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2012 DALLAS ART FAIR EVENT SCHEDULE
We have partnered with Dallas institutions in order to provide you with a comprehensive experience as part of the Dallas Art Fair. Please join us!

THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 2012
Dallas Art Fair Kick Off Party
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Neiman Marcus Downtown, 1618 Main Street, Dallas, 75201
Preview of Dallas Biennale curated by Florence Ostende and Peter Doroshenko of the Dallas Contemporary.
With a VIP or Patron Pass.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2012
The Power Station Exhibition Opening – Jacob Kassay
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The Power Station, 3816 Commerce Street, Dallas, 75226
The Power Station is a not-for-profit initiative dedicated to providing a platform for ambitious contemporary art projects in Dallas, Texas. Housed in a Power & Light building constructed in 1920, artists are invited to respond to the raw character of the architecture, offering an alternative to the traditional gallery and museum context. Geared toward an international audience and most immediately, the community of Dallas, the bold programming serves as a catalyst to provocate public discourse around art and culture.
With a VIP or Patron Pass.

E.V. Day Viewing and Champagne Toast
7:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Rosewood Crescent Hotel Lobby, 400 Crescent Court, Dallas, 75201
Sponsored by Salomon Contemporary, Ruinart Champagne and Rosewood Crescent Hotel.
Cinderella and Mimi are from Divas Ascending, a series of 14 suspended sculptures made with costumes from the New York City Opera’s archives, a collection comprised of wardrobes from prominent international opera houses.
With a VIP, Premiere Patron or Patron Pass.

Patron & Exhibitor Welcome Dinner at Arcodoro & Pomodoro
8:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Arcodoro & Pomodoro, 100 Crescent Court, Suite 140, Dallas, 75201
With a VIP or Patron Pass.

THURSDAY, APRIL 12, 2012
Dallas Art Fair Press Preview
11:30 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas

Dallas Art Fair Exhibitor and Collector Luncheon, sponsored by Museum Tower and U.S. Trust
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 North Harwood Street, Dallas, 75201
The Dallas Museum of Art collects, preserves, presents and interprets works of art of the highest quality from diverse cultures and many centuries, including that of our own time. They ignite the power of art, embracing their responsibility to engage and educate the community, to contribute to cultural knowledge, and to advance creative endeavour. Hosted by Jeffrey Grove, The Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art.
With a VIP, Premiere Patron or Patron Pass.

Dallas Art Fair and Dallas International Film Festival VIP Patron Party
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Private Event.

Dallas Art Fair Preview Gala
7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
The Preview Gala, benefitting the Nasher Sculpture Center and Dallas Contemporary, will offer art patrons and Dallas’ top collectors the opportunity to preview and purchase exhibited works prior to the public opening of the fair. The Gala will be catered by Rosewood Mansion on Turtle Creek and feature Champagne provided by Ruinart and cocktails provided by Moët Hennessy USA. Preview Gala tickets available through Lauren Kennedy at lauren.kennedy@dallasartfair.com or 214.220.1278.

Dallas Contemporary is a non-collecting art museum presenting new and fresh ideas from regional, national and international artists. Modeled after European art centers and located in an industrial building in the Design District, Dallas Contemporary is one of the only institutions of its kind in the United States, offering temporary exhibitions, important lectures and seminal learning programs.

The Nasher Sculpture Center is home to one of the finest collections of modern and contemporary sculptures in the world, the Raymond and Patsy Nasher Collection, featuring more than 300 masterpieces by Calder, Giacometti, Matisse, Picasso, Rodin, and more. Hailed by the “USA Today” as one of the great sculpture gardens where art enhances nature, the “roofless” museum seamlessly integrates the indoor galleries with the outdoor spaces creating a museum experience unlike any other in the world.

FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 2012
Dallas Art Fair
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.),1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Located at the Fashion Industry Gallery – adjacent to the Dallas Museum of Art in the revitalized downtown arts district – the 2012 Dallas Art Fair will feature over 70 prominent national and international art dealers and galleries representing painting, sculpture, works on paper, photography, video, and installation by modern and contemporary artists.

Private Tour with Collector Rebecca Bruder: Pay Attention
11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Rebecca Bruder will lead a tour of the Dallas Art Fair and discuss how to look at contemporary art and how her perceptions and views of art have changed and developed over 25 years of collecting. Please contact Lauren Kennedy at lauren.kennedy@dallasartfair.com or 214.220.1278 to secure your reservation.

Panel Discussion – Where Commerce Meets Culture
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Beck Imaginarium, 1807 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor, Dallas, 75201
U.S. Trust Senior Art Credit Executive John Arena and Dallas Art Fair co-founder John Sughrue lead an intimate discussion about the passion and practice of art collecting.

Private Tour with Collector Christen Wilson: Living with Contemporary Art
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas
As an avid collector of contemporary art, Christen Wilson will focus her tour on galleries which best represent the types of art on which she and husband Derek are currently focusing their collecting efforts. Christen and Derek Wilson have been collecting contemporary art for over 10 years. Please contact Lauren Kennedy at lauren.kennedy@dallasartfair.com or 214.220.1278 to secure your reservation.

Panel Discussion – Art Smart: Knowing and Protecting the Value of Your Collection, presented by James Ard of Ard-Knox Insurance and Jamie K. Baker of Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P.
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Beck Imaginarium, 1807 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor, Dallas 7520
A moderated panel of business experts will share a wealth of knowledge to help collectors, galleries, and museums protect their art investments. Insider information on appraisal, shipping, and insurance issues with practical pointers for art collectors at every level.

Nasher Sculpture Center Exhibition Opening – Sightings: Erick Swenson
6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Nasher Sculpture Center, 2001 Flora Street, Dallas, 75201
The much anticipated Sightings: Erick Swenson exhibition at the Nasher features new work by Dallas-based artist. Swenson has received national and international acclaim for his beguiling sculptures. Rendered with a naturalist’s sensitivity and incredible precision, the works often present fantastic detailed vignettes of animals ensnared in strange, sometimes devastating circumstances, or quietly poetic scenes that evoke the beauty and tragedy of nature, as well as our own human condition. Also on view, Elliott Hundley: The Bacchae, described as “stunning” by D Magazine, through April 22.
Contact the Nasher Sculpture Center at 214.242.5151 or visit www.nashersculpturecenter.org.
With a VIP or Patron Pass.

The Goss-Michael Foundation Exhibition Opening – Adam McEwen
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
The Goss-Michael Foundation, 1405 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Dallas, 75207
The New-York based, European artist Adam McEwen will continue to blur the lines between history and fiction with his upcoming exhibition at The Goss-Michael Foundation. The exhibition will showcase a variety of media including painting, sculpture and installations as well as some of McEwen’s better-known works and pieces previously acquired by the Foundation.McEwen’s monochromatic paintings and trademark machined graphite sculptures turn everyday objects such as an unfurled yoga mat and dirty chewing gum at odds with their triteness, aiming to temporarily shake viewers from their passive acceptance of the mass media and reality. The exhibition will be open to the public April 13 and continue through July 28. Contact Jessica Olsson at 214.696.0555 or visit www.gossmichaelfoundation.org. With a VIP or Patron Pass.

Dallas Contemporary Exhibition Opening – Erwin Wurm, Zoe Crosher and the Dallas Biennale
8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.
Dallas Contemporary, 161 Glass Street, Dallas, 75207
The Erwin Wurm exhibition will highlight the Austrian-based artist’s most recent drinking performance sculptures. The first city-wide Dallas Biennale, an international, contemporary art event, will highlight 23 artists at Dallas Contemporary and other various venues. Contact Erin Cluley at 214.821.2522 or visit www.dallascontemporary.org.

SATURDAY, APRIL 14, 2012
The Rachofsky House – Open House
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
The Rachofsky House, 8605 Preston Road, Dallas, 75225
The Rachofsky House is the private home and contemporary art collection of Cindy and Howard Rachofsky. The Rachofsky Collection consists of post-WWII artwork by international artists. The collection focuses on a number of movements and themes, among them Italian Art, Arte Povera, Minimalism, Mono-Ha, artwork from the 1960s that explores the nature of sculpture and painting and more contemporary work that explores notions of identity and the self.
RSVP to thomas@rachofskyhouse.org by April 12

Conversation with Adam McEwen and Jeffrey Grove, The Hoffman Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at Dallas Museum of Art
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 p.m.
The Goss-Michael Foundation
1405 Turtle Creek Boulevard, Dallas, 75207

Dallas Art Fair
11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201

Demonstration with Master Printer Justin Israels of Pace Prints and Artist John Alexander
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Mono-prints created during the demonstration will be for sale, and a portion of proceeds will benefit the Greenhill School.

You Only Love Me When You’re In Dallas: Questioning Biennales
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Includes Michael Corris, chair, Meadows School of Art, Southern Methodist University, Dallas Florence Ostende, adjunct curator, Dallas Contemporary, Texas (moderator) Charissa Terranova, professor, University of Texas, Dallas

Panel Discussion – Artist Run Galleries
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Beck Imaginarium, 1807 Ross Avenue, 5th Floor, Dallas, 75201
Phil Grauer and Sarah Braman of CANADA, Bruce Lee Webb of Webb Gallery, Jason Willaford of Galleri Urbane and John Riepenhoff of The Green Gallery talk about making work and running an exhibition space.

Private Tour of the Dallas Art Fair with Libbie Masterson, Houston Center for Photography and Catherine Anspon,
PaperCity Magazine: From Factory to Fiction – Pop Art to Moving Images
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Internationally exhibited photographer and curator, Libbie Masterson will lead a tour of the Dallas Art Fair and share her fair favorites.
Please contact Lauren Kennedy at lauren.kennedy@dallasartfair.com or 214.220.1278 to secure your reservation.

Junior Associates Reception organized by the Dallas Museum of Art
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Private Event.

SUNDAY, APRIL 15
Tour of Dallas Cowboys’ Stadium Art Collection
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Cowboys Stadium, 925 North Collins Street Arlington, 76011
The stadium owner contracted a group of the city’s foremost collectors and museum curators and with the leadership of a professional art advisor, they put together a world-class collection of contemporary art. The collection consists of 19 commissioned and original works of art by established and emerging contemporary artists. All of them have pieces in permanent collections of prestigious museums across the country and around the world.
With a VIP or Patron Pass.

Private Tour with Collector Patrick Collins: Engaging the Contemporary Art World
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Patrick Collins will focus his Dallas Art Fair tour on trends within the contemporary art world and working closely with galleries and artists in building a collection.
Please contact Lauren Kennedy at lauren.kennedy@dallasartfair.com or 214.220.1278 to secure your reservation.

Dallas Galleries Off the Wall: Tales from the Back Room
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201
Panelists include Talley Dunn, Talley Dunn Gallery; Cris Worley, Cris Worley Fine Arts; Cheryl Vogel, Valley House Gallery and Sculpture Garden; and Missy Finger, Photographs Do Not Bend. The four Dallas gallerists will share their unique perspectives on running a gallery and trends in the contemporary art world

Dallas Art Fair
11:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Fashion Industry Gallery (f.i.g.), 1807 Ross Avenue, Dallas, 75201