Juxtapoz will be headed to NYC this week for all the festivities around Frieze and the surrounding art fairs. But one thing we will definitely be checking out is Jane Alexander, cover artist of our Contemporary African Art survey in November 2008, and her installation work with Museum for African Art that is residing at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine on Amsterdam Avenue.

Participating in a month long residence hosted by /A Word Of Art, AEC of Interesni Kazki has utilized his time in South Africa by painting some large walls and canvases. Here we have two vibrantly colored, visually striking walls. One painted in Johannesburg and the other in Cape Town.  Also included in this photo set is a new painting by the artist. Diamonds appear to be a reoccurring theme in all three of these pieces.

Like something out of the movie Water World, a new project in Lagos, Nigeria aims to create floating buildings to be used as classrooms for children. The Makoko Floating School is currently under construction with the first generation of floating structures being designated solely as an educational center and the hope to create a variety of facilities to accomidate poor communities.

Constantly jet setting all over the world to paint murals, Aryz is now in Saint-Denis, Réunion, a small island off the mainland of Madagascar. He has been keeping himself busy painting this massive pipe smoking monkey for the Big Up 974 Festival.

Belgian-based artist ROA continues his busy, world traveling year with a project in Gambia with Wide Open Walls 2011. The mural and street artist completed what appears to be many walls, and a video documents ROA's work for WOW that you can watch after the jump...