The most beautiful artistic playgrounds in the world

À l’occasion des Jeux olympiques 2024, de nombreux terrains de sport ont été peints par des artistes, partout en France. Mais cette tendance est mondiale et a commencé il y a une dizaine d’années. L’un des terrains emblématiques, c’est le playground de Pigalle à Paris. Découvrez notre sélection des 10 plus beaux terrains de sports artistiques “all over the world”.

Terrain de basket de Lakwena en Arkansas (États-Unis)

Nestled in the lush green landscape of Martin Luther King Jr. Park in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, these two basketball courts have been radically transformed by London-based artist Lakwena and her typographic art.

• Location: Pine Bluff, Arkansas, United States
• Type of field: basketball
• Artist: Lakwena (England)
• Production/sponsors: Justkids and OZ Art
• Date of completion: 2020

Terrain de tennis Art Courts à Miami (États-Unis)

As part of the "Art Courts" project, which funds the creation of artistic spaces in the United States, the artist collective "Kiik Create" surprises with its bright colors and geometric shapes.

• Location: Miami, United States
• Type of court: Tennis court
• Artists: Kiik Create, Manoela del Pilar, Madera Nadal & David Gray Edgerton
• Sponsors: The United States Tennis Association
• Date of completion: 2018

Terrain de basket Pigalle à Paris (France)

Located in Paris's^9tharrondissement, the Pigalle basketball court is world-renowned. It now features in a promotional video by the City of Paris for the 2024 Olympic Games.

• Location: Pigalle, Paris, France
• Type of field: Basketball court
• Artist: Stéphane Ashpool
• Sponsors: Nike
• Date of completion: 2020

Skatepark de l’artiste Okuda San Miguel dans une église (Espagne)

Built in 1912 by architect Manuel del Busto in the town of Llanera, Spain, this church had been abandoned for many years. It was even beginning to collapse until it was taken over by a collective. The collective renovated it and turned it into a public skatepark covered with colorful geometric murals by Okuda San Miguel.

• Location: Llanera, Spain
• Type of terrain: Skatepark terrain
• Artist: Okuda San Miguel
• Director: Okuda San Miguel
• Date of completion: 2015

Terrain de beach soccer de l’artiste Benedetto Bufalino à Anglet (France)

Famous for his poetic and offbeat works, artist Benedetto Bufalino has created a major installation on Anglet beach, covering an area of twenty meters by thirty. The usual white lines painted on the ground to mark out the playing field and establish the rules have been replaced by solid walls.

• Location: Anglet, Biarritz, France
• Type of field: Hybrid beach soccer/beach volleyball field
• Artist: Benedetto Bufalino
• Date of completion: 2016

Terrain multisport artistique d’Umag (Croatie)

In order to meet the growing demand for sports and arts facilities, the municipality of Umag has financed an artistic sports field. Completely open to the public, all residents can enjoy this beautiful field.

• Location: Umag, Croatia
• Type of field: Multisport field (basketball, tennis, soccer, volleyball, ping-pong)
• Artist/Architect: Nenad Maric
• Production/sponsors: Municipality of Umag
• Completion date: 2022

Complexe nautique de Manhattan par Alex Proba (États-Unis)

For this waterfront complex located on Roosevelt Island, the artist unveils a bright, colorful, and geometric creation that contrasts with Manhattan's industrial landscape.

• Location: Manhattan, United States
• Type of terrain: Water sports complex
• Artist: Alex Proba
• Date of completion: 2020

Skatepark du Zuk Club à Moscou (Russie)

This gigantic trompe l'oeil located in the heart of Moscow, in a skatepark, captivates with its vibrant colors and quirky design. The experience is even more intense when you "skate" on the complex.

• Location: Moscow, Russia
• Type of terrain: Skatepark
• Artists: Zuk Club
• Date of completion: 2016

Terrain de basket dans une ville abandonnée en Sardaigne (Italie)

Built on the northwest coast of Sardinia, this city has been given a new lease of life through an open-air art trail. The motif features representations of plants and sea foam. The overall effect is particularly graphic, with a patchwork-style composition.

• Localisation : Argentiera, Sardaigne
• Type of field: Basketball court
• Artists: Tellas & 2bleene
• Sponsors: Ministry of Culture and the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity, Italy
• Completion date: 2023

Terrain de sport artistique de Vincent Bargis à Paris (France)

Finally, if you want something done right, you have to do it yourself. So we have included one of our own projects in this selection. It is the multisport field created for TikTok and UEFA, with artist Vincent Bargis. This large-scale project combinesmurals (180 m²), murals (525 m²) and anamorphosis. Artist Vincent Bargis perfectly matches TikTok's identity, both in terms of the colors he works with and the shapes and dynamism of his designs.

• Location: Paris 18th arrondissement, France
• Type of field: Soccer field
• Artist: Vincent Bargis
• Production/sponsors: TikTok and the City of Paris
• Date of completion: 2021
• Photos : Tiktok – Terrain Serpolet x Vincent Bargis

See also

• Les fresques artistiques sur des terrains de sport
• Vincent Bargis : présentation de l’artiste et de ses œuvres
• Quand le street art trompe le regard : les trompe-l’œil les plus impressionnants dans le monde
• Paris La Défense x Vincent Bargis
• Press