Azul De Corso is a freelance artist, graphic designer, and illustrator based in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Her vibrant and uniquely South American-flavored work has landed her such clients as Pepsico, MTV, Nickelodeon, VH1, Unilever, and Creamfields, among others. De Corso has also worked as an art director for editorials in Mexico and Argentina. In addition to her freelance illustration career, she is also a correspondent for IdN magazine.

Another highlight from the Art Basel Hong Kong week was Takashi Murakami's new exhibition at Galerie Perrotin in central Hong Kong. In celebration of the gallery's 20-year relationship with Mr Murakami, this is the Japanese artist's 9th showing with Perrotin. This particular new body of work features Murakami's "famous alter-ego Mr. Dob and self-portraits of the artist surrounded by his emblematic characters including Kaikai and Kiki with epure backgrounds of skulls pattern."

Organized by artists, Yote and Jetsonorama, The Painted Desert Project invited several artists to visit the Navajo country region of Northern Nevada to meet local residents and create murals. Learning of local customs, history, and tradition, the work created here references much of the culture specific to this area. The most recent contribution to this project came from Ever, who painted a merchant stand with two different, highly colorful pieces. 

We recognized Score had talents for spraying his name on walls, but this video of a recent trip of his to Rio De Janeiro displays his ability to create an entertaining video that documents his travel experiences.  This is certainly not like the majority of graffiti videos being made currently. Set to a thoughtfully chosen soundtrack, this should be motivation to go visit Rio or bet yet, South America as a whole.

Not that we want to deter you from looking at these images, but no picture will do this exhibition justice. I can go on and on about how intriguing the work is, how the Chapman brothers have perhaps made the biggest noise during Basel week in Hong Kong, but even that would not give enough credit to how incredible the diorama pieces of The Sum of All Evil really are.

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....