SCOPE Art Show 2024: What's On View

At Miami Beach, SCOPE Art Show is heating up for its 23rd edition, now through December 8, 2024. In line with this year’s theme of Interdependence, the show is bringing together over 85 international exhibitors from 15 countries to celebrate the power of creative collaboration. Here’s a glimpse of what’s on view so far.

Art and sport become one at GCS Gallery’s solo spotlight on Nikkolos Mohammed, capturing the rhythm of competition in his bold collage-like works. Dr. Esther Mahlangu’s 26 foot painting “Ukuthula Makube Nawe (Peace Be With You)” delivers a tender message of peace while Lucy Sparrow’s Produce family portraits features a sweet display of her signature smiling felt fruits.

Elsewhere, artists look to texture as a dialogue of collaboration and collective memory. At John Doe Gallery, nuggets of nostalgia echo the flux and fade of an airbrushed surface, while Lovewatt’s presentation reimagines moments of pop culture under a vibrant light. In the show’s central lounge, Hypeart is making its SCOPE debut with works by Stickymonger, UFO907 and KATSU exploring the liberatory power of spray paint, alongside a special ASICS installation featuring CHITO’s snarling dog signatures.

Each week-long VIP pass to SCOPE includes a champagne pass, a guest pass, access to exclusive on-site programming, a selection of SCOPE merchandise and an entry to the SCOPE Party featuring a performance by Quiana Parks and Kelela. To purchase tickets and learn more about the fair, visit scope-art.com.

Hirshhorn Museum Pairs Basquiat and Banksy in Groundbreaking Exhibition//APE Unveils Trio of Colorful Camo Type 2 BAPEX Watches

The Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C., is set to showcase a unique pairing of works by Jean-Michel Basquiat and Banksy. Opening later this month, the year-long exhibition will feature Basquiat’s 1982 painting “Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump,” reportedly purchased by hedge-fund manager Ken Griffin for over $100 million USD as per Artnet.

The work will be displayed alongside Banksy’s reimagined version, which includes stenciled police officers frisking Basquiat’s skeletal figure. Banksy originally created the piece outside London’s Barbican Centre to highlight the irony of a street artist being exhibited in a museum that typically erases graffiti.

Both artists have a history of using public spaces for their work, with Basquiat emerging from the graffiti duo SAMO and Banksy’s guerrilla art gaining global attention. They have also become auction powerhouses—Basquiat’s record-setting $110.5 million USD painting and Banksy’s “Love Is in the Bin” selling for $25.4 million USD.

The Hirshhorn show will also include 20 smaller Basquiat works and a screening of ‘Downtown 81,’ a semi-autobiographical film starring the artist. ‘Basquiat × Banksy’ will be on view from September 29, 2024, to October 26, 2025.

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SW, Washington, DC 20560BAPE has updated its Type 2 BAPEX wristwatch watch with a trio of new color schemes. The silver watch has rolled out a few different iterations over the years.

This new release offers a colorful take on BAPE’s distinct ABC camouflage print. Each of the watches features a face with the camo, along with a jeweled bezel of Cubic Zirconia.

A stainless steel silver bracelet provides a clean and crisp backdrop for bright blue, pink and green versions of the Type 2 BAPEX. Matching the color of the face, light-colored crystals encircle the bottom of the bezel, while deeper colors form the top.

The forthcoming trio of camo Type 2 BAPEX watches will launch online and in-store on September 14.

Timberland's New Campaign Is "ICONIC" Indeed

Timberland had to go big to celebrate the legacy of its infamous Original Yellow Boot. While the boot celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, the workwear imprint isn’t done spotlighting its signature footwear offering quite yet. In the new, incredibly aptly entitled “ICONIC” campaign, Timberland taps four equally as iconic creatives – Naomi Campbell, Teddy Swims, Slawn, and Kai-Isaiah Jamal – to front a captivating new shoot.

Campbell leads the lookbook and leaves little to the imagination, donning nothing but her Original Yellow Boots. Singer-songwriter Swims poses for a striking shot where his grills glow and his OG Boots are slung over his shoulder. “Through the generations, [the Original Yellow Boot] has been consistent,” says Swims. “It’s a powerful boot that represents style in such a way that never changes. It’s always fresh no matter what year it is, no matter what you put on.”

Nigerian artist Slawn expands on that sentiment, stating “The Original Yellow Boot is classic. Sexy. Very me. I’ve got like six pairs.”

Model, poet, and non-binary, trans visibility activist Jamal completes the campaign, adding “For me, ‘iconic’ are things that have legacy, history, and cultural footprints. Ultimately the story behind Timberland and the way in which culture was embraced and has birthed from it a new culture… for me, that is deeply iconic.”

Last year alone, Timberland linked up with Louis Vuitton, Wales Bonner, and White Mountaineering to rework the silhouette.

ZARA'S KATE MOSS COLLECTION IS COMING SOON

Drawing on disco, seventies style and Moss’s own wardrobe as sources of inspiration.

Zara has recently been on a roll with its collaborations. From regular team-ups with fashion royalty like Nick Knight and stylist to the stars Harry Lambert to a recent announcement with Samuel Ross, the high-street retailer appears to be edging into a new era. Its latest venture? A collaboration with the iconic supermodel Kate Moss.

Presenting a new Fall/Winter 2024-25 collection, the new team-up arrives just in time for party season and takes inspiration from Moss’s own wardrobe of contemporary classics. Co-designed with the supermodel’s stylist Katy England, the collection fuses disco references with a hint of rock’n'roll, drawing on seventies style, Studio 54 and Led Zeppelin as additional sources of inspiration.

“I’ve enjoyed working with Zara on campaigns over the years and always loved their collaborations so when Marta and I first talked about this project I was excited… getting to design clothes again and work with Katy England,” Moss begins in a press release. “For this collection, I wanted to create the perfect party capsule – pieces that feel effortlessly chic but with an edge. Mixing classic cuts with just the right amount of glam to take you through the party season,” she adds.

Celebrating the collection is a new campaign lensed by two of Moss’s favorite photographers (and all-around icons) Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.

Take a look at the new Kate Moss x Zara collection above, available via Zara stores and its websiteon November 30.

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THE 9 FENTY BEAUTY BUYS BEHIND RIHANNA’S VINTAGE GLAM LOOK IN NEW SHORT FILM

The dynamic duo of Rihanna and A$AP Rocky have broken the internet again with the release of their short film, titled Born to Steal: Yours, Mine, Ours, where the couple fully leans into the mystique of old Hollywood glamour. Rihanna is seen throughout the film strutting in an embroidered mesh robe from Savage x Fenty, with sparkling diamonds on her neck, wrist and fingers. Her hair fluffed-out in a 1930’s-style hairdo that screamed vintage Hollywood beauty, complete with Betty Boop-style swirled baby hair to match.

As for the makeup, although the actual short film is in black and white, Rihanna plays fully into the understated look of vintage glam, by doing a fairly natural beat and topping it off with a bold lippie. Luckily, we’ve got the drop on every Fenty Beauty product used to create Riri’s short film look so you can recreate it at home.

The glam team prepped Rihanna’s skin and lips with the Thicc N Smooth Rich Peptide Eye Creamand Plush Puddin Intensive Recovery Lip Mask. To create the natural-leaning old Hollywood look, the team started with the Pro Filt’r Instant Retouch Concealer, Hella Thicc Volumizing Mascara, and the Lux Balm Ultra-Hydrating Cherry Lip Balm. This was followed up with Stunna Lip Paint Longwear Fluid Lip Color to create her bold, statement lip. Moisturizing Butta Drop Whipped Oil Body Cream adds shine to the singer’s skin, while a spritz of Fenty Eau de Parfum – which itself embodies the vintage glam aura of the film – and the Invisimatte Instant Setting + Blotting Powderwere the final finishing touches. All of these items can be purchased on the brands website.

For more Rihanna realness, checkout our coverage of A$AP Rocky’s Rihanna-coded jewelry. Iced out jewelry has always been a love language amongst celebrity couples – cue Kash Doll’s “Ice Me Out.” From Elizabeth Taylor to Marilyn Monroe, custom jewelry is the most romantic gift dating back to the 1900s. Much like rapper Future’s love of buying women Audemars Piguet‘s, whether you’re actually a couple or not doesn’t even apply. The only rule? The more extravagant, the better. As for Harlem rapper A$AP Rocky, it’s clear his love languages are none other than custom jewelry… and Rihanna.

The couple first made waves in 2013 via the iconic “Fashion Killa” music video we all know and love. Just ten years later, they became fashion’s flyest family — debate us — and Rocky’s “D.M.B.” video was just the first step in proving it. The couple is now preparing for their first official, and highly acclaimed collaboration, releasing February 28 for Fenty Skin. Despite elaborate couple’s style, they’ve remained rather hush about their relationship, with the only detail being that she’s the bottom — her words not ours.

PDA jewelry is definitely not a new occurrence. Summer of 2023, aka the summer of Barbie, Ryan Gosling donned an “E” necklace as a nod to his wife Eva Mendes. Ironically, the celebrity couple has also remained rather hush about their relationship. It makes us wonder if PDA jewelry could replace the cute “PDA manicure“ trend for private, but pub lic-facing couples?

As Rihanna shared on the Puma red carpet, their greatest collaborations have already been made — cue their “two bomb ass little boys at home.” But their next could be one for the books. “I don’t think any collaboration is going to top that,” she said. “But I do believe that anything me and Rocky collaborate on is going to be fire.”

What to expect? We don’t have a clue, but while you wait, here are our favorite jewelry collabs from fashion’s flyest couple.

4. Matching “R” rings that fueled wedding rumors

3. Rocky’s 4R birthstone ring upgrade

2. “D.M.B.” trophy ring

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1. “Marry Me” grill set

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