Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play

Oct. 12, 2024 – Aug. 31, 2025

Zanvyl A. Krieger Main Building

Admission grants entry to the museum and all current exhibitions.
To view Good Sports: The Wisdom & Fun of Fair Play, visit Sat, Oct. 12 or later.

Brooks Yeomans (Photo by Dan Meyers)

Wrestling at the Charlotte Coliseum. 1999. Acrylic on canvas. Gift of Linda and Grey Carter.

On-Deck Circle

Tom Wilborn

Fun at Grandmother's House, Lisa Cain

Courtesy of the Artist

Michael Jordan, by Don Shull

Courtesy of the Elephant Gallery/Emily Dorio.

New York, New York, by Benny Carter.

Photo by Dan Meyers.

Yogi Berra, by George Sosnak

Photo by Ed Pollard. Courtesy of the Chrysler Museum.

Backgammon Set, by Deborah Berger

Photo by Dan Meyers.

Mantis on a Bicycle, by Don Shull.

Courtesy of the Elephant Gallery/Emily Dorio.

Father Time Racing, by Elijah Pierce.

Image courtesy of the Columbus Museum of Art.

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Top Image: C.W. Conner. Men Playing Checkers.
1997. Latex paint on tin. Gift of Joseph and Janet Shein.

Opens Sat, Oct. 12

About the Exhibition

AVAM’s 29th Mega-exhibit investigates humanity’s enduring preoccupation with sports - from the Coliseum to the backyard - to arrive at a better comprehension of our human nature. Herein we praise the capacity of sports to impart important ethical lessons of fairness and civility, such as being a gracious winner and never a sore loser.