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2026-06-08
Created in partnership with the New York New Jersey 2026 FIFA World Cup Host Committee, The Art of the Game brings twenty-three internationally acclaimed artists together to reimagine soccer’s most iconic object – the ball – as monumental public sculpture, installed across New York and New Jersey. Museum directors, curators, and cultural leaders helped shape the program and select its artists.
Art and sport share something rare: both cross borders, speak without translation, and pull strangers into the same moment. The Art of the Game puts that connection on full display, placing ambitious contemporary work in parks, plazas, transit hubs, and museums – where millions of people encounter it simply by living their lives.
The program was designed from the beginning to outlast the tournament and become part of the lasting cultural legacy of the 2026 FIFA World Cup
Opposite – Bassim Al Shaker, “New Birth”, 2026
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