"In New York, I would just have been another gallery on the list"

Frank Elbaz first opened his first gallery in 2002 in the district of Le Marais in Paris. Last year he inaugurated a second space in Dallas, Texas – of all places. While it appears crystal clear why he came up with the name "PARIS TEXAS" for one of his shows, Kevin Rubén Jacobs wanted to know what brought him there in the first place, and how he has been received.

"There’s a Texan spirit that is perfectly exemplified in Dallas"

An interview with Justine Ludwig, senior curator at Dallas Contemporary, on what's special about city's art scene.

Dallas Art Scene: Big Oil, Big Hair and Higher Heels

Cowboys, oil, football and a TV series – that's what Dallas is famous for. But what about the city's art scene? Before moving to Berlin to open his new space Pushkin & Gogol, Texas local Kevin Rubén Jacobs reported on the recent past and present of an unjustly overlooked corner of the art world.