Spot 24

The Olympic Exhibition Sport and Urban Cultures

Exhibitions

To celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games Paris 2024, the Olympic Museum and Paris je t'aime (Paris tourist office) are teaming up to present "SPOT 24 – The Olympic Sport and Urban Cultures Exhibition". This co-production pays tribute to six new Olympic disciplines: skateboarding, sport climbing, BMX freestyle, surfing, 3x3 basketball and breaking.

Date

03 April - 31 December 2024

Place

More information available on the partner's website

Information on the exhibition

SPOT 24

101 quai Jacques Chirac

Paris 15th arrondissement (access via Bir-Hakeim metro station)

France

Nowadays, sports disciplines rooted in urban culture are practised all across the world. Incorporating these into the Olympic and Paralympic Games marks the dawn of a new era: an encounter and dialogue between two worlds and a shared history that is just waiting to be written.

This exhibition draws its inspiration from Riding the Olympic Wave, which was on display at the Olympic Museum in 2022-23 and created under François Gautret's artistic direction. With a view to presenting Paris as a welcoming place for urban cultures and sports, visitors can enjoy an immersive and interactive exhibition, with artwork and images from the Olympic Museum collection as well as original creations by French and international artists.

Through a combination of iconic objects, archives and special programming, it offers visitors a detailed map of the new Olympic disciplines and the urban cultures to which they are inextricably linked, thus feeding our collective consciousness. This exhibition helps to strengthen the already close link between the City of Paris and these cultures.