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Juxtapoz ends the 2016 calendar year with an artist in the midst of a significant evolution: Amsterdam-based Parra is getting looser. And more experimental. And making more sculpture work. Long associated with a unique hybrid of both skate and design-culture mixed with humor, we sat down with the Dutchman on the eve of his new solo show, "No Work Today," and talk about his long, extended weekend that he says has been going on for years. Except, you know, he's made a brand and significant art career out of it.

December 20116 also features
—A dedication to the career and influence of Frank Stella, as told by an emerging group of fine artists
—A stupid serious conversation with Tokyo-based, Madsaki
—Toro Y Moi shows us his new paintings
—Parker Day shows us her face... and then her faces
—We get 18k square feet of Nick Cave . . .
—And we get a Danish design lesson with Poul Gernes
—Robin Eisenberg breaks down her new designs for Thrasher
—HuskMitNavn has us remembering his name
—Cinta Vidal is making the world upside down
—Optmist is covering the San Francisco Bay Area
—... And we visit the Land of Springsteen with Mike Shine