Guest blogger Brad Ford Smith, a Dallas artist and art conservator, takes a stroll through the Dallas Art Fair.

The Dallas Art Fair opens Friday at Fashion Industry Gallery downtown. More than 80 dealers will show their art there through the weekend. And in its fifth year, the Art Fair is beginning to attract international attention.

“The explosion in the number of art fairs is the most significant change in the market since the turn of the century” – The Art Newspaper.

Guest blogger Gail Sachson wanders the Dallas Art Fair asking, “How’d they do that?”

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

The global financial mess finds its way into artists’ work at this year’s fair.

The Dallas Art Fair will be held for the fourth time this weekend. And this year, the Dallas Contemporary will get in on the action – and rethink the idea of art exhibitions in the process.

Today in the roundup: Dallas Art Fair thinks locally, Museum Tower vs. the Nasher and attracting new opera fans.

Today in the roundup: North Texas’ busiest art weekend, Google’s digital museums and the guys behind Prekindle.

In the series finale, we invited scenic designer Beowulf Boritt and conceptual artist Nic Nicosia to discuss their evolving fields and the role of staging in both the visual and performing arts. Plus info about some panel discussions you might want to know about at CentralTrak and Dallas Art Fair.