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62 DEPARTMENTS

12 Editor’s Note 18 Contributors 36 Noted

Top arts and culture chatter. By Anthony Falcon

Of Note

40 PAINTING A PARABLE 42 MEET THE TUPLETS, PUTT-PUTT, AND QUEEN KIOK 55 TREAD LIGHTLY

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Fair Trade

56 OPENING ACT Kohshin Finley brings LA sensibilities to Texas swagger at Various Small Fires’ new Dallas outpost. Interview by Esther Kim Varet

Contemporaries

58 SLIP INTO ABSTRACTION Art Ball’s ’60s theme coincides with DMA’s timely exhibition. By Terri Provencal

60 MOTHER UNIVERSE, THANK YOU FOR LONNIE HOLLEY The multidisciplinary artist’s coming from the earth opens this month at Dallas Contemporary. Interview by Chris Byrne

62 THE IMPACT OF ART FAIRS AND THE WOMEN BEHIND THEM Kelly Cornell and Zélika García nurture two fairs in trying times and prevail. By Carlos Jaime-Gonzalez

Volumes

66 SLIP INSIDE THIS HOUSE Marguerite Steed Hoffman’s collection weaves interconnectedness with the publication of Amor Mundi. By Brandon Kennedy

Space

72 TABLEAUX VIVANT A cast of artists join Brian Bolke at The Conservatory on Two. By Terri Provencal

Studio

74 EVITA TEZENO BREAKS THROUGH The Dallas-based artist will make her first appearance at Dallas Art Fair with Luis De Jesus Los Angeles. By Darryl Ratcliff

Atelier

114 JONATHAN SIMKHAI JUXTAPOSED The designer presents a shop-within-a-shop at MARKET. By Elaine Raffel

116 AN ARTFUL CAMARADERIE Tanya Taylor animates the élan of Elaine de Kooning in her fall 2022 ready-to-wear collection. Interview by Terri Provencal

There

118 CAMERAS COVERING CULTURAL EVENTS

Furthermore

124 EMPTY WORDS, FULL OF MEANING Conceptual artist Ignasi Aballí inaugurates MAS: Meadows/ARCO Artist Spotlight series. By Nancy Cohen-Israel