Monkdogz Artblog

Even the art world is impacted by the sports world on occasion.  An interesting wager has been set up based on the results of the Super Bowl XLIV which will be played this coming Sunday, February 7^th to determine the American football champions of 2010. 

Tyler Green who writes the Modern Art Notes blog at ArtsJournal has instigated a bet between The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Indianapolis Museum of Art.  If the New Orleans Saints win on February 7^th, the Indianapolis museum will send “The Fifth Plague of Egypt” by J.M. Turner to the New Orleans Museum, which gets to show it for three months.  If the Indianapolis Colts win instead, then the New Orleans museum will send the “Ideal View of Tivoli” by Claude Lorrain to Indianapolis for a three months exhibition.  

What a great way to bring these two worlds together.