s Teacup, and Pepe González´s, Still Life without a ruler—all show an interest in the same color palette.

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The primary hallway is home to antique artworks: six nautical prints and and equestrian painting in an ornate gold frame.

rooted in Dutch 17th-century landscape painting, it represents what she calls an “immensity of space.” It is flanked on one side by three smaller oil sketches that the artist made on paper. On the opposing wall, Pedro Ruiz’s Displacement No. 162 accentuates a solitary figure on a skiff bearing a riot of bird-of-paradise flowers, all set against a black background. It is balanced on an adjoining wall by the vibrant simplicity of Luz Helena Caballero’s Vase with Red Background. Esguerra has devoted one corner of this room to a portion of her growing collection of 19th-century French apothecary jars. They line shelves that surround a landscape from Guillermo Londoño’s series Under the Shade of a Walnut Tree. “I received one as a wedding gift,” she says, adding, “These are objects that you see a lot in houses here.” Once widely imported across South America, each one has the name of the component it held. Apothecaries would mix these ingredients together according to ailment. Esguerra enjoys researching the names on these jars, written mostly in Latin, and learning how each component would be used. With her well-trained eye, it is the design on each jar that she values most. “Each pharmacy had its own design,” she explains. Now with a collection of over 60 jars, she continues to hunt for them all over the world. “It has to have complex decoration. I only buy one of each [design],” she says. As the daughter of a doctor, Esguerra finds another layer of personal significance in these objects. While full of art and antiques, Esguerra’s is a home that is well lived, well loved, and comfortable. “We enjoy our house. We use every single space,” she says. “If we have the good fortune to live like this, then we have to be thankful for that every day. All I have are words of gratitude for life,” she concludes. P Santa Sofia by Pedro Ruiz brings the hallway to life.

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A Place In The Sun THOMPSON DALLAS BRINGS EXPANSIVE SUMPTUOUS OUTDOOR AREAS FOR ALFRESCO SWIM, SIPS, AND BITES TO DOWNTOWN. PHOTOGRAPHY BY LUIS MARTINEZ CREATIVE DIRECTION AND STYLING BY ELAINE RAFFEL

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La Vie Style House lace caftan and turban, La Vie Style House, Highland Park Village; Denise Nader, Triple Girasol earrings, Elements, Lovers Lane. Hair and makeup LB Rosser, Kim Dawson Agency; assistant stylist, Meagan Rone, RR&Co.; model Meliana Hlavac, Kim Dawson Agency.

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Staud, Mattia Floral Wave Nectarine top and skirt; Deepa Gurnani earrings and Linda Farrow sunglasses, Tootsies, Plaza at Preston Center.

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Versace, Trésor de la Mer print swimsuit, denim jacket, and earrings, Versace, NorthPark Center

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Eve & Max, Bee playsuit in magenta, eveandmax.com; Nan Fusco white gold and diamond pendant and chain and white and rose gold diamond bangles; Carefully Curated Luxury.

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Carolina Herrera off-the-shoulder print top and skirt, Carolina Herrera, Highland Park Village; Nan Fusco rose gold and diamond hoop earrings, Carefully Curated Luxury.

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Zimmermann, Mai Tie shoulder dress, Zimmermann, NorthPark Center; Tracee Nichols, The Love Triangle Rainbow Token necklace in 14k gold with sapphires, traceenichols.com; Stuart Weitzman, Marguerita espadrille in periwinkle, Stuart Weitzman, NorthPark Center.

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RIght: Recreo, San Miguel dress and Altuzarra belt, The Conservatory, Highland Park Village; Denise Nader, Hoja Piedra coral earrings, Elements, Lovers Lane; Stuart Weitzman, Moxie sport sandal in red, Stuart Weitzman, NorthPark Center.

Left: Alexis, Cheyenne top and pant, Denise Nader earrings, Elements, Lovers Lane; Tracee Nichols gold-dipped chunk chain necklace traceenichols.com.

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THERE 2021 TACA SILVER CUP AWARD LUNCHEON HONORING DONNA WILHELM AND SAM SELF AT STRAUSS SQUARE PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARY DONIHOO

Sherrie Zantea

Terry Loftis, Donna Wilhelm, Sam Self

Andy Smith, Paul Von Wupperfeld, Kim Noltemy, and James Leffler

Bruce Wood Dance

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Carol and Don Glendenning

Holly Mayer, Tara Lewis, and Carol March

Dallas Symphony Orchestra musicians

2021 DALLAS GALLERY DAY PRESENTED BY DALLAS ART FAIR AT RIVER BEND AND CADD SPACE AT SIEMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY BY BRADLEY LINTON

Darryl Ratcliff

Vinnie Deegan

Ramon Longoria

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Hannah Fagadau

Rhonda Tello, Josie McCarthy

Erin Cluley

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FURTHERMORE

THE FACE OF AN IMMIGRANT Out of Many, One, George W. Bush’s portrait exhibition and companion book, illuminate the journeys of Americans who came here seeking a better life. BY TERRI PROVENCAL

adeleine Albright, the first female Secretary of State; Henry Kissinger the former National Security Advisor and 56th Secretary of State; Dallas Mavericks legend Dirk Nowitzki; Hamdi Ulukaya the founder of Chobani; Medal of Honor recipient Florent Groberg—these are but some of the well-known faces of US immigrants. Their likenesses are among 43 portraits by George W. Bush, rendered to examine the immigration controversy in our country. Out of Many, One at the Bush Center, on view through January 3, 2022, presents these oil paintings alongside interactive displays in an important conversation about what remains one of the most outsized debates in our country and a partisan issue. If the exhibition title sounds familiar, you were paying attention in your US government class. It’s taken from the Great Seal of the United States. E pluribus unum, translated from Latin to “out of many, one,” appears on the scroll of the Great Seal on US currency, in the US Senate Chamber, on state flags, and elsewhere as the national motto of the US since 1782. Bush and the exhibition assert that our nation is strengthened by the cultural fabric woven by immigrants. And if you have ever had any doubt, read the stories within the companion book: Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants. Through conversations shared with and retold by President Bush or, in some cases, told by the subject themselves, the tome features each painting from the exhibition along with the subject’s personal journey. In this light, readers are reminded of the bravery of both famous and relatively unknown citizens, many of whom fled the most dangerous of circumstances in their native countries. For example, born to Jewish parents, Kissinger and his family fled Nazi Germany, arriving in the US on Labor Day with one suitcase

shared among them. Bush’s admiration for Kissinger is evident in both his oil painting and narrative. Thear Suzuki escaped the Cambodian genocide, living in refugee camps the first eight years of her life. Through the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Migration and Refugee Services, her family was ultimately relocated to Dallas. It wasn’t always easy—her family received threatening calls telling them to move home while first living in West Dallas housing projects. Bravery prevailed, however, and Suzuki later became the student body president at Skyline High School, and her influential third-grade teacher nominated her for a scholarship to Southern Methodist University. Today, as a principal and talent leader at Ernst & Young, Suzuki now helps others in need through the Texas Women’s Foundation, the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum, and the Boy Scouts of America. Of the NBA’s sixth-ranked all-time scorer, Dirk Nowitzki, who dreamed of “coming to the US and playing for the best league in the world,” Bush writes, “Defying physics he could launch his alreadyseven-foot frame high enough into the stratosphere that it was nearly indefensible…” His status as an NBA Most Valuable Player aids the welfare of children through his Dirk Nowitzki Foundation. The George W. Bush Institute’s Immigration Policy states: Since America’s founding, immigration has been a vital part of our Nation’s story: It helped transform an 18th-century farming colony into the world’s leading innovator and manufacturer—a superpower. America continues to be strengthened by those who come here in search of a better life. Every year that passes without reforming our nation’s immigration policy means missed opportunities to ensure the future prosperity, vitality, and security of our country. When immigrants assimilate and advance in our society, they realize their dreams, renew our spirit, and add to the unity of America. P

Clockwise from left: President Bush painting. C.A. Smith Photography for President George W. Bush; George W. Bush, Dirk Nowitzki (Germany), oil on stretched canvas, 30 x 40 in.; George W. Bush, Thear Suzuki (Cambodia), oil on stretched canvas, 30 x 40 in.; Out of Many, One: Portraits of America’s Immigrants, deluxe edition. All images courtesy of President George W. Bush, Out of Many, One.

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PATRON's 2021 June/July Issue

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THE FACE OF AN IMMIGRANT64

NATURAL HABITAT

ART INFLUENCERS

RANCH HAND

Noted

HOME RUN

Contributors

Editor’s Note

BEYOND SCOPE