The Dallas International Art, Antiques and Jewelry Show is a bit like Brigadoon. It magically appears for a brief spell with wonders and delights. Then all too soon it is gone. This year’s collection of treasures is returning to Dallas Market Hall from Thursday, November 6, to Monday, November 10. Yipes — a scant four days!
This year’s Designer’s Showcase will be in the hands of Dallas’s award-winning interior designer Sherry Hayslip. She’s decided on “a la Coco” theme “inspired by Coco Chanel’s iconic Paris apartment.” And let’s face it. Since December’s Métiers d’Art, isn’t it about time for a Coco fix?
According to Sherry, “The Dallas International Art, Antique & Jewelry Show brings together as impressive a collection of exhibitors as can be found anywhere in the United States. It was an exciting opportunity to work with all of them to create this fun tribute to Coco and her style.”
But as Scott Diament, CEO of the Show Producer and President/CEO of The Palm Beach Show Group, admitted, “Sherry has done a remarkable job gathering such spectacular pieces and working with so many different exhibitors while maintaining and executing her vision for the Designer Showcase. It’s not an easy task to take on an icon like Coco Chanel, but Sherry certainly came through in a big way. Our guests are going to be very impressed with what she has put together.”
And there’s far more than just eye candy. This year they’ve added lectures by curators from area museums and “other industry experts and pioneers.” The lineup of lecturers includes
- Friday, November 7 at 1 p.m. — Olivier Meslay, associate director of curatorial affairs and the Barbara Thomas Lemon Curator of European Art at the Dallas Museum of Art
- Friday, November 7 at 2 p.m. — Margaret “Maggie” Alder, assistant curator Amon Carter Museum of American Art
- Saturday, November 8 at 1 p.m. — Carolle Thibault-Pomerantz, expert in fine vintage wallpapers from XVIII to the mid-XX centuries
- Monday, November 10 at 11 a.m. — Dr. Thomas Wide, managing director, Turquoise Mountain Trust
Hint: The Thursday night private preview party on Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m. not only allows you to have a first look but you’ll benefit Texas Cultural Trust. But if you can’t make opening night, you can still support the show’s other nonprofit partners — The Women’s Council of the Dallas Arboretum and Dallas AfterSchool —during its all too brief stay.
* Photo credit: Dan Piassick