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'Art But Make It Sports' Book

'Art But Make It Sports' Book

Side-by-side pairings of iconic sports moments with their uncanny fine art doppelgangers.


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Editor’s Note

LJ Rader spent years running one of the internet's best sports accounts, @ArtButMakeItSports, pairing photographs of athletic greatness with their fine art equivalents, and now it's a book. Spanning basketball, baseball, softball, football, soccer, tennis, hockey, golf, and the Olympics, it places iconic sports photographs next to paintings, sculptures, and works of art that mirror them with sometimes eerie precision. LeBron James hoisting the NBA Cup lines up beside Salvador Dalí's Man Holding Up a Baby. Jason Kelce's touchdown celebration echoes The Feast of Bacchus by Philips Koninck. Sabrina Ionescu's 2023 WNBA playoff run maps onto Eugène Delacroix's Liberty Leading the People. Going beyond visual similarity, the pairings pull out thematic connections that are harder to shake. It's the rare sports book that earns a permanent spot on the shelf.

Details & Specs

  • Publisher: Chronicle Books
  • Author: LJ Rader
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Pages: 176
  • Dimensions: 8.66 x 7.99 x 1.18 inches
  • Weight: 1.60 lbs
  • Published: March 2026
  • ISBN-10: 1797236830
  • ISBN-13: 978-1797236834