"If Salvador Dali lived today and really wanted to get into the medical profession but wanted to keep his artistic chops, we get a gut feeling that his work could possibly go in the direction of Milan, Italy's Valerio Carrubba. We have always wanted to coin a term such as "Anatomical Surrealism," but now we sort of want to call Carrubba's work "Anatomical Surrealist Landscape" painting.

Close friends of the Juxtapoz family, Dennis McNett, Swoon (currently on the cover of the May 2012 issue) and Monica Canilao were in Milan recently to collaborate on an exhibition at Patricia Armocida. The exhibition, titled The Folding Of the Known World, will be on display through July 20, and features installation works and collaborations from all three US-based artists.

Los Angeles-based fine artist, Gary Baseman, just sent us a few preview images of his newest exhibition, Vicious, set to open this Thursday, April 5, at Antonio Colombo Arte Contemporanea in Milan, Italy. The exhibition will feature over 30 new works based on the concept of "hunger."

Martina Merlini is an illustrator currently living and working in Milan, Italy. As a child, Merlini proudly announced her intention to became a children's book illustrator; this basic artistic desire has continued to propel her work forward, evolving into a beautifully simple yet aesthetically powerful style that leaves a definite visual impact on the viewer.

The Italians just do it better. Anytime BLU or Ericailcane do a wall it becomes news because they are talented duo leading the way in large-scale European mural work. The two just teamed up again for a piece in Milan called the "Skating Team" mural. More views after the jump . . .

Unurth just introduced us to Felice Varini, who creates these fantastic single perspecitve street art pieces. The piece you are looking at here was done in Milan, and obviously you can see, this is an interesting way to present public art. Really well done. More after the jump . . .