Olympic Art Posters
Since the early 20th century, posters have been created by Organising Committees of the Olympic Games (OCOGs) to promote and advertise this major sporting and cultural event.
Some OCOGs develop art posters in collaboration with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in addition to posters featuring the mascot or emblem. On the occasion of the Games, these OCOGs offer an exceptional creative opportunity for internationally renowned and emerging artists to be inspired by the “Olympic moment” and to participate in the construction of the collective memory of the Games with original works that express, through images, the Olympic and Paralympic values and that reflect the universality of sport and the Games.
Paris 2024
For the first time in the history of the Games, seven artists were invited to create diptychs consisting of an Olympic poster and a Paralympic poster to celebrate the Games Paris 2024.
Through their creations, Adam Janes, Gilles Elie, Clotilde Jimenez, Elsa & Johanna, Fanny Michaëlis, Gilles Elie, Pierre Seinturier and Stéphanie Lacombe brought their artistic perspectives to sport as practiced today, its values, and to the specificity of the Games Paris 2024.
In particular, the artists reflected on the notions of inclusivity, parity, celebration and innovation at the heart of the Paris 2024 mission. The posters offer great diversity of artistic expression through photography, illustration, painting, collage, and pencil on paper.