Guatemalan artist Darío Escobar presents sporting equipment like footballs, skateboards or baseball bats in an entirely new context. He sees sport as a global religion of the present era, so even everyday objects we take with us to the playground gain an aura of relics in his installations. A…
What would it look like if only cats competed in the Olympics? That's the question contemporary Japanese artist Nobuaki Takekawa has asked himself in the wake of the commotion surrounding the 2020 Tokyo Games. Through an unusual feline point of view, he reflects on the concept of national rivalry,…
Under the fresh impressions of the recent World Cup, it may seem quite natural that an artist from Argentina, a country with a long and glorious football history, chose this sport as the subject of his paintings. But Messi's countryman is far from depicting iconic footballers. His works celebrate…
Did you know that in the past one could win an Olympic medal for a painting or statue? And that if it was up to Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern Olympic Games, it would probably still be so today?
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