Knicks and Spurs Game Gets an Arts Wager
San Antonio’s Department of Arts and Culture challenged the NYC agency to make a deal: Whoever loses Game 5 posts their favorite artwork in the winning city.
The vibes are as high as the humidity in New York City in anticipation of Game 5 between the New York Knicks and the San Antonio Spurs this Saturday evening, June 13. But the stakes were just raised off-court too, now that the San Antonio Department of Arts and Culture has its own challenge for the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA).
In a video on social media, the Texan city's arts and culture department called on the DCLA to make a deal: Whoever loses Game 5 has to post their favorite public artwork from the winning city.
"We love supporting art, film, and music in our city," San Antonio's team says. "We also love our Spurs."
“Oh, it's on, Go Knicks!!! 🧡💙🗽” DCLA responded in the comments.
Rest assured that there's no trash talk to be heard here, as the San Antonians said they're huge fans of DCLA.
With the Knicks leading the Spurs 3-1 right now and a wealth of public art above and below ground for San Antonio to choose from, NYC appears confident both on the court and in the streets.
But if the tables turn, all of San Antonio's public art, including Donald Lipski's “F.I.S.H.” (2009), Anne Wallace's “Golden Age” (2013), Joey Fauerso's “Canopy” (2018), is easy to parse through on its website.
