We’re quite used to what the human body looks like, but Dutch artist Lucy McRea and Bart Hess aren't satisfied. Instead of just getting some tattoos or piercings, the duo produced an art exhibition combining ideas of architecture, fashion and yes, the body, into photographs of people draped in colorful foam. Is this a possible clothing evolution or mankind’s future bubbly extensions? Though they claim the work has "no specific intention, other to make and metabolize," we believe Lucy and Bart definitely had a lot of bubble baths as kids. Take a look at their eye-grabbing images on their website and blog.

An interview with artist/local hero Herbert Baglione and a hardcore-turned-samba musician Kiki Dinucci are just two of the stories in the packed new issue of the Sao Paulo free bimonthly magazine Mais Soma from JoshSpear friends Kultur Studio. With a distribution of 10,000 in a city of 16 million people, you can guess copies disappear fast. The glossy is a superbly done publication putting alternative and lesser-profiled subjects in front of the public eye. Plus, they have the occasional international star, like Shepard Fairey, who did a substantial Q&A in the last issue. We know many of you (ok, so plenty of you) don’t live in Sao Paulo, but you can still watch special videos on their site via Somacast, and download previous issues as PDFs for digital perusal.

If you’re well connected, you would’ve received an invite yesterday to RSVP for a private preview on Friday for Dalek’s only exhibit this year, Overweight, at Washington D.C.’s Irvine Contemporary. It’s gotta be one of the biggest tickets in town (and sorry, we don’t have any to give out, but you can click here for a reasonable alternative). We’re guessing this based on what chaos it was trying to land tickets to the Takashi Murakami — Dalek’s boss in 2001, when he worked as his assistant — show in L.A. last year. The solo show sees the pop artist presenting new paintings that are as meticulous and psychedelic as ever. By occasion, Irvine Contemporary’s releasing a signed print produced in small quantity. The exhibit officially opens on Saturday, May 17, with a party open to everyone, but be nice when swarming your idol there.

Attention Los Angeles-based art-seeking missiles: Have you been scanning your radar looking to track down another enthralling exhibit? Well a new blip has popped up at the Subliminal Projects Gallery in Echo Park (which also happens to be owned by Spear favorite Shepard Fairey). On May 17th through June 13th the gallery will feature the work of two extremely exciting artists: Louise Bonnet and Deedee Cheriel. The Swiss-born Bonnet’s work is known for its “hippie-ish style” and “punk iconography.” Cheriel’s is a more satirical look at the relationships between humans, animals, and nature. Talk about the original odd couple.

Last April we clued you in to the vast artistic talents of mixed medium artist and designer Kelly D. Williams. In case you missed it — or have been jonesing for more of Williams’ distinctly raw, unapologetic and explorative work inspired by music, skateboarding, and his Teton Mountain upbringing — we have a treat for you. The current Senior Creative Director for the Distrikt Collective has been given the highlight reel treatment thanks to the efforts of videographer Shawn Murdock (in conjunction with Kreativ Network Gallery). Murdock edited together a retrospective of various projects, exhibits, commercial designs, and original art created by Williams that manages to capture the essence of it in just under five minutes.

Some graphic designers have more flow than others — and I’m not talking about those who moonlight as rappers. Brazilian freelance art director Cristiano Trinidade is more whom I have in mind. His repertoire of drawings, graphic and motion design work stand out for their fluid lines and organic feel. It’s a perfect contrast to the concrete cityscape of Barcelona, where he recently mounted an outdoor billboard assigned to him by ROJO. I’m into the textures in his designs; a style that makes them more complex. With this type of flow, who needs rhymes?

The folks at Barcelona’s artist and designer consortium, ROJO, have been on our radar for quite some time now. Their wonderful design books, coupled with a multitude of other artistic endeavors, have more or less become staples of our design diet. Luckily for us we’re still hungry for more, because as our preferred purveyors of Spanish design perfection, they’ve got even more goodies for us to eat up. This time the group behind ROJO Magazine is going beyond print and product collaborations by expanding into the world of video art. Their new site, ROJO TV Online focuses on bringing art fans the best video talent around, completely ad free. Not only can you see astonishing work created by artists such as Robert Seidel, Antenna, and Javier Longobardo, but if you fancy yourself a master of the moving image, there’s an open call to submit your own pieces. So go ahead … show the art world you’re a creative force to be reckoned with.

The web has allowed a whole new range of collaborative photography projects to flourish. Artists teaming up are obviously nothing new, but the ease and instant gratification afforded by the Internet makes for free-flowing ideas around the world to congeal into one artistic idea. Some of these collaborations have found a way to focus on one thing that’s universal and immutable: time. Our locations, cultures, and languages are all different, but it's always going to be 10:15 a.m. somewhere. With that in mind, Ten:15 wants you to send in a picture of whatever you happen to be doing at 10:15 a.m., no matter where you are in the world.

Participants can create their own user portfolio and link it back to their personal site, making it a great way to search for new photographers — or just be a voyeur in other people's lives. You can search the archives by photographer, date, or location. Somehow, the communal collection of our banalities turns them into something fascinating. Having photographic proof that some dude in Manila is putting cream in his morning coffee just creates a little more balance and order in the universe. The casual nature and spontaneity of the photographs can't be faked. They capture that laid-back moment where someone picked up their camera or phone at 10:15 a.m. and just snapped away.

We love a good light show as much as anyone, but Elliot Golden has taken it to a sci-fi level. The fantastic lighting effects in the above image leave us terrified to ask what is dripping from that man's hands. Elliot comes from an illustration background, depicting the surreal world of bland working environments. His new work explores the possibilities of injecting that same feeling into human extremities. Whatever’s happening, it makes us want to watch old space monster movies with a black light on. Elliot has a new show that just opened in Williamsburg at the Heart and Soul Gallery.

Feeling a need to break out that party beret? Well, for six hours on Sunday, June 8th on London's famed Brick Lane Road you can do just that. Indulge in delicious wines, cheese, and watch all kinds of artists do their magic — including turn two cars into art-cars — at the Vauxhall Art Car Boot Fair. So far, about 50 talented folks are signed up to participate. One of the more happening events at the fair is Pretty Taxing's booth, where they'll be hocking holders for artist crafted tax discs (for us Americans: registration stickers). It’s a little bit of inspiration for an otherwise ugly institutional tag on your vehicle.

Kent Rogowski taught us something new today. Apparently puzzle pieces are interchangeable within a brand. If you take a standard Milton Bradley jigsaw of a sky scene or a flower garden, you can actually layer the elements to arrange a montage. We also learned that these awesome puzzle montages are part of Rogowski’s Love = Love show debuting tomorrow at one of our New York favorites, the Jen Bekman gallery in Soho. Then we taught a course on particle physics. Just to give something back.

How did the Swedes become such good designers? Their idea of Wall-Mart is IKEA, the people are gorgeous, and their streets are always clean no matter what time of night you are out. It’s a question we may never solve. Stina Persson is no exception, as she walks the line between designer and artist, showing her work in big galleries around the world and creating advertising designs for major brands. It's no wonder she has all this attention. Her illustrations are sexy pictorials of attractive urbanites and the fluid surroundings of Europe. Persson is part of the Le Femme show opening at L.A.’s Nucleus Gallery, May 10 through June 3.

When you’ve got Sepultura calling you on the phone to do your record cover, you could count that as a pretty good sign to keep on truckin’. It took a couple of years, but after designing the band’s Dante XXI album, Brazilian painter/illustrator Stephan Doitschinoff, aka CALMA, has finally landed his first solo show in the States. It’s been a long time coming for this talented artist, who’s broadened his project scope beyond metal bands and recently did a kid’s book about gypsies. The Fim do Mundo show at Anno Domini gallery in downtown San Jose features his most recent work — always incorporating religious iconography — and a special on-site installation. It runs till June 21.

It doesn’t really matter if you like photography or not (although, who doesn’t?), Daily Dose Of Imagery should be a staple read for anyone looking for inspiration or visual goodness. Frankly, it’s a must visit for people who can see. Sam Javanrough — a Tehran, Iran native living in Canada since ‘99 — has skills on the camera trigger to be reckoned with, which he has pulled off daily since July 2003 (the archives are deep and seemingly never-ending). Today’s post is an incredible cloud cover from Saturday evening. Yesterday’s was a drugstore aisle transformed into a moving photograph. He sells prints every day as well, from $18 for a 6-inch x 8-inch to $550 for a 44-inch x 50-inch piece. Keep snapping that shutter Sam!

Have you ever walked down the street and had someone give you a couple grand? Better yet, have you found large amounts of money all wrapped up in a pretty label? No? Then you should move to London. For the past five years artist Adam Neate has been littering the streets of the city with cardboard paintings tacked onto bus stops or leaning against light polls. Passersby typically don't know that these rubbish masterpieces have been hot items for art collectors ever since Neate's gallery exhibitions have sold out consistently for big bucks. We hope the irony that this expensive art serves a double purpose as wino's pillow isn’t lost on Neate. A collection of his new work is being shown in the more traditional means at Elms Lester's Painting Rooms alongside American Ron English in The Adam and Ron Show.