The True A List
Glamorous Gallery Draws VIPs to a Dallas Art Star’s Houston Homecoming
By Matthew Ramirez //
Photography Catherine D. Anspon
What: “Christopher Martin: Focus” opening night.
Where: Laura Rathe Fine Art.
Who: Among the A (Art) List: Gallerist Laura Rathe; headliner Christopher Martin and wife Stacie in from Dallas; and ardent collectors including Janelle and Greg Reid, Tanya and Mark Strum, designer Teri Pugh and husband Phillip, Clemencia and Jordan Larimore, Patti Bruni, Sharon Brier with pal Marilyn Saks, Marcia and Joe Alexander, and decorator Janus Lazaris with husband John.
PC Moment: The exhibition marked a homecoming for Martin, one of the stars of Rathe’s stable, debuting a new body of work that recalls cellular structures enlivened by pigments of iridescence.
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