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IM Just Saying: Christina Rees Talks About Her Somewhat Shocking New Do

Tim Rogers — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:20:04 +0000

I have known Christina Rees since circa 1996. We worked together at the dearly departed Met. We worked together at D. Now she’s the curator of The Art Galleries at TCU. In all the time I have known her (to my recollection), she has always had flowing, wavy-curly hair. I took a survey. This other guy (whom I won’t name but whose name rhymes with “crack”) and I both agreed: Christina’s hair was attractive. And it was black. The survey definitely revealed that it was black. Or dark. Now, however, things have changed. Several people in the past few days have asked me: “Did you see Christina’s new picture on Facebook?” You can see for yourself the look that Christina is rocking. I took another survey. That other guy and I once again both agreed: that is a blond mohawk. I asked Christina about it in a Gchat. Enjoy:

1:10 PM

Christina: never done this

1:11 PM me: Hang on.

1:13 PM Okay, you ready?

Christina: Can’t we just talk on the phone?

me: That’s so 2011.

Christina: ok

me: Plus, then I have to transcribe the interview. And I’m lazy.

Christina: Right.

me: First question. Not to put too fine a point on it. But what the hell happened to your hair?

1:14 PM Christina: You mean, what did I choose to do to my hair.

1:15 PM me: Okay, okay. What did you CHOOSE to do?

1:16 PM Christina: I CHOSE to think of this as “now or never”. I’ve always wanted to do this. Since I was a teenager. You know me and the whole punk/new wave thing. But I couldn’t do it back then.

I could have, actually, but my mom’s disapproval would have been so heavy I couldn’t have enjoyed it.

1:17 PM me: Technically, what is it? Because it doesn’t look like a classic mohawk to me.

1:18 PM Christina: I don’t know what it is. Maybe a subversion of a quiff?

A mohawk has totally shaved sides. I’ve got a bit of hair on the sides.

me: Who did the do?

1:19 PM Christina: I’m sure some people would call it a fauxhawk. (sp?)

1:20 PM This awesome chick at the Aveda salon in Fort Worth. Baily. I brought her a lot of photos.

She listens. She’s calming. She’s wise.

1:21 PM Remember Annabelle Lee from Bow Wow Wow?

1:22 PM My older brother had a friend who got a mohawk in high school and was suspended for it. I went to that school.

I also have tattoos. Another thing.

1:23 PM me: New tats? Where and of what? Remember: I am a journalist. You are required to answer those questions.

1:24 PM Christina: On my forearms. One is Jasper Johns’ Target. One is a text piece by my artist friend Terri Thornton. One is a big racing stripe of unbroken Helvetica listing all my dogs’ names, alive and dead.

1:25 PM I can send you a pic. It’ll be backward because it’ll come from my laptop camera.

The blonde thing I can’t explain. Never done anything like that. I am psychologically not a blonde. But while it’s this short….

1:27 PM Look, my job is very much driven by aesthetics. I’m more comfortable in my own skin now than ever before. I love this job. I can be myself more than ever before.

1:28 PM me: So, essentially what you’re saying is, since you became the curator of the Galleries at TCU, you’ve gone insane. Got it.

Kidding!

1:29 PM Alright, tell me how the new(ish) has been going. How long have you been running the show over there?

Christina: I know. But I’d say I’m more sane than ever. At least I feel that way. The dissonance is evaporating.

1:30 PM me: That is the name of my third album. “The Dissonance Is Evaporating.”

1:31 PM Christina: I’m in my third year. My primary job is curating the big satellite gallery, Fort Worth Contemporary Arts. It’s progressive. It’s international. It gets a lot of press. I also run the on campus gallery, and I teach. That’s a shitty name for an album.

on-campus

1:32 PM I mean “on-campus”. You know what I mean.

1:34 PM I do five major exhibitions at year at FWCA. We need money though. We’re a non-profit and our original grant is up.

me: As soon as people read this on FrontBurner, the funds will pour in. Surely.

So I didn’t know you were teaching, too. How do you enjoy that?

1:35 PM Christina: Did you really expect me to not go to bat for FWCA? It’s my life.

It’s important.

TCU needs it. The region needs it.

1:36 PM I love teaching! I love those kids! I teach senior BFAs.

They’re smart and adorable.

1:37 PM I help them put on their big graduation show in the art building, Moudy. It’s really satisfying.

1:38 PM me: They must think you’re the coolest teacher on campus, with all the tats and wild do and whatnot. What word do the kids today use for “cool”? “Rad”? “All that and a bag of chips”?

1:39 PM Christina: I wish I knew. I can ask them later today in class. I tell them I’m old enough to be their mom.

Because I am.

me: Oh, come on. You’re only, what, 45, right?

Christina: Ha.

How old are you?

1:40 PM me: Old enough to be your dad — if I got started really, really early.

Christina: You’re 47?

me: I will kill you.

Christina: I can’t reach me through this computer.

I’m 42.

me: Ha! I would need a time machine to be your father.

1:41 PM Christina: You can’t reach me. Wow, that was Freudian.

me: Okay, two final questions.

Christina: Go.

me: 1. What do you have upcoming that folks need to know about and go see?

1:42 PM Christina: Holy cow. Everything! The show we have up now is fantastic. This young Houston artist who makes massive drawings of his pretty troubled past. He just got a heart transplant a few weeks ago. He’s 35.

1:43 PM All my shows are great. Seriously. I do not mess around.

The artist is Michael Bise.

btw

1:44 PM me: I will provide a link.

Christina: I do mix it up though. I like to show regional artists and international artists.

Thanks.

me: OH! Wait. I have three questions. So …

Christina: God.

1:45 PM me: 1.5. What does your mom think of the new look? I forgot to ask.

Christina: That’s the question of the hour.

She loves me but absolutely will not comment on it. She’s the only one.

1:46 PM She’s super cool though. She MOM.

me: No comment? That’s tough love.

Christina: No kidding. See, that’s why I had to wait so long.

me: Okay, final question.

Christina: Yes, boss?

1:47 PM me: 2. When is your husband going to reciprocate my mancrush and let me hang out with him so I can giggle while he says randy things in his British accent?

Christina: Oh my gosh. Anytime! He would love that.

Just email him.

1:48 PM He loves to chat.

He says randy things all the time.

1:49 PM me: Love that guy.

Christina: And he loves you. I think.

me: Okay, Christina. Thanks for the time. Send me the before and after pictures.

1:50 PM Christina: Will do. Thanks Tim, and thanks for bringing me into the year 2012.

me: And get back to me with that hip lingo from the kids. Please.

Christina: Okay.

me: You hang up first.

Christina: Bye.

me: That was a quick hangup.

Still there?

1:51 PM Christina: Oh. Yeah. I thought I hung up.

me: I just hung up first.

Christina: Dork.

Ashley Mattingly Up for Playmate of the Year

Tim Rogers — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:51:38 +0000

You know her as Miss March 2011. Ashley Mattingly is from Dallas, and she needs your vote (safe for work, sadly).

D Magazine Readers’ Favorite Stories in 2011

Jason Heid — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 06:30:39 +0000

Our list of the most popular features on DMagazine.com in 2011 can’t help but make you hungry, as our dining coverage continued to be the best in the city.

See our top 10 most trafficked stories of the year right here.

Our Favorite Pictures of 2011 From D Magazine

Jason Heid — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:19:27 +0000

Dallas by night provided scenery worth capturing.

Selecting the most memorable images from D Magazine this year was tough. At first it was going to be a list of the 10 best, but that proved impossible. Then it was going to be the best 12 or 13, but that still left too many out. So I included even more.

See for yourself. Click here for my review of the best pictures of the year.

Toast 10 Most Beautiful Winner Aubree-Anna Thursday Night at the Warwick Melrose

Raya Ramsey — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:58:56 +0000

photography by Bode Helm

Whether you’re a fan of music or our 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas competition, Thursday night is a good night to celebrate at the Warwick Melrose Hotel which is raising a toast to 10 Most Beautiful Winner (and former D cover model) Aubree-Anna Stinson, who graces Library Bar attendees with her smooth vocals every week. Tickets are being sold for $25 a piece which will include “heavy appetizers and a champagne toast,” and, of course, a live performance by Aubree-Anna. For tickets to the “Celebration Party,” call 972-841-5864. Apparently, tickets are going quickly. Thursday, December 15 at 7 pm.

Relive the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas 2011 Celebration with These Photos

Raya Ramsey — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:34:05 +0000

The 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas 2011 (photography by Matthew Shelley)

You might have missed the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas 2011 party at The Gallery at The Joule last night (or perhaps you were, ahem, not invited), but it’s okay. You can live vicariously through these photos and pretend you were there, mingling with some of the loveliest ladies in town.

If photos don’t deliver an intense enough experience, check out Ron Corning’s recap of the event that aired on WFAA this morning:

Meet the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas

Raya Ramsey — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:00:30 +0000

Earlier this year, you voted from among 20 stellar semifinalists to select the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas. Behold those you chose as the most breathtaking beauties, in this behind-the-scenes video from our photo shoot:

Find out (and see) much more about these alluring ladies in the December issue of D Magazine.

Last Day to Vote for 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas 2011

Raya Ramsey — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:21:46 +0000

The final day of voting has arrived. It’s here. Today’s it. Vote today. Just one vote. That vote could determine the fate of the remaining ladies hoping to make the top ten. The ten women with the most votes at midnight tonight will become the 10 Most Beautiful Women in Dallas for 2011, and they’ll be unveiled to you in the December issue of D Magazine in a beautiful photo shoot.

Julie Schults, Charlene Dizon, Candice Benjamin, and Christina Cewe Need Your Votes

Raya Ramsey — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:29:23 +0000

Remember Julie Schults? Momma to twin girls, model on the side, and jewelry designers? She needs your votes. Get to it.

Remember Charlene Dizon? Exotic beauty, software trainer, bacon lover, and UK native? She needs the click of approval. Go.

Don’t forget Candice Benjamin. She’s our good news reporter, girl about town, Dallas diner, and family girl. Vote for her.

Recall Christine Cewe? Adventure addict, momma of two, and former American Idol finalist. She needs your vote. Get going.

Don’t forget to vote over the weekend. Every vote makes a difference. Come back Monday for one final day of voting.

Purvi Patel, Hollie Huggins, Tara Harper, Pat Smith, and Dawn Tongish Need Your Votes

Raya Ramsey — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 15:08:16 +0000

Purvi Patel, Hollie Huggins, Tara Harper, Pat Smith, and Dawn Tongish

Remember Purvi Patel? Our artistic attorney and Madonna’s biggest fan? She needs your vote.

Remember Hollie Huggins? The gun totin’, need-for-speed, Nascar expert? You know the drill.

Feel like you know Tara Harper, doggie philanthropist from Most Eligible Dallas? Vote for her.

Recall Pat Smith? Emmitt Smith’s wife with a heart of gold? Vote for her this curly-haired girl.

Remember Dawn Tongish, heavy hitting news reporter with great guns. (Arms, I mean.) Vote!