Two former Juxtapoz featured artists, Saber and Rostarr, will be opening a new show at Opera Gallery in NYC this coming Thursday, April 19. We don't have much information at this time, but what we do know is that with the passion and energy of Saber's canvases mixed with the technical abstrations by Rostarr, this one should be good.

"I can't pretend I'm not in love with Paul Insect a little bit, but not in a gay way," says Damien Hirst. Well, if that isn't the way to kick off our time back in the office this morning, previewing May 2007 cover artist Paul Insect's new show at Opera Gallery in NYC and hearing love poems from Damien Hirst, well, then, we don't know what will do it for us. Insect's Out of Chaos opens this Thursday, November 29.

Crucial Fiction, is the name of the new solo show of Ron English in New York City at Opera Gallery. After some delayed caused by hurricane Sandy, we finally could look closely to his new series of paintings that address a fantastical question: What might happen if a 50 year old man created what his 8-year old self wanted: a world of cowboys, indians, and a large group of very strange disposable heroes?

Due to superstorm Sandy, Ron English had his new solo show at Opera Gallery in NYC, Crucial Fiction, delayed to Friday, November 9, 2012. As we asked Ron to set the tone for the election season by curating our November Politics and Art issue, we can't wait to see his new body of work open shop in NYC. 

November 2012 cover artist and curator Ron English is set to open a new solo show, Crucial Fiction, at Opera Gallery in NYC on November 2, 2012. Just in time for the elections, Mr. English. As he notes, "...Give me your imagination, and I'll give you my skills." We're in.

Legendary Parisian stencil artist Blek Le Rat just opened a new exhibition in London at Opera Gallery, and our UK correspondent Butterfly made it out to the opening, Not only did a nice cast of colleagues show up for the opening, but some die-hard fans queued overnight to get one of the free 100 prints that Blek le Rat was releasing.

Curated Mag and Jacob Breinholt stopped by the opening of Saber's The American Graffiti Artist at Opera Gallery in NYC. The show featured the now becoming signature American flag treatments that Los Angeles-based Saber has been developing over the past few years.

In late 2010, Ian "Kid Zoom" Strange had a major impact in the art world with his solo show, This City Will Eat Me Alive, at NYC's Opera Gallery. Ron English calling Kid Zoom, a "Rembrandt with a spray can," was an endorsement that many couldn't help but notice. Juxtapoz contributor Noel Nocciolo interviews the Australian-born artist.

Former Juxtapoz cover artist and legendary Los Angeles graffiti artist and ambassador, Saber, is set to open a solo show at Opera Gallery in New York City next month called "The American Graffiti Artist." On the eve of the opening Willie T captured Saber in a trailer for the exhibition . . .