2010 Fine Art a visual memory of the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa

Powered by the 2010 Fine Art Consortium, 2010 Fine Art marks the first time in the 80-year history of the FIFA World Cup™ that a licence has been granted to display fine art on this scale as Official Licensed Products of the 2010 FIFA World CupTM. Inspired by the first FIFA World Cup™ to be held on African soil, the exhibition brings together leading contemporary artists in a variety of mediums from around the world. It captures the vibrancy and [...]

Mesoamerican Ballgame Exhibition Opens in South Africa Before the World Cup

MEXICO CITY.- The Ballgame was for ancient Mesoamerican peoples an allegory of the access to the underworld as well as a possibility to reborn, and it is present as part of the FIFA World Cup celebration in South Africa through the exhibition Worldview and Skills: Ballgame in Mesoamerica, an archaeological collection about this practice. The show was inaugurated in May 6th 2010 at the Mapungubwe Museum at the University of Pretoria, in Johannesburg, and will be open until June 10th [...]

Leading Contemporary Australian Artist Commissioned to Paint for FIFA World Cup 2010

ADELAIDE HILLS.- Leading contemporary Australian artist Chris Wake has been commissioned to do a painting for the 2010 International Fine Art Project to celebrate the FIFA World Cup 2010 South Africa. It is one of the largest and most ambitious art collaborations in history. In a few months South Africa will host the FIFA world cup South Africa – the biggest and most-watched sporting event in the world. In the eighty years of the FIFA World Cup fine art has [...]