On Saturday, April 14, Japanese artist Kazuki Takamatsu opens a new solo show at Corey Helford Gallery in Culver City, California. What first attracted us to his work was a stunning display at Art Basel in Miami this past December, with an eerie approach to combining traditional painting and CG materials, creating a hybrid that looks both handmade and the ghostly work of a computer. Leah Pietrusiak investigates... 

A few things of note here. One, it is always impressive to follow a real photographer's Instagram. Two, it is always interesting to follow a professional photographer's Instagram when they are in a very foreign environment. JR, the famed French social activist, Public Artist, and photographer (plus cover of the May 2012 Issue of Juxtapoz) has been Instragramming straight from North Korea, with some incredible photos of everyday life and various cultural sites. And of course, beautifully composed.

The May 2012 issue of Juxtapoz is our special examination on the state of Public Art in 2012. We have spent over a year discussing the topic of community sevice and Public Art programs with festival organizers, politicians in the US and abroad, and artists about their experiences developing Public Art initiatives and bodies of work, and how their experiences can be blueprints for other artists and cities to follow to better communities around the world. This issue is what we learned. Preview after the jump . . .