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P\u00e9rez Art Museum Miami is hosting a major exhibition, titled Get in the Game: Sports, Art, Culture, tracing the link between athletics and art
\nThe Miami Design District presents Sunset Flip, a two-person painting showcase by artists and pro wrestlers Thekla Kaischauri and Lee Moriarity<\/p>\n
They might not be the first perfect pairing that comes to mind, but art and athletics go way back (let\u2019s not forget that at one point art making was an Olympic sport). With the ongoing Open, F1 Grand Prix and FIFA World Cup heating up in Miami, the city\u2019s art institutions are chiming in with two concurrent shows exploring the link between sports and creativity.<\/p>\n
The P\u00e9rez Art Museum Miami<\/a> sets the tone with Get in the Game, running through the end of the summer. Featuring over 100 works and artifacts from Virgil Abloh<\/a>, Derek Fordjour<\/a>, Julie Mehretu<\/a>, Paul Pfeiffer<\/a>, Hank Willis Thomas<\/a> and more, the exhibition examines the imprint that sport has left on culture, be it through fast-paced Nascar races, neighborhood pickup games or key points in history.\n<\/p>\n Meanwhile, up north, the Miami Design District hosts on Sunset Flip, a duet painting showcase by artists and pro wrestlers Thekla Kaischauri (All Elite Wrestling Women\u2019s World Champion,) and Lee Moriarity<\/a> (Ring of Honor Pure Champion.) Curated by Cultural Counsel\u2019s Adam Abdalla<\/a> alongside gallerist Nina Johnson, the show bridges the gap between art and wrestling by moments in and out of the ring. The 10 works on view move through arcs of triumph, defeat, sportsmanship and meditative in-betweens, pairing Kaischauri and Moriarity\u2019s distinct figurative styles.\n<\/p>\n