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Swallow the Frog

This solo exhibition features Texas artist Jules Buck Jones’ wide range of drawings and paintings that are focused on the natural world — flora and fauna — in a mesmerizing and organic way. His works appeal to adults and kids alike as he  approaches some of his art with a childlike wonder. Check out julesbuckjones.com for a preview. The Texas Sculpture Group also presents its first collaborative show of outdoor installations.

Cufflink Art

Progressions

This Near Southside studio celebrates the end of its first year with a show that includes local and national talent with works past and present. From Lee Albert Hill, you’ll see a large mixed-media piece from 2008, representing the Fort Worth painter’s earlier style. Andrew Abbott of Brooklyn, New York, offers a piece done at a time when he was unsure of his career path. It’s based on a photograph he spotted in a book at his mother’s house in Maine, where he was living at the time.

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Pushing Paper

Enjoy this exhibit of everything from sketches to finished drawings, prints, lithographs and paintings by artists such as Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Al Hirschfeld, Salvador Dali and even some favorite local and regional Texas artists representing mainly the modern era. The curation aims to celebrate all styles, techniques and genres.

Bonus A pop-up by glass artist Duncan McClellan as part of SiNaCa Studios.

Van Gogh and the Olive Groves

Dallas Museum of Art, 1717 N. Harwood St., 214-922-1200, dma.org

While the immersive exhibits create a buzz, a first-ever exhibition of olive grove paintings by Vincent Van Gogh impresses the art world. In collaboration with Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art hosts the series of 15 works painted during the artist’s yearlong stay at the asylum of Saint-Rémy-de-Provence. Created in 1889, the body of work is a visual arc reflective of Van Gogh’s evolving point of view and mental health. Discoveries about his techniques, materials and palette allow scholarly insights, but even the most casual fan will be touched by the painter’s motivations for depicting the trees throughout his stay as a self-admitted patient. Bold, experimental and evocative, the body of work is a powerful testament to the circle of life and the artist’s belief in the healing powers of art and nature. Time-slot tickets must be reserved on the website. Oct. 17-Feb. 6

Van Gogh: The Immersive Experience

Globe Life Park, 1090 Ballpark Way, Arlington, vangoghexpo.com

Stopping short of diminishing the larger-than-life installation of the artist’s work on view at Lighthouse Dallas, we’ll just say its competitor at Globe Life Park makes the original immersive exhibition seem, well, manageable. The exhibition organized by Exhibition Hub Edutainment and realized by entertainment platform Fever also lets you step right into 360-degree views of Vincent Van Gogh’s paintings. At the Arlington exhibit, they’re projected onto 15,000-square-foot screens. But wait, there’s more. An interactive virtual reality journey allows visitors to “walk alongside” the artist for a brief day-in-the-life experience that shares the visuals that inspired him to paint eight of his best-known works, from the stars over the Rhone River to his sadly single bed. Touted as a family-friendly outing, the exhibition also includes galleries separately chronicling Van Gogh’s life and artistic techniques, then finishes out the experience with hands-on art for any littles in your group. Tickets offer admission on the half-hour (seven days a week). And note that the extra bells and whistles generate this commitment caveat: To fully experience the show, visitors should expect to spend at least an hour wandering the 20,000-square-foot light and sound show. Buy tickets on the website. Through Nov. 28

Kips Bay Decorator Show House Dallas

The organizers of last fall’s buzzy inaugural event bring the monthlong fundraiser back with a roster of more than two dozen of the country’s most celebrated designers and architects, including San Francisco/New York-based interiors wizard Ken Fulk. Expect design inspiration inside and out from the makeover of a classic Georgian estate in Old Preston Hollow. Local interior design talent includes Dallas firms Bobbitt & Company Interior Design and Burkle Creative. Dallasite Janet Gridley’s experience as a set designer influences her interior design statements, which have been featured in major national magazines. From Houston, Dennis Brackeen Design Group delivers notably bold and eclectic interiors. Landscape designer Dan Houchard, Dallas native and owner of From the Ground Up Landscape, contributes classic garden compositions inspired by the home’s architecture. Fort Worth’s Trish Sheats (Trish Sheats Interior Design) is a vice chair this year. The home features 11,259 square feet of living space with six bedrooms, seven full bathrooms, a spacious foyer, two full kitchens, sunroom, wine cellar and theater, giving designers myriad opportunities to show off their A game. Last year’s talent transformed spaces into everything from a Turkish-inspired writer’s room to a contemporary loft; we expect the bar to be raised yet again. Proceeds benefit Kips Bay Boys & Girls Club and local nonprofits such as Dwell with Dignity. Health and safety precautions will be in effect. For info and tickets, visit the website. Sept. 24-Oct. 24, kipsbaydecoratorshowhouse.org