Art fairs, especially when you get on the circuit like we have been over the past few years, can be overwhelming. Art Basel Hong Kong is no different. There is a ton to see, lots of new galleries to read up on, maybe some similar artists, but mostly this is a crash course in over 50 Asian galleries that we didn't have first-hand experience with.

Ciredz’s most recent mural endeavors both resemble 3D topographic charts in monochrome, with gradients from black to white. The larger piece was painted for the Katowice Street Art Festival in Poland and the other in an unknown location.

UNscenefuture is a multi-disciplinary designer, illustrator, fashion stylist and visual artist living in central Florida. UNscenefuture says that his purpose is "producing inspiring artwork for today and tomorrow." This work makes stunning usage of vectors and graphic design to create both logos and illustrations, art that can be used for a multitude of purposes. We especially love this Game of Thrones ilustration.

Multiple overlapping words with various layers and blending are the specialty of graffiti writer, Pref. These four new pieces all have different sayings and read, “Mindless Vandalism,” “Idiots Pref, ”What You Can’t Get Away With, What Can You Get Away With, and Get Away With What You Can,” and Pref, Headlines Venice.”

All month long, in conjunction with our special June Beastie Boys issue we have been bringing you special content, exclusive interviews, and beastie memories. It's Friday and we are watching the classic "Sabotage" over and over again here in the office....

This week in China kicked off the first edition of Art Basel Hong Kong, the world's most famed art fair that has already taken over Basel, Switzerland in June each year and Miami in December. This particular edition focuses primarily on Asia and Asia-Pacific galleries, given us at Juxtapoz a chance to see new talent and new artists that we have yet to see in person. Yesterday, we took a walk through the first floor of the Hong Kong EXPO center...

This past weekend we stopped by Martha Otero Gallery for the opening of Pedro Matos’ first Los Angeles solo exhibition. Building Castles Made of Sand featuring a new series of oil paintings on canvas and Azulejo panels - a traditional Portuguese medium of hand-painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tile work. Photos and more after the jump…

Every Friday we feature someone old or new, traditional or unconventional, active or not, and so on. This week’s spotlight is on Opium.

The third installment of Suggestivism, a critically acclaimed traveling exhibition curated by Nathan Spoor, takes on a new form under the wing of Mondo Pop Gallery in Rome. The exhibition hangs on two floors of the Roman Aquarium, a classical building which hosts graffiti installations regularly in the basement.

Julie Mehretu's large-scale, mixed media paintings create a dizzying field of layered landscapes to construct colorful and complex and lines. Throughout her painting process Julie will add architectural and geometric sketches in ink, smudges of acrylic paint and then sand everything down to create a smooth finish. Someone has done us the pleasure of creating GIFs of this process from a PBS video segment called "Systems." See the GIFs and watch the video after the jump...