Let's see how ArtButMakeItSports (previously at Neatorama) is finding the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. We've already seen some wonderful photos, magic moments captured from the athletic competitions, but is it art? It sure is! Let's see US gymnast Frederick Richard on the parallel bars.
Closed by Sorcery, by Luis Felipe Noe, 1963, 📸 by @Dan_Mullan pic.twitter.com/aPudLCtpQA
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) July 31, 2024
The guy who runs the artbutmakeitsports social media accounts does not use AI to find the artworks that match the photographs. It's all from memory, which fuels speculation that he must be an art history professor or possibly a museum curator. Continue reading to see more of his Olympic/art comparisons.
The Opening Ceremonies provided an obvious opportunity.
Katie Ledecky reached the finish in the 1500 before any of the other swimmers were even in the frame!
French swimmer Leon Marchand celebrates after winning the gold in the 200 meter breaststroke.
Surely you know who this athlete is by now.
The Castle of the Pyrenees, by René Magritte, 1959, 📸 by @BrouilletJerome pic.twitter.com/WsyWeztMYn
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) July 29, 2024
And we can't forget Tim Elter, the poor German surfer who was wiped out on the way to becoming a meme, even though I can't really post it here because the full moon may be NSFW. You can see that art comparison here.
Let's not forget the GOAT, Simone Biles!
Spreading Love: Togetherness is Love, by Cecilia Lamptey-Botchway, 2022, 📸 by @NaomiBkr pic.twitter.com/qD6xEpcIzD
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) July 30, 2024
Even the spectators get in on the action!
Smoker, by Adriaen Brouwer, 1620-38, 📸 of @SnoopDogg by Arturo Holmes pic.twitter.com/WT80JnYQ5s
— ArtButMakeItSports (@ArtButSports) July 31, 2024
See plenty more of the art of the 2024 Olympics from ArtButMakeItSports at Twitter and at Instagram.