By Eve Hill | Agnus – DMAMagazine.com – Photo: Elizabeth Lavin.
Photo: Jorge Pardo designed the new factory’s exterior.
The influence of José Noé Suro, the Guadalajara-based tile manufacturer and international art world impresario, is everywhere in Dallas, Texas. And once his presence has been revealed, once you know where to look, you may wonder how Suro ever escaped your notice. He is there while you eat your kale salad at the Commissary, Tim Headington’s downtown cafe. The building’s blue tile façade is by the artist Jorge Pardo, whose works are at MoMA, MoCA, and the Tate, and it was commissioned at the urging of Suro. And he is there, of course, when you sip a frozen margarita at José, the Park Cities restaurant named for him. The black-and-white tile mural covering one wall is by local artist Meagan Reinhardt and features a cameo by the bespectacled Suro.
