The arts community is grieving following the devastating loss across Los
Angeles through the sweeping fires that began on January 7. Beloved artist
Alec Egan, whose work was featured on our April/May 2019 cover, lost his
home, studio, and all his paintings for an upcoming show at Anat Ebgi Gallery,
a f avorite D allas A rt F air e xhibitor. M idway through J anuary, t he L A A rts
Community Fire Relief Fund, led by the J. Paul Getty Trust, earmarked $12
million dollars for arts workers through a coalition including the Mohn Art
Collective (Hammer Museum, LACMA, and MOCA), and artist foundations
like those of Helen Frankenthaler, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Joan
Mitchell, and David Hockney, alongside mega-galleries Hauser & Wirth and
Gagosian. The art community is nothing if not hopeful and helpful in times
like these.
Annually at Patron, we allot space in February/March for a Dallas Art Fair
preview, examining the collections of local patrons and what they look forward
to in the upcoming fair.
