{"id":539712,"date":"2026-07-08T19:07:08","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/539712\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:07:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:07:08","slug":"glasgow-2026-commonwealth-games-painting-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/539712\/","title":{"rendered":"Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games painting revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Mosley is also currently the official artist artist for Team GB and produced paintings <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benmosleyart.com\/collaboration\/team-gb\/?srsltid=AfmBOoqEbBgthvGH23hlqsDr_OmQ7CZNmO6UlRLEaBSuU7bmpuQA8HIe\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">for the 2024 Paris Olympics , external<\/a>and the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He said: &#8220;My painting is a celebration of Glasgow. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;It aims to capture the spirit of the city through its iconic landmarks and unique culture, combining those with the sports represented at this year&#8217;s Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;I&#8217;m really looking forward to the Games, painting live, and showing Glasgow what I do.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Adrian Lismore, chairman of the Commonwealth Sport Foundation, said: &#8220;The Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games are a chance to create a cultural and artistic legacy that lasts far beyond the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;With Ben&#8217;s work, the Games will leave Glasgow not just with memories of great performances, but with a vibrant visual depiction of the city, its people, and what was achieved here in the summer of 2026&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Glasgow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cj6nyp4zzzyo\" class=\"ssrcss-1e0jzsh-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">previously hosted the Games<\/a> in 2014 and stepped in to stage the 23rd edition after the Australian state of Victoria withdrew due to soaring costs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Games, which will be held from 23 July to 2 August, will feature more than 3,000 athletes from 74 participating countries. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mosley is also currently the official artist artist for Team GB and produced paintings for the 2024 Paris&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539713,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[307,304,305,306,308,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-539712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}