The Dallas Art Fair Makes Its Long-Awaited In-Person Return

On opening day of the Dallas Art Fair, at Saenger Galería’s booth, Bernardo Saenger and his partner Javier Vazquez Mellado served handmade Mexican mezcal. The Mexico City–based collectors turned gallerists are exhibiting for the first time at the Fashion Industry Gallery, the Dallas Art Fair’s yearly home, and they’ve never shown at an international art fair before.

“I think the Dallas art scene is really important,” Saenger said. “Collectors here have been collecting for generations, and that doesn’t happen often in many cities or states in the U.S. I mean, it happens in New York, it happens in L.A., but Dallas has also become this art hub.”