This morning we take a look at the photographs of Russian artist Nastya Kaletkina...

We are enjoying the work of Nigerian-born artist Njideka Akunyili this morning. Using acrylic, collage, charcoal, colored pencil, and even Xerox transfer, Njideka creates wonderfully colored and patterned paintings.

We are enjoying the work of New York-based artist Kymia Nawabi this morning. Nawabi is a first-generation Iranian-American artist who describes her work as "an allegory of human behavior" and weaves a fantastical personal mythology together with "adopted gods, mythological creatures and burial ceremonies from different cultures."

Swiss artist Felice Varini is back with another one of his illusionary large scale geometric murals, this time at the Grand Palais in Paris. Watch a video after the jump to see how he uses projectors and stencils to create the artwork which only appears from a specific viewpoint.

Will Bingley and Anthony Hope-Smith have put together a graphic biography of the legendary father of Gonzo Journalism, Hunter S. Thompson who is featured in the April issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. 

The photograpy collective Nerhol's (Yoshihisa Tanaka and Ryuta Liada) latest project consists of piles of photographs rather than a single image. Their subjects sat for three minutues while they took pitures and then the prints were stacked and cut to reveal the layers, resulting in a warping of the subject's subtle movements.

The Juxtapoz June 2013 issue, a visual history of the Beastie Boys and tribute to MCA, is now officially on newsstands. As we compiled the issue, our contributing editor Joey Garfield put together a short clip from his interviews featuring some of the artists who contributed to the visual identity of the band. This is the history of the Beastie Boys, in their voices, from Bruce Davidson to Cey Adams, Glen E Friedman to Ricky Powell. 

We like it when our friends team up. KR and KRINK, who was the cover our Juxtapoz 2x over the years, teamed up with Marc Jacobs and their Bookmarc shop for a series of art markers and ink releases that have been released in numerous color options. As the collab states, "Bookmarc and Krink present the perfect accessory - a selection of the highest quality markers and paint pens designed exclusively for Bookmarc. Fashion meets function."

Our very good friend, Herbert Baglione, who was the cover of our Brazil issue in 2009, will be opening a new solo show, Obituary, with the team down in Mexico City who runs both FIFTY24MX and Juxtapoz Latin America. As you know, for over the past 10 years, Baglione has become of the Brazil's leading contemporary artists, working both in street murals, installation, and fine art, with traits that illuminate existential dilemmas and the perils of modernity and isolated urban life. Phew, we got heavy. 

  Richard Heller Gallery, Santa Monica is pleased to present, Melting Into The Floor, a solo exhibition of new works by Oakland based artist, Brendan Monroe. The show will consist of a body of paintings on paper and a number of sculptures in wood. Monroe's science, almost medical inspired works have seen the pages of our magazine numerous times over the past 5 years, and this new body of work will open at Heller on May 18, 2013.