OLYMPIC ART VISIONS

Leading contemporary artists interpret sport and the Olympic values. 

Xavier Veilhan, The Audience (2021) / Tokyo, Japan
Through its Olympic Art Visions programme, launched in 2016, the IOC invites renowned visual artists to create original artworks inspired by sport and the Olympic values that are presented in publicly accessible spaces in cities hosting the Olympic Games.


Each newly commissioned project is intended to open up Olympism to the broadest possible audience through the universal language of art, to bring people together, and to foster dialogue around timeless Olympic ideals. 


Alison Saar, Olympic sculpture inauguration, *Salon,* 24 June 2024, Champs-Elysées, Paris.

 alison saar: salon (2024) - paris, france

Alison Saar was selected by the IOC and the City of Paris to create the sculpture installed in the French capital to honour the legacy of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. 

Xavier Veilhan, The Audience (2021) / Tokyo, Japan

Xavier Veilhan: The Audience (2021) - Tokyo, Japan 

 French artist Xavier Veilhan presented a permanent, site-specific public installation commissioned by the IOC, entitled The Audience.

Leandro Erlich: Ball Game (2018) - Buenos Aires, Argentina

The IOC commissioned Leandro Erlich to create a large-scale installation bringing to life the Olympic values.

 JR: Giants and Inside Out (2016) - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

For the inaugural edition of the Olympic Art Visions programme, an artist, JR; a writer, Tilman Spengler; and a digital talent, Gerald Andal were invited by the IOC to produce and present new works for the Olympic Games Rio 2016.              

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Olympian Artists

Olympian Artists are people who are both artists and Olympic athletes.