This Day in History: 2023-03-30

Nr. 436

PENALTIES DOWN TO A FINE ART

Football was the inspiration of an ever-changing piece of art in 2003. In a unique collaboration Antonio Becerro – Chile’s equivalent of Damien Hirst – had top player and compatriot Francisco Huaiquipan take penalties against him using a freshly painted football. The goal was a large white canvas and the work of art changed every time Colo Colo player Huaiquipan struck the ball. Becerro said: «Even the missed penalties produced art because the ball splashed me and the canvas.»