Olympics
Check Out Les Rogers’s Olympic Painting
The Olympics are approaching ever quicker, and New York painter Les Rogers has paired with Oakley to paint two-time gold-medalist Kerri Walsh of the U.S. Olympic volleyball team. You can see the end result to your left. Read More
Here’s a Video of Tracey Emin With the Olympic Torch
Unfortunately it’s not embeddable, but over at the BBC there’s a video of Tracey Emin carrying the Olympic torch through her hometown of Margate, on this, the 62nd day of the torch’s 70-day journey around the U.K. Read More
London Preemptively Arrests Graffiti Artists
The British government seems to have a taken a drastic approach to graffiti prevention at the London Olympics. The Guardian reports that at least four men have been arrested in a sweep that included Darren Cullen, 38, who, far from being a no-goodnik, has designed a graffiti-inspired advertising campaign for Adidas. Read More
Tracey Emin on Carrying the Olympic Torch: ‘Nobody’s Seen Me Run Since 1978!’
The Olympic torch is making its way around the U.K. ahead of the London games and, tomorrow, artist Tracey Emin will carry the torch when it comes to her hometown of Margate. Read More
Brigitte Lacombe Offers Brash Portraits of Arab Sportswomen
Last year, during the pre-Olympic Arab Games in Doha, Qatar, photographer Brigitte Lacombe and her documentary filmmaker sister Marian Lacombe, hung out with some female athletes for the purpose of creating a new series of portraits. The resultant series, a striking look at female basketball players, swimmers and fencers, which was commissioned by the Qatar Museums Authority, will be unveiled in a show at Sotheby’s London entitled “Hey’Ya: Arab Women in Sport.” Today, Nowness posted a great selection of images that offer a glimpse of the upcoming show, which runs from July 25 through Aug. 11. Read More
