Football
The beautiful game? Untangling the tricky relationship between art and football
The sport has a rich historical connection to visual culture but a new trend to immortalise the living presents interesting challenges
‘The Roman emperors wouldn’t have put up with it’: Harry Kane statue gets art critics talking
The footballer attended the unveiling of the work after it finally found a permanent home
Too many balls on the pitch? Naked football performance kicks off Euro 2024
Eddie Peake's balletic nude piece took place in Berlin
‘God Save the Team’: artist Corbin Shaw seeks to reframe divisive Saint George flag through message of unity
As England’s football team prepares to play its final group game at the Euro 2024 championships, the Sheffield-born artist has added words to the emblem that he hopes will remind people to protect players from racist abuse
Pop art—sports star Tony Adams and H from Steps become curators
The pair were among the celebrity “selectors”—together with curator Péjú Oshin and sculptor Julian Wild—behind the 25th ING Discerning Eye exhibition in London
Origami cranes and muddy boots: Fifa Museum unveils the memorabilia it acquired from the Women’s World Cup
Japanese markers of gratitude, along with Indigenous symbols of welcome from Australia and New Zealand, will be shown alongside mud-stained footwear, kit and balls in a new exhibition
Goals, glory and tackles: the art world battles it out on the football pitch
Tate emerged victorious at the five-a-side OOF Cup on the grounds of the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in north London
Artist and the local football club help fairgoers with soccer skills at Frieze Los Angeles
Alake Shilling demonstrated the art of football at a clinic organised by the Art Production Fund and Los Angeles Football Club
England footballer Raheem Sterling launches art project with National Portrait Gallery
Works on self-identity will be shown at the revamped London gallery next year
London gallery turns Premier League football match into an art installation
Mark Titchner's work was displayed at Tottenham Hotspur's stadium and broadcast to millions of fans
Premier League and Uefa consider legal action over footballer John Terry’s NFT baby ape tweets
NFTs feature the leagues’ trophies which are protected under trademark laws
Footballer Marcus Rashford 'on verge of tears' after messages of support cover his Manchester mural vandalised by racist graffiti
Public artwork honouring the Black Manchester United forward was defaced within hours of England's Euros loss on Sunday
As the Euros kick off, we ask…what has football got to do with art? Quite a lot, actually
The European Super League, an elite alliance betraying football’s roots, was scuppered by fans. These same power structures exist in the art world – so where’s the resistance?
Deaf artist calls out Fox Sports news for limiting her sign language performance at the Super Bowl
Artist defends anti-racism football campaign that uses images of monkeys
Italian football league—which commissioned the paintings made by Simone Fugazzotto—have now apologised saying they are "inappropriate"
Russian government urges museums to give discounts to World Cup visitors
Football fans get free entry at Tretyakov, but no special treatment at Hermitage
Match of the day: football vs art
The two may seem unlikely bedfellows, but plenty of artists are football fans—and they are making their allegiances known during this summer’s World Cup
Juergen Teller tackles football’s highs and lows in Moscow show
Exhibition at Garage Museum includes stalker-like snaps of Pep Guardiola and live work charting Germany’s World Cup success—or failure
Football star and former Formula 1 boss caught up in fakes case
Jonathan Zebina and Flavio Briatore deny knowing paintings may be forgeries
Ethiopian football fans demand return of Axum obelisk looted by Mussolini
Official campaign for restitution of sculptured stele