There is nothing more high-octane than the Olympic season, and while the symphony between art and sports began to tour around town. Starring the electrifying performance presented by Vogue World: Paris and for Gagosian, an international gallery, it’s just the right time to pull up on a sport-themed show entitled “The Art of the Olympics”, bestowing the eloquent beauty of sports games in painterly and sculptural forms. Here, We’re highlighting a smattering of visual artists who have incorporated athletics into art.

This is a reductive sketch of the adolescent diver, British athlete Tom Daley, who made his Olympic debut at the age of 14. Painter 𝙏𝙤𝙢 𝘿𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙣 depicting Tom diving off a 10 meter platform against a color rendered, figurative crowd, showing his precocity as an Olympian at puberty.

The American painter whose work always takes pride in blackness. 𝙃𝙚𝙣𝙧𝙮 𝙏𝙖𝙮𝙡𝙤𝙧 captured this triumphant moment of Alice Coachman, who is the first black woman to win a gold medal in high jump at the 1948 London Olympic game. The painting was later shown at MoMA Ps1 and made its auction debut at Christie’s post-war art afternoon sale in 2016.

What does a painting of a skier flashing by a snow-covered downhill look like? For Japanese artist 𝘼𝙮-𝙊, certainly a rainbow. In his 1992 painting "Olympic Skiing", the artist reimagines the alpine skiing event as rainbow-mania, mimicking the visual universe human perceive objects and nature in the surrounding environment.

With one of the sweltering Olympics fast approaching and no beach in sight, Munich artist 𝙍𝙚𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙘𝙖 𝘽𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙪 suggests getting together poolside - the best way to put the merciless heat at bay. Her signature style involves partial gestures and fluorescent colors deftly applied in a subtractive manner. Aside from that, she creatively paints on Dibond, which is, of course, super ready for a heat-resistant summer.

"I am fascinated by the ways that strength, power and beauty can be blended in the female form," states 𝙅𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙨𝙤𝙣 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙜𝙚𝙧. With the artist's affection on women's volleyball in the Olympics, painting athletic women has become a vernacular in his oeuvre, characterized by portraits depicting muscularly built female figures embracing their daring sport moments. Fittingly named by the artist himself, "Weird Figuration," these works arouse an oddly sensational blend between strength and fragility.