Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith helps you plan your weekend at the fair.

Brad Ford Smith visited the Houston Fine Art Fair this past weekend, and brought back some favorite images — also, the idea that art fairs like this have changed the way art is sold in America.

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith is off to the Houston Art Fair and files this dispatch.

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith checks out the Suite Art Fair and says it’s worth the trip.

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith writes that the Dallas Art Fair’s mish-mash of galleries is part of its charm.

It’s a big weekend in local visual arts. The Dallas Art Fair starts this evening, and guest blogger Brad Ford Smith gives us a little preview of one artist at the fair whose work you might want to check out. And he reminds us about new shows at the Nasher, the Contemporary and the Belmont Hotel.

It would seem like a no-brainer that if the Dallas Art Fair is coming back to town with its 50-plus national galleries and drawing in more than 5,000 art-loving visitors, then it might be a good idea to set up an art fair across the street.

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith is a Dallas artist and arts conservationist.
On Friday at 11 a.m. the doors will open for the second annual Dallas Art Fair. But as I write this, it’s 10p.m. on a Wednesday night, so I thought I would share some thoughts about last year’s Dallas Art Fair …
Simply stated, the [...]

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith is a Dallas artist and arts conservationist.
I started writing this second article about my experience at the Vermont Studio Center while waiting for my connecting flight back to Dallas. At that time I could still smell the green forests, lush mosses and cool mountain air on my clothing. Now it’s a [...]

Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith is a Dallas artist and arts conservationist.
JOHNSON, Vt. — You would think that without the distractions of job, family and phone, making art all day would be a piece of cake. Well, it is sweet, but it is also a strangely surreal experience. Large blocks of time are consumed in [...]