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Haroshi makes his jaw-dropping art sculptures by recycling old used skateboards. His last show we covered, Harvest, in 2009 blew us away and his newest in 2010 proves endless creativity…and an impressive collection of used decks.

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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s Fool is the first major New York exhibition of the Japanese artist Yoshitomo Nara (born 1959), and features more than one hundred works ranging from his early career in the 1980s to his most recent paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics, and large-scale installations. There is a lot going on in this massive exhibit, so here we help you break it all down.

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If you won’t be in the Big Apple this Sunday, September 12, then you’re in luck because we have a huge preview of Ron English’s upcoming pop-up exhibit, Status Factory opening that same day. Looking through these works is like thumbing through a catalog of candy coated social ills, which is just the artist’s intention.

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A couple big things happen in our September 2010 issue. Retna nabbed the newsstand cover as MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch introduces his interview (calling Retna’s work “some of the freshest work I had seen all year”) and Editor in Chief M. Revelli goes on to interview him and discovers where the artist is now in his great ‘sprint.’

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Miss Mindy is one half of a duo dubbed The Art Sisters, the other being her sister (duh), CJ Metzger. A full-loving pair, we sit down Mindy for some Back Talk (and learn about her backyard 'mushroom house') in anticipation of their long-awaited new show, Pie in the Sky.

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Expect more than Mickey and SpongeBob at this year’s 84th annual Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade. Organizers have invited Japanese pop artist Takashi Murakami’s Kaikai and Kiki characters along for the ride.

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Japanese photographer Li Wei takes typical scenes, from cityscapes to landscapes to basketball courts, and adds a touch of the impossible. Like flying through the air.

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Remember when we told you about the Nike patent to develop a self lacing shoe reminiscent of Marty McFly's in Back to the Future? The internet phenomenon created a huge buzz and a new and improved prototype has already been released. It actually looks pretty solid too.

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Here we see a peek from the first painting in Miss Van's (Juxtapoz cover #90 ) newest series entitled "Mascaras." These works powerfully present a delicate balance between the classic and modern.

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Serbian born photographer Boogie has been in Los Angeles the past few days doing what he constantly does, capture the essence or urban life. The subject matter can be harsh at times, but Boogie has earned solid respect from us because through the digital revolution, he’s stayed tried and true to classic black and white analog.

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