1. Today is the 20^th anniversary of the death of the man who perhaps is the most influential modern musician to come out of Dallas, the master axe-slinger, Stevie Ray Vaughan. In the Dallas Morning News, Jacquielynn Floyd argues that Dallas should reclaim the singer from Austin. The Oak Cliff Advocate looks back at Vaughan’s Oak Cliff roots. And Austin 360 reflects on Vaughan’s rise through the local club scene and highlights his importance in the state capital’s music scene.

2. The Dallas Voice profiles the Dallas Museum of Art’s newest curator, Jeffrey Grove, speaking to him about his role creating the Spy Museum in Washington D.C. as well as the current installation of work by Barry Le Va, Charles Ray, and Bruce Nauman Grove curated to complement the Luc Tuymans exhibition.

3. Sure art theft is sexy and romantic, but even the French are getting sick of high-profile thefts. Combating the thieves, however, may not be easy. The New York Times raises some questions:

Who is behind the 20 or more museum art thefts that take place in France every year? How do the thieves even hope to unload easily identifiable pieces by prominent artists? And, most important, are the country’s vaunted art institutions up to dealing with the maneuverings of what appear to be loose bands of professional criminals?