Juxtapoz took a moment to check out the Scope Art Fair down in Miami and here is a little look at what was seen. The show features booths from some popular galleries such as White Walls, Corey Helford Gallery, New Image Art, Jonathan LeVine Gallery and others. Works from Retna, D*Face, Curtis Kulig, Ron English, Os Gemeos, and many more are on display.

Take a gander after the click.

Team MADE breaks us off with episode 1 of their adventures at Art Basel Miami. The first episode is centered around the Wynwood Walls. Take a look at this video as it explains what this special area of Miami is all about.

Miami’s Wynwood Arts District is certainly a beehive of activity with the rapidly approaching Art Basel on deck and adding to that is France’s JR, who threw up this wheatpaste. Stay tuned for more news and information pertaining to the festivities down in Miami.

Take another look after the click.

Fred Perry created a series of limited edition polos with artist Trey Speegle for Art Basel 2009. Each shirt is printed with a Speegle work, highlighting his use of the paint-by-numbers medium. In addition to the limited-edition 11 shirts, each is packaged with a signed print of the design. These were on hand at the Semi-Automatic “vending machine” at the Mondrian during Art Basel Miami (which has now concluded), so unless you have an art aficionado friend who picked one up, you may be out of luck.

Following the success of the New York pop-up store, Gucci opens a second ICON-TEMPORARY in Miami, coinciding with this year’s Art Basel Miami Beach. The store features 18 exclusive sneaker styles, including a new exclusive Mark Ronson sneaker style (pictured above) that was not available in New York. Each Gucci ICON-TEMPORARY Miami shoe comes packaged in a unique box designed specifically for the city. The store opens today, December 1, 2009 and runs for two weeks.

Gucci ICON-TEMPORARY
180 NE 40th Street
Miami, FL 33137

Today we can announce two exciting exhibitions coming from the O.H.W.O.W. camp. The “It Ain’t Fair 2009″ exhibition brings together the O.H.W.O.W. artist community, featuring over 40 artists, as a group exhibition. Opening night will be highlighted by the screening of Cyprien Gaillard’s Cities of Gold and Mirrors accompanied by a performance by French symphonic composer Koudlam.

IT AIN’t FAIR 2009
Art Basel 2009
December 2 – 6, 2009
3100 NW 7 Avenue / Miami / Florida / 33127

Stages, a collaborative exhibition organized by Nike Sportswear and Lance Armstrong’s Livestrong organisation, will hit its third stop in Miami, after starting in Paris and recently opening in New York City. Artists included in the exhibition are Cai Guo-Qiang, Rosson Crow, Jules de Balincourt, Dzine, Shepard Fairey, Futura, Andreas Gursky, KAWS, Geoff McFetridge, Yoshitomo Nara, Catherine Opie, Os Gemeos, Erik Parker, José Parlá, Raymond Pettibon, Lari Pittman, Richard Prince, Ed Ruscha, Tom Sachs, Kenny Scharf, Eric White, Christopher Wool, Dustin Yellin and Aaron Young.

STAGES
Art Basel 2009
December 3 – 6, 2009
888 Biscayne Blvd. / Miami / Florida / 33132

Last but not least the legendary Max Fish bar from Downtown New York will be opening up in Miami during Art Basel. Taking over a functioning bar space in downtown Miami, the team will be recreating an art installation out of the core elements of the Lower East Side location and importing it’s colorful cast of characters for the week. With a prime location downtown Miami, it will most definitley be the common meeting point for Art Basel attendees and act as the main clubhouse for all of the creative community during the fair week. A full lineup of live bands and dj’s will be performing nightly during ther week as well as movie screenings in an outdoor space.

MAX FISH
20 Year Anniversary
December 2 – 6, 2009
28 NE 14 Street / Miami / Florida / 33132

Both exhibitions and Max Fish Miami are a must see during Art Basel Miami 2009.

The full exhibition fliers follow after the jump.

Upper Playground brings you another interview from The Run Up. This time they chatted with Swoon, somebody you do not catch too often in front of the camera. Enjoy!

Art Magazine has caught up with Pharrell Williams to talk about his newly created sculpture with Takashi Murakami, that we presented to you here yesterday. It is definitely interesting getting some more insight on this collaboration, that also involves Jacob & Co. Check it out!

For detailed images of the artwork, please go here.

Here it finally is. We have heard about this for a while and now we can finally show you pictures of the Takashi Murakami x Pharrell Williams x Jacob sculpture, which was made for the Art Basel fair this year. Murakami created a sculpture and Jacob the jeweler re-created some of Pharrell’s products of choice in premium metals and diamonds. The blinged out objects, including a Pepsi can, Ice Cream Sneakers, Cupcake, Doritos and a condom, have been placed in the mouth of the Takashi Murakami sculpture.

The sculpture is being exhibited from today at the booth of Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin at Art Basel.

Many more images of the Takashi Murakami x Pharrell Williams x Jacob & Co artwork follow after the jump.

Teaming with fashion label Moncler, British artist Stuart Semple has taken a few of the companies logo Ducks (in 160cm fiberglass form) and decorated them. They’ll be unveiled during Art Basel Miami Beach, and then will tour Moncler flagship stores before being auction in February. Proceeds of the auction will benefit The Child Priority Foundation.

Looking purely at the base model for the project, it is worth noting a similarity to the public art/statue campaigns led by New York and Chicago with the Art Cows. Same general idea, same general intent. Just a specter of exclusivity thrown on top. (Via This.Hearts.On.Fire).

More of Stuart Semple’s Moncler Ducks after the jump.