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MTV RE:DEFINE honoree Michael Craig-Martin with his sculpture at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Dallas Arts Week
By PAUL LASTER, APR. 2015
Now in its seventh successful year, the Dallas Art Fair was once again the focal point for Dallas Arts Week, which saw opening receptions, galas, concerts and collection viewings around the city.
Our week kicked off on Wednesday at the Power Station for the opening of Belgian artists Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys’ exhibition “The Dirty Puppets of Pomerania,” followed by a reception for big solo shows by David Salle and Nate Lowman and projects by Anila Quayaam Agha and FriendsWithYou at the Dallas Contemporary.
Thursday brought visits to the Rose Collection and Pump House, the Dallas Art Fair preview at the Fashion Industry Gallery and luncheon at Stephan Pyles, followed by French artist Claude Rutault’s interaction involving folded paintings with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. In the evening, we were back at the fair for the prominently attended preview gala.
There were more collection visits on Friday and then the MTV RE: DEFINE gala dinner and art auction, where Michael Craig-Martin was honored, at the Goss-Michael Foundation. Saturday’s highlights, meanwhile, were a visit to the amazing exhibition space The Warehouse, for an incredible show of abstract art, and the delightful Art Ball 50 at the Dallas Museum of Art.
Sunday, which should have been a day of rest, provided a return to the Dallas Art Fair for the outdoor performance “Border in Motion” by Marcin Dudek, a tour of the Joule Hotel’s art collection and a wrap-up party—dubbed The Eye Ball—on a lot opposite the hotel’s hot downtown spot
Scroll through the photos below to catch a glimpse of a magical moment. WM
The Power Station founder Alden Pinnell and exhibitions manager Greg Ruppe with a sculpture by Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys
Art advisors Sue Stoffel and Renee Riccardo with a sculpture by Jos de Gruyter and Harald Thys at the Power Station
Nasher Sculpture Center director Jeremy Strick and Dallas Contemporary director Peter Doroshenko
with a painting by Michael Craig-Martin at the Dallas Contemporary
Collectors Derek and Christen Wilson with a David Salle painting at the Dallas Contemporary
Expo Chicago deputy director Nicole Berry and gallerist William Shearburn with a David Salle painting at the Dallas Contemporary
Baldwin Gallery director Richard Edwards, gallerist Michelle Maccarone and artist David Salle at the Dallas Contemporary
LTD Los Angeles director Shirley Morales, art dealer David Quadrini and Heritage Auctions director of
Texas Art Atlee Phillips with a David Salle painting at the Dallas Contemporary
Artist Laura Lancaster, Workplace director Paul Moss and artist Rachel Lancaster with a David Salle painting at the Dallas Contemporary
Artists Dan Colen and Nate Lowman with one of Lowman's paintings from his show at the Dallas Contemporary
Artist Chivas Clem and gallerist Erin Cluley with a Nate Lowman painting at the Dallas Contemporary
Artist Anila Quayaam Agha with her light installation at the Dallas Contemporary
FriendsWithYou's Arturo Sandoval and Sam Borkson with one of their roaming sculptures at the Dallas Contemporary
UNTITLED Art Fair's Amanda Schmitt on the sautillo tile slope at the Pump House
Collector Deedie Rose with a work by Giulio Paolini in the Rose Collection
Dallas Art Fair co-founders John Sughrue and Chris Byrne at the Dallas Art Fair
Artist Richard Phillips paying homage to a painting by Jonathan Meese at Tim Van Laere Gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Collectors Cindy Schwartz and Howard Rachofsky with a painting by April Street at Various Small Fires booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Talley Dunn with an Eva Lundsager painting in her booth at the Dallas Art Fair
10 Chancery Lane Gallery's Katie de Tilly and Bo Kim with a photo by Shi Guo Rui in the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Journalist Ann Binlot and SCAD Museum director Laurie Ann Farrell with a
Ross Bleckner painting at Galerie Forsblom's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Phillips contemporary art specialist Benjamin Godsill with a Daniel Arsham sculpture at Galerie Perrotin's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Massimo De Carlo's Gemma Ann Tomlinson with a piece by Aaron Young in the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Jessica Silverman with an Ian Wallace piece at her booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerists James Cope and Stefania Bortolami with a Piero Golia work Bortolami's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Chef Stephan Pyles in the kitchen of his restaurant during the Dallas Art Fair preview luncheon
Collector Michael Corman and Nasher Sculpture Center curator Jed Morse at Stephan Pyles during the Dallas Art Fair preview luncheon
Artists Jana Phillips and Jos De Gruyter at Bortolami's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Zhulong Gallery's assistant director Jessica Ingle with a work by Renee Cox in the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Conduit Gallery director Danette Dufiho and Art Market Productions co-founder Max Fishko with a
Jeff Gibbons' painting in Conduit's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
NASCAR champion Jimmie Johnson and SOCO Gallery's Chandra Johnson with a KAWS painting at Gallerie Perrotin's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Joan Washburn with paintings by Jack Youngerman and Jackson Pollock in her booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Artist and Green Gallery co-founder John Riepenhoff with Peter Barrickman's work at the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Beat Raeber with works by Saadane Afif and Thomas Wachholz at RaebervonStenglin's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Dallas Contemporary director Peter Doroshenko and Galerie Perrotin's Ali Wender
and Peggy Leboeuf with a Bernard Frize painting in the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Scott Zieher and art advisor Janet Phelps at Zieher Smith & Horton's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Caitlin Moore with a Jean Shin sculpture at Mark Moore Gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Canada's Phil Grauer, Suzanne Butler and Adrianne Rubenstein in the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Wendi Norris with a Simone Leigh sculpture in her booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Journal Gallery's Michael Nevin and gallerist Jonathan Viner with a Kika Karadi painting in Viner's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Marlborough Gallery's Max Levai with a Tony Matelli sculpture at the gallery's booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Gallerist Michele Maccarone in her booth at the Dallas Art Fair
Collector Becky Bruder and gallerist Franklin Parrasch with a Michael Craig-Martin painting at the Dallas Art Fair
Artist Marcin Dudek performing with his installation outside the Dallas Art Fair
Artist Claude Rutault and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra's installation at the
Myerson Symphony Center with Ellsworth Kelly paintings in the background
Goss-Michael Foundation co-founder Kenny Goss with a Nate Lowman painting
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Artist Richard Phillips and journalist Kat Herriman with works by Joe Reihsen and Phil Collins
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Art Production Fund co-founder Yvonne Force Villareal with a Scott Reeder painting
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Creative director Browne Andrews and philanthropistKimberely Chandler with a Sergio Garcia's piece
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Journalists Paige Silveria and Allyson Shiffman with a David Salle painting
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Artist Piero Golia and Nasher Sculpture Center curator Leigh Arnold at the
MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Paddle8 co-founder Alexander Gilkes with a Mario Testino photograph
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Gagosian Gallery's Hannah Freedberg and art advisor Eve Reid with a Joe Reihsen painting
at the MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Paddle8's Matthew Knight and Sarah Goulet with a Josh Reames painting at the
MTV RE:DEFINE gala dinner and art auction at the Goss-Michael Foundation
Whitewall publisher Michael Klug with Mark Grotjahn's painting at The Warehouse
New Museum's New Inc director Julia Kaganskiy and independent curator Tim Goossens with an Andrew Kuo painting at the Joule Hotel
Dallas Museum of Art director Maxwell Anderson and his wife Jacqueline at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Collector Marguerite Hoffman and DMA curator Gavin Delahunty at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Collectors Catherine and Will Rose at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Collectors John Eagle, Brian Bolke and Howard Rachofsky at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Collectors Gayle and Paul Stoffel at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Artist Jessica Craig-Martin at the DMA's Art Ball 50
Artist Jeff Whetstone with his photo-mural at SOCO Gallery's pop-up space at the Joule Hotel
The Joule Hotel curator John Runyan with a Tony Cragg sculpture in the lobby
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit director Elysia Borowy-Reeder
with DJs Scott Reeder and Tyson Reeder at the Eye Ball at the Joule Hotel
Dallas Art Fair co-founder John Sughrue and Joule Hotel owner Tim Headington at the Eye Ball at the Joule Hotel
MTV creative director Julie Allen and Goss-Michael Foundation director Joyce Goss at the Eye Ball at the Joule Hotel
Los Angeles County Museum of Art curator Franklin Sirmans checking out a performer at the Eye Ball at the Joule Hotel
Paul Laster is a writer, editor, curator, artist and lecturer. He’s a contributing editor at ArtAsiaPacific and Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art and writer for Time Out New York, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Galerie Magazine, Sculpture, Art & Object, Cultured, Architectural Digest, Garage, Surface, Ocula, Observer, ArtPulse, Conceptual Fine Arts and Glasstire. He was the founding editor of Artkrush, started The Daily Beast’s art section, and was art editor of Russell Simmons’ OneWorld Magazine, as well as a curator at P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, now MoMA PS1.
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