Cool Hunting Video Presents: The Beautiful Game

“The Beautiful Game” is a wide ranging artistic study of soccer made to coincide with the World Cup

Cool Hunting Video

10 July 2006

In this Episode of CH Video we explore ‘The Beautiful Game’ (soccer that is) and its correlation with contemporary art by spotlighting a recent New York City wide exhibition of the same name curated by Trevor Schoonmaker and Franklin Sirmans. In a recent tour of Roebling Hall Art Gallery, co-curator Sirmans explains the motivations and ideas of contributing artists from around the globe.

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