Today in the roundup: Dallas Art Fair’s exhibitor list, an Arts Center of North Texas update and the FWSO’s dueling Stradivari take center stage.

Street artist Shepard Fairey got a lot of media attention while he was here this past week, painting wall murals around town. But he was also signing books, selling clothing and spinning tracks at a dance party. Welcome to the Dallas Contemporary’s New Model Art Museum: part-nightclub, part-style magazine, part idea factory.

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 Gail Sachson guides you through some of the can’t-miss pieces at this year’s Dallas Art Fair.

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

More than 70 art galleries from across the country will set up shop in the Dallas Arts District today for the Dallas Art Fair. And as KERA’s Stephen Becker reports, the fair is the anchor of a premiere weekend for visual arts fans:

Even without all the satellite operations – at Dallas Contemporary, the Nasher Sculpture Center, the Belmont Hotel, etc. – the Dallas Art Fair is noticeably bigger and richer this year, richer as in more dealers, more stuff, more big names. You can’t make it? We’ll do you a solid: Here’s a sampler of what’s on view.

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.

Today in the roundup: Video from the Nasher, the Texas Biennial and words with the founder of a new Fort Worth record label.