Painting over a beautiful mural. What are we even doing here guys?
Posted by NuckyMunch@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 197 comments
Posted by NuckyMunch@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 197 comments
soggyypancakes@reddit
Getting ready for FIFA lol… fifa mural going up
KitchenPalentologist@reddit
"No, I'm sorry, this wall isn't for sale"
"Wait, how much?!"
Showertosavewater@reddit
typical Dallas, consistently removes history for bright and shinny
FondabaruCBR4_6RSAWD@reddit
Booo
Nervous-Matter-1201@reddit
Someone should put a killroy in the new mural
Unique-Put1791@reddit
But the games are in Arlington though
MisterSumone@reddit
So are the cowboys but they're still called Dallas.
the_orange_alligator@reddit
More like… FIFART (please laugh$
Sea_Leadership_6968@reddit
Good one Jeb
MalechoMel@reddit
FISHART
DuctTape5119@reddit
lol.
sadegr@reddit
Ew
Rakebleed@reddit
lame
Purple_Commercial_55@reddit
Awwee I’m actually really sad about this
liquidnight247@reddit
What’s wrong with Dallas? A mural lasts for 30 years and this one is by a renowned artist. And the City removes it for 6 weeks of FIFA who cut Dallas out of ticket deals and other business ventures??? We are truly so dumb.
WorriedSalamander107@reddit
The mayor jumped from democrat to republican. So “the art of the deal” is the mantra .
So much winning.
molynn86@reddit
Paint over the art of the deal
kleinekitty@reddit
Get a life lmao
nsfw_vs_sfw@reddit
Unfortunately if you're not democrat, you're wrong. Just how the cookie crumbles I'm 'fraid 😔
NothingButTheTea@reddit
Yeah, that’s kind of what happens when you protect the pedophile class. Democrat politicians suck don’t get it twisted, but individual Democrat voters don’t go around defending pedos like Republicans do.
nsfw_vs_sfw@reddit
Unless you're trying to insinuate that every Republican politician is a pedophile, I'm afraid you've just mistaken your average right leaning person for a MAGA trump-defending extremist
Just-Bothered@reddit
mmmm yes bankrupt me daddy, I love being pilfered by the robber-baron class
nsfw_vs_sfw@reddit
Give it to em', kill'em with sarcasm
TailRudder@reddit
Art of the steal
2018LC@reddit
Steal of the art
Ruffles98@reddit
This is why Dallas has no culture and will never be a World Class city on par with NYC or London despite our population growth. We get a mural from a renowned artist and we paint over it. No art, only advertisement.
FaxxMaxxer@reddit
Culture needs more than profit motive to be fostered.
And at the end of the day DFW will always move in a direction that the capital interests desire. All the way down to the takeover of the City Hall.
The-William-Munny@reddit
Actually it’s a dallas thing. Fort Worth has more culture, better museums. Better zoo. Lots of designated historic neighborhoods where you can’t tear down a 100 year old house and build an oversized McMansion that goes lot to lot. I’ve lived both places and miss parts about Fort Worth like that.
GoldGuarantee3671@reddit
Lmao ft worth is tourist trap the city. Look at me with MAH BIG COWBOY HAT AND BOOTS WERE COUNTRY IN FT WORTH! no you're not country living in ft worth.
YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit
Dallas has a lot of historical districts with such rules though
The-William-Munny@reddit
Where other than Swiss avenue?
YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit
Quite a few! Near Swiss you've got Munger Place, Junius Heights, and Peak's Suburban Addition
https://dallascityhall.com/departments/sustainabledevelopment/historicpreservation/Pages/landmark_districts.aspx
The-William-Munny@reddit
Thanks, I was unaware of those.
DobieLove2019@reddit
Sadly it is fitting. Banking/finance is the hallmark tenant of why Dallas is a major city. I don’t love it, but it tracks.
jamesdukeiv@reddit
Say Dallas when you mean Dallas. Fort Worth has a huge cultural history that we preserve, renovate, restore our public art constantly.
Ok_Tomato_2843@reddit
Dallas? World Class? That’s a good one.
Grouchy-Pool5441@reddit
Litterally have the largest art district in the us and second in the world
peters_pagenis@reddit
The Dallas Museum of Art is absolutely a world class museum.
goldboybronx@reddit
He just said “that’s why Dallas will NEVER be a world class city”
Reading comprehension
azalago@reddit
I already knew FIFA was going to be a joke when they moved all the city employees out of their offices so the FIFA employees could use them. They're all working out of storage rooms, closets, and old sites with garbage equipment. My husband is currently manning his post in a storage room in an old af historical building.
MisterSumone@reddit
And maybe he/she will be doing another mural after the world cup is done.
So, hypothetically, this artist may be making more money for another mural in the same spot.
Or, better yet, a struggling/up-and-coming artist gets a shot at a large mural after the world cup has gone.
BranSolo7460@reddit
The culture was gentrified out of Dallas and moved to Austin almost 30 years ago. Dallas "culture" since then has been a sort of "bourgeois-culture."
gabriannalou@reddit
Removing history for 6 weeks of FIFA is insane..
They should’ve just painted it on a big canvas of sorts and hang it up.. billboards?? Something other than this.
flaming_bob@reddit
The check cleared.
BrightAardvark@reddit
Exactly. Why not hang a big banner instead of painting over it. Dumb as shit.
luckythirtythree@reddit
Seriously…. Like at least just put a temporary billboard over it?
HotwifeandSubby1980@reddit
Seems like that would be cheaper and just as effective
MissusSnowMiser@reddit
It was covered by Ads too?? Our priorities are clear and they stick
No_Hat7946@reddit
So faded up close. Sad
Aggressive_Apple_470@reddit
As a street artists...
Old murals are painted over with new art. It's not some big tragedy. A lot of murals are only meant to be temporary.
For sure avoid the murals in Deep Ellum if you can't stomach that.
liquidnight247@reddit
This artist is actually pretty well known not just some hobby spray painter. Fifa should pay to have it repainted after
CrimsonAllah@reddit
Could have just done a temporary wrap
mswaggg@reddit
I’m a large format printer and as much as I agree, that would be such a pain to wrap
v4por@reddit
The uneven surface, the sheer scale. You'd have to build a temporary walls first I think. 4' x 20' sections, I'd say around 30-40 sections
ChicagoRay312@reddit
They do those advertisements on the buildings directly across the street that are temporary.
Apprehensive-Taco406@reddit
Apple runs Iphone ads down the Sheraton in Downtown that are at least that big using banner wraps. Could have done this here. But no.
ChicagoRay312@reddit
Exactly. Right across the street is a rotating fashion banner wrap.
playballer@reddit
Wrap is the wrong word I think it’s just a vinyl canvas they frame on the building. Wrap is a unframed adhesion application
Accomplished_Link557@reddit
Whose work is it?
Lurcher99@reddit
Was that the Wyland?
yellowsun_97@reddit
The VisitDallas mural being painted over with the current mural was the worst day ever
CompanyEquivalent915@reddit
I miss that tunnel.
elscorcho42@reddit
Let me guess… the Whales were gay?
Flaky_Yam3843@reddit
FIFA will be a bust. No where near the crowds coming.....
taylorgasm@reddit
I can’t believe this, I used to look at that mural outside my dads office nearly 30 years ago. This hurts to see them painting over it.
texas-photo2026@reddit
Who needs arts when you worship cold profits?
Grouchy-Pool5441@reddit
Is that at least a wrap😡
Leader_Bud@reddit
They’re making it a reflecting pool!
AR116@reddit
Are we sure it’s paint and not some sort of temporary covering?
EmotionalDoodlebug@reddit
I don’t know why you got downvoted for asking a very reasonable question. I’m hoping for the same thing… especially since the side is still intact as of now.
homestylecroutons@reddit
History of the Mural: https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/dallas-whaling-wall-robert-wyland/?amp
FickleLaw6370@reddit
Wow, I legitimately was thinking this mural resembled the one in Laguna. Reading the history of mural just made me even more upset that they decided to paint over it.
cllev@reddit
Same in Detroit -- was a beauty. Just lost it recently to some slimy ad.
homestylecroutons@reddit
It’s quite upsetting - wish someone had restored it honestly
FickleLaw6370@reddit
Restoration would have been respectable. the article states that’s what they did to the one in Laguna.
Rakebleed@reddit
What the fuck that’s been there for decades!
LowerSeat2712@reddit
The artist is a well known conservationist. Republicans hate conservation and the environment so this is probably a big win for them.
The-William-Munny@reddit
I lean conservative and think this is the dumbest thing a Democrat run city has ever done. It was actually cool we had something like that.
jamesdukeiv@reddit
“Democrat-run city” with a Republican mayor who does nothing but chase the moneyed interests of the city’s rich
The-William-Munny@reddit
He switched to a republican. He’s a RINO. It’s moot though as Dallas has a weak mayor system like so many cities. City manager has all the power. Sort of defeats the purpose of elections right? Don’t worry he’ll be out next election.
jamesdukeiv@reddit
And barely ever displayed since it’s constantly covered by junk ads. Shameful to destroy it like this.
ChicagoRay312@reddit
That wall is never covered by ads. I walk by it every single day. All of the other buildings walls around there have those ads on them, but they never have ads over the whale art.
yeahright17@reddit
It was covered by ads from the mid 00s until Covid.
DaveTheW1zard@reddit
Probably should read up on the actual history. From 2005 to 2020 it was already covered up by advertising. And when the ads were taken down, what was left behind was a mural that needs a lot of work. Rather than repainting the mural they’ve decided to put something different up.
Rakebleed@reddit
This is a wrap right and they’re not actually painting over it?
yeahright17@reddit
The guy in the picture looks to have a pole with a brush.
ChicagoRay312@reddit
No, it is definitely paint. I walked by an hour ago.
liquidnight247@reddit
Dallas really has no respect for art or architecture
rat_penis@reddit
Dallas has no respect for its history. It tears down everything old. Developers and Highland Park elite run that town.
jamesdukeiv@reddit
Not unless it’s obscenely profitable
kesin@reddit
enter fifa lol
UnknownQTY@reddit
Don’t they owe the original artist’s estate a fuck ton of money now?
ShimeUnter@reddit
Why would they?
GeekyTexan@reddit
Because of a weird court case in New York.
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/02/13/585416520/new-york-judge-awards-6-7-million-to-21-graffiti-artists-for-destroyed-murals
I disagree with the decision and expect it to be overturned, but probably not soon.
playballer@reddit
Jurisdiction has no bearing on Dallas so I think this is not a risk , I’d be surprised if any Texas judge would make this decision
tingra@reddit
Lotta nuance in that ruling, and even more so in the visual artist rights act of 1990
UnknownQTY@reddit
It’s a fairly famous artist and there were agreements with where these went up.
slavatejasu@reddit
Probably not
Greyscale7950@reddit
That's the paint left over from the Reflection pool job in D.C.
vmanu2@reddit
AT&T blue.
jamesdukeiv@reddit
Ironic since AT&T is bailing out of Dallas
CaughtALiteSneez@reddit
Nooooooo
misscrankypants@reddit
At this point I expect it to be a mural of Trump.
Colejohnley@reddit
“We can have nice murals anymore. That’s the goal. That’s the rule now.”
Sad_Towel_5953@reddit
Dallas hates culture. This is sad.
creativeusername_vt@reddit
To quote sports mayor.... What can I say, I like sports.
Unfortunately, he doesn't like sports nearly enough to be any good at keeping sports teams in the city, but that's another matter. But yeah, fuck everyone who approved this.
championgoober@reddit
Not so unusual. The murals got painted over and someone else paints a new one. Been happening forevarrr
shittyhawaiitips@reddit
this is not the same, dumbass. it's been there for almost 30 years.
vacation_bacon@reddit
Honestly this mural, while lovely in conception, was very faded and tired looking.
bittsweet@reddit
i still miss seeing the mural with the little boy pulling the wagon :(
Confident_Host_4480@reddit
NOOOO WHAT
MarkMakesArt@reddit
Art is dead
Silent_Scientist_991@reddit
Just wait until they paint "The Eyeball" to look like a soccer ball.
Final_Prune3903@reddit
Noooooo I love this one
Alu_bunny@reddit
Homelander's face 🥹
DysprosiumNa@reddit
WAIT WTF WHAT NO
ArtemisiasApprentice@reddit
That’s so sad.
Agitated_Mess3117@reddit
The whales are tired and have nothing to do with Tx.
holupwayment1999@reddit
Greed really is sickening
Berns429@reddit
Recently Dallas announced a massive general fund budget shortfall of about 18-24 million. After much debate and reflection, they decided the best course of action was to spend more money.
As for the WC mural, no match will actually be played within the Dallas city limits as Arlington is 20 miles west of Dallas. Yes, you might see some tourists, but all that spending for about 9 days of live games. And a total of 1 ish months of football.
I guess they’re banking on a big boost. Curious to see how it plays out financially.
The-William-Munny@reddit
Actually read an article today that hotel’s in host cities are reporting very slow demand. Big shock for such a boring sport.
loves2ride1@reddit
FIFA coming
Thanks_Buddy@reddit
WTF!
Aware_Growth_6643@reddit
By my upvote I actually mean down vote.
SpaceGoat88@reddit
What an absolute shame. I have ridden the TRE into work every day for years and love this mural. I'm devastated.
Then_Supermarket18@reddit
Then_Supermarket18@reddit
The artist commented on Instagram
Vegetable-Rip6871@reddit
Oh no I always loved this mural. F*ck Dallas man I’m so sick of it
BillyBobJangles@reddit
Just like the mockingbird station apartments.
NTPC4@reddit
Same color as the DC reflecting pool, I bet :-(
otakumilf@reddit
They must have hired the Fanta fascist’s pool guy to do this one…
Physical_Try8299@reddit
As a Wyland fan with several small pewter pieces, this is sad to see. $$$$$ (aka FIFA) rules everything
Marcush214@reddit
This sucks it’s been there most of my life This is like when they got rid of planet Hollywood downtown
Psychonaut_Cmdr@reddit
I loved that mural. But it’s faded now. Let’s see what pops up next. It could be a statement, it could be an ad. In the end, it’s not our building. I’m not sure Dallas has a say. Hopefully it will be something equally cool.
ribbit_rabbit_roo@reddit
Nothing is sacred
Electronic_Tank7575@reddit
Is that Trump’s pool?!
thepatient9@reddit
No whales in Dallas though 🤷🏻♂️
ImaginationSea7684@reddit
🤬
Prestigious-Pin-3204@reddit
WTF!!! NOOOOO
OmenQtx@reddit
Jibbers forbid we have some kind of unique personality on display ANYWHERE in our corporate hellscape of a city.
iampalibro@reddit
or something that will pay the owner of the building lol... dolphins dont line the owners pockets
TejasEngineer@reddit
My dad used to park in this lot. I associate this painting with visiting his workplace.
Opus_777@reddit
Damn I've loved that since I was a kid
Objective_Ad_2279@reddit
Didn’t they put up banners for the Mavs? couldn’t have done that again? DaLOLas.
Backupaccount84@reddit
Is that the same artist as the one in Jefferson av?
Impossible-Try-9161@reddit
A travesty.
Sasquatch_Mt_Project@reddit
All the racist anti FIFA post. Do better Dallas.
johnny_chingas@reddit
Wow. This pissed me of more than I thought it would. Fuck the people responsible for this.
UnipegDownDaHareHole@reddit
An iconic Dallas landmark master piece gone for some stupid ass over priced money grabbing sport 😔
bigyittiezz@reddit
Dallas is never beating the allergic to any sort of culture allegations.
I’m sure the ad of Messi chugging Gatorade will be just as compelling 👍👍
llehctim3750@reddit
The next mural will be a guy kicking a soccer ball. Dallas, the city without a soul. Who gets to decide what the new art will be?
cp5i6x@reddit
Texas making things look like the DC swimming pool.
rabidwolf86@reddit
😒😒🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
dragjamon@reddit
They've covered over a few
bats2cats@reddit
Not the Whales! This city has no sense of history or beloved landmarks!
Right_Shape_8179@reddit
Probably going to paint something new.
curiouswizard@reddit
if it's for FIFA couldn't they just put up a damn banner or something
TheWizard@reddit
Portrait of Trump holding his FIFA Peace Prize
some_random_chap@reddit
Oh, an old mural that was so faded that we can almost make out a few whales, how will we ever recover from such devastation.
Prestigious-Arm-8874@reddit
The mural was fading bro
9bikes@reddit
It was much more vibrantly colored when it was new.
Open_Economics632@reddit
This is actually so sad
No_Pie4638@reddit
Enshittification
opinionsOnPears@reddit
We can just put up another murinal when it’s over.
liquidnight247@reddit
And who is paying for that murinal?
goatswithattitudes@reddit
Mexico obviously.
NuckyMunch@reddit (OP)
Okay. This was funny. Props where it's due.
ID100661@reddit
This is the rise of fascism
JorgAncrath2020@reddit
The whaling wall is no more
coltonmusic15@reddit
Probably a fucking advertisement
radarksu@reddit
Drink your Ovaltine!
RobbieAnalog@reddit
They should call it "round-tine"
radarksu@reddit
The can is round.
Crazy_Ad_91@reddit
SMOKE.
steelareolas@reddit
Damn the whales have been up there for a long time.
JokersGlascowSmile@reddit
I feel like the news should know about this
Lost_Condition_9562@reddit
Classic Dallas… perpetually tearing down the old to make way for the new
coldfox02@reddit
It was either time to repaint it put something new. It really wasn’t that beautiful
UnknownQTY@reddit
It was historic though.
coldfox02@reddit
Being there a long time does not mean historic. Whales have nothing to do with Dallas, it’s just a tie in to the aquarium, which doesn’t even have whales.
homestylecroutons@reddit
It has NOTHING to do with the aquarium: https://www.papercitymag.com/culture/dallas-whaling-wall-robert-wyland/?amp
coldfox02@reddit
I stand corrected, maybe they will bring it back after World Cup in a few years
liquidnight247@reddit
You paying for it or who will?
UnknownQTY@reddit
The artist died.
liquidnight247@reddit
Look up the artist before you talk
soggyypancakes@reddit
It wasn’t… lmao. And they are painting a FIFA mural over it… good to attract people to small businesses in that area🫡
DecentPrintworks@reddit
FIFA doesn’t give a flying f about small businesses. I bet this ad will be for Michelob ultra
YaGetSkeeted0n@reddit
It’ll be a mural of every FIFA Peace Prize winner 🤣
DecentPrintworks@reddit
It is the same color as that reflecting pool repaint
jamesdukeiv@reddit
They’re going to end up getting themselves sued, apparently. Wyland has gone after people defacing his murals before.
DecentPrintworks@reddit
SayYesToDallas campaign working its magic! Brought to you by Miriam Adelson!
jazzeejeff@reddit
Probably a Sun Cruiser ad or some garbage drink like that
graaavearchitecture@reddit
Would be nice to just cover it temporarily. That mural immediately brings me back to my childhood.
CompanyEquivalent915@reddit
Man. It will always have a place in my heart.
Grizzly_Bears@reddit
What a beautiful sky blue
yellowsun_97@reddit
So glad I recently took photos of this mural! It was one of my favorites.
masonjar014@reddit
Maybe painting another beautiful mural? Let’s take a beat before complaining about something we don’t have all the information on.