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Football Art @ 2010 Fine Art

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

2010 Fine Art

With so much attention on what might be going wrong with the build up to the World Cup in South Africa (and there have been legitimate concerns), we would like to devote some time and energy to some of the things that are being done right.

The 2010 Fine Art project, created by Managing Director, Craig Mark, combines art and football into two powerful projects, the 2010 African Fine Art Collection and the 2010 International Fine Art Collection.   The 2010 African Fine Art Collection is positioned to use the World Cup as a way to introduce the world to African art, and more specifically to provide artists from Africa with a global platform to exhibit, market, and sell their works to international clients that were previously difficult to reach.  (more…)

Corruption

Barra Bravas Go To South Africa

by Clive Longbottom-Fellow, Esq.

Argentina Crowd

Argentine newspaper Clarín recently reported that the Barra Bravas of several teams in the Argentine First Division have struck a deal with the Argentine government to provide security for government events (whatever that means) in exchange for tickets to the World Cup in South Africa — paid for by the government.  That is, airfare paid for by Argentine taxpayers.  Needless to say, many Argentines are not pleased by this news.

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