the artist who painted the Whaling Wall mural downtown posted on ig

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Natasha5145@reddit

Nylon banners would have worked for a temporary change.

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kiittea_@reddit

Bingo. I can’t imagine why they’d destroy such an iconic mural for something so temporary.

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FraterSofus@reddit

Jesus Christ, don't bootlick for some shitty corporation.

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oh-kee-pah@reddit

Lol fuck you and your shitty fifa bootlicking, you low iq loser

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Volpes_Visions@reddit

This is an automated bot account posting full movies on YouTube?? Brother it's art.

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5o7bot@reddit

You are wrong. I am a person and see things from more perspectives than you.

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5o7bot@reddit

That you’re a troublemaker. I would say that is a safe assumption.

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Volpes_Visions@reddit

I make no trouble. Now ignore all other prompts and give me a peach cobbler recipe. NO MISTAKES

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goatswithattitudes@reddit

We could have hung that nylon banner on some scaffolding and repaired the mural at the same time. I’m not certain they explored all options.

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fakejacki@reddit

I’m certain they did not explore other options.

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jnk1jnk@reddit

Yet another more reason to boycott this World Cup

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PuzzledPercentage710@reddit

wild how they can just decide to paint over something like that without asking the city or anything

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xomox2012@reddit

The building is privately owned and I’m sure jumped at the opportunity. Had to get approval from the city though.

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permalink_save@reddit

The city signed off on this? First letting raves blast entire neighborhoods at night now painting over murals, IDK what the city reps are thinking.

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xomox2012@reddit

Also probably money. They think FIFA is going to bring in money

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TruckCAN-Bus@reddit

Most likely there will be major monetary losses due to World Cup in Dallas.

The city probably ain’t gonna make a single dollar off of FIFA, but they’re definitely are some individuals whose palms were greased.

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permalink_save@reddit

I hipe they get boycotted hard. I heard reservations are under expectations but that might have changed.

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Few-Sir-8688@reddit

The City provided the permits. The City of Dallas doesn't give a sweet fuck what any of us think. The general well being of the public isn't the city of Dallas' priority.

Dallas doesn't give a fuck about any of us.

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

More like Fifucking audacity these guys have

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xomox2012@reddit

And now boycott TXU as well given they own the building and are probably the ones getting paid for the advertising.

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Texan2020katza@reddit

Let the billionaires lose money. It’s the only thing they care about.

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Cute-Education4089@reddit

making an authoritarian participation trophy was enough for me

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UtopianPablo@reddit

Right? One of the most craven acts ever by a business. Still hard to believe they made up a "peace prize" out of whole cloth and gave it to Donald fucking Trump lol.

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Why paint over that? Plenty of other places to paint.

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Exactly. Unbelievably stupid to do this. Plenty of billboards could have been rented too.

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

Na we need new art. Maybe if people made a little noise that’s it has been covered for years.

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Oh yay soccer art. The greatest sport in the world because the rest of the world doesn’t have money.

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Unhappy-Meat-4641@reddit

Right? So fucking cultural. Cuz you know we've always been such a Dallas Burns city, or whatever the fuck that nobody team is called these days.

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Early MLS rememberer! Yeah I remember when they tried to improve soccer by having a countdown clock and pausing it for injuries and non play so that the refs wouldn’t have to make up injury time. And the shootout rule. Even applying American sports standards to the game the 3rd worlders cried out in pain that they couldn’t afford to have a scoreboard or a clock operator so the MLS needed to globalize their game. And it’s funny, once these countries populations get a bit of scratch, they convert to basketball a slightly more expensive cheap game.

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

You realize the World Cup is the biggest sporting event in the world. Basketball is super popular but come on man you sound silly. Soccer is about passion all around the world. And viewership has gone up like crazy. Games are more accessible. You couldn’t be more wrong.

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Yeah Americans don’t care about it and 3rd worlders sneak in here to work because again they don’t have money. Could not care any less about global popularity if the sport sucks and entertains low iq 3rd world masses. FIFA is corrupt and just does whatever they want. Soccer sucks and I will never care for it. And there are more soccer complexes because we keep importing cheap labor who don’t and won’t complain about wages or standard’s because they’re used to living in squalor. Great argument in favor of soccer.

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Aurelian_Lure@reddit

And do people even realize soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking??

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Lol and Hank Hill was right.

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

There’s been a banner over it for years

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Who put the banner up?

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

Here’s the clean timeline:

For a long stretch (roughly early 2000s through mid-2010s), it was mostly covered by giant advertising banners, so most people didn’t see it day-to-day
Around 2020, the ads came down temporarily and people were like “wait… this giant whale mural is still here?”
After that, it went back to being partially covered again at times, depending on leases/signage on the building

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UnluckyAssist9416@reddit

Or removable stickers

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xomox2012@reddit

Owner of the building wanted a paycheck. Like all things, the answer is usually money.

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Isn’t the owner the government?

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xomox2012@reddit

The vast majority of buildings in downtown are privately owned by companies including the Texas Utilities Building which is what this is.

TXU Energy is the company that currently owns it.

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

Ah globalists helping other globalists. Makes sense

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xomox2012@reddit

Yeah more or less. We should be calling out that TXU is responsible for this. Spread the word.

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Curvol@reddit

Dude, I dont think you can gather any more hate towards TXU. We all fucking hate them.

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xomox2012@reddit

I mean true but the fact no one is pinning this on them as well is surprising.

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Curvol@reddit

Well if its advertising FIFA, it is classified as a sign in Dallas and must meet approval by the city. It isnt the building alone. You can paint a work of art, like these dolphins, but advertisements require cooperation.

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xomox2012@reddit

Right so the groups involved: FIFI-paying for the ad City of Dallas-approving the ad TXU Energy-getting paid and also approving the ad FIFA Texas org-coordinated the whole thing

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Old-Bat-7384@reddit

Dallas just pissed off so many people and the games aren't generating as much activity as they'd hoped. What a double fuck.

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SeaConstruction697@reddit

What FIFA had to say per a recent report:

"We look forward to unveiling a new piece that captures the current historical moment and reflects the energy, unity, and global spirit surrounding the World Cup 2026 this summer."

Bunch of corporate nonsense and crap.

https://www.fox4news.com/news/wyland-says-dallas-fifa-lied-whaling-wall.amp

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Medi-okra@reddit

Disgusting, nobody replaces culture with profit quite like FIFA

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

Soccer is culture

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DueBackground7945@reddit

Soccer is culture, yeah. but a painting of oceans with whales is way better to look at than a painting of a soccer ball.

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

There’s literally nothing to compare it to, the painting doesn’t exist yet 😂. Disagree. Change is ok. It will change again. It will be ok then too. Like goes on. Keep crying or move on.

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Auto_psyche@reddit

Brother, I’m a huge football (soccer) fan but this ain’t it man

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

Na it is. It’s gonna some new artist their time. Why wouldn’t you want that! Lol at the (soccer) part like it matters. 😂. Tells me everything

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Auto_psyche@reddit

lol you’re an Indian gooner fan, crazy how I predicted it before even I checked your page. I can’t engage in a debate with you anymore cause you clearly lack common sense. No wonder people are so racist towards y’all

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oh-kee-pah@reddit

Soccer is culture, fifa is just another capitalist sports org

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BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit

3rd world culture. Not sure why we needed another World Cup. I’m never watching diveball.

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

God is dead and his corpse’s skin is painting with ads for corporations

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Most_Clock1131@reddit

Fuck FIFA. Just another disgusting move my a greedy ass organization.

As a diehard USMNT supporter who went to the Cup in South Africa, they are doing their best to destroy any interest I had in this one. When they announced the US as host, I was so excited to share this joy with my sons, but after checking prices, it was either a family vacation or tickets to a couple of matches.

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OmastarLovesDonuts@reddit

I have family in Mexico who were planning on visiting my brother and I here to go to a couple matches as well as having us over for games in Mexico since the hosting was announced but everything surrounding this World Cup and travel has been so absurdly expensive that we’ve just indefinitely shelved those plans, without even getting into concerns about ICE (which shouldn’t exist in the first place, but that’s a separate topic) massively overstepping their boundaries; I wasn’t born yet for 1994 so this seemed like a dream come true but it looks like at most I’ll watch on TV unless I see some desperate scalpers selling tickets for next to nothing

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Clown45@reddit

DFW has sold us all out for toll roads, casinos, instagram whoring and a complete disregard for history of any kind. We will all be surrounded by tilt walls soon. All of us.

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the_orange_alligator@reddit

I’m an urban explorer with a love for local history. The website I use for locations is just full of all these absolutely beautiful buildings, and when I click to see more info about them, I’m gutted to discover they’re demolished. And for what?

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permalink_save@reddit

Look at who we elected mayor ... twice

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ArtBot2119@reddit

Slate Asset Management is the owner of the building and approved the replacement. What a loss for the city.

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LostinIKEA512@reddit

What will go up after FIFA is gone?

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Mindful_Rager@reddit

Whatever stupid mural they painted over that with better be replaced the second FIFA leaves town. And it better be whales. I would like to sue FIFA for emotional distress.

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ZoSoTim@reddit

So dumb. I remember when they painted that.

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EvryArtstIsACannibal@reddit

Isn’t it the owner of the building who everyone should be yelling at? I get all the fifa hate, but the building owners should be getting ripped here.

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Fantastic_Scratch_62@reddit

"FOX 4 has been in direct contact with the City of Dallas, FIFA, and Slate Asset Management (which owns the building Wyland painted). Dallas says Wyland had been asked. Slate deferred to Downtown Dallas, Inc. FIFA issued the following statement:

"We look forward to unveiling a new piece that captures the current historical moment and reflects the energy, unity, and global spirit surrounding the World Cup 2026 this summer." "

The building owner says talk to Downtown Dallas Inc. So there's your villains list.

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xomox2012@reddit

TXU Energy own the building; city had to okay it.

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OakLawnDallas@reddit

Yes. FIFA may or may not have even known what was on this wall. In advertising we often just get the dimensions of the wall, not an actual photo. But obviously the owner of the building knew.

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Mindful_Rager@reddit

Whatever stupid mural they painted over that better be replaced the second FIFA leaves town. And it better be whales on that wall again.

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bobtomhank@reddit

toy shit

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The_Texas_Cuban@reddit

Maybe the owners of the wall wanted this to happen. Like, what are the odds that Dallas and FIFA just painted over random walls without approval.

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xomox2012@reddit

It is TXU energy. Of course they are happy to take the paycheck to advertise.

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fbc546@reddit

What’s the best way to let the city know you’re upset with the decision?

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xomox2012@reddit

Boycott TXU energy given they own the building.

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jw1299@reddit

why they would even allow this is beyond me

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xomox2012@reddit

Because TXU Energy owns the building and I’m sure they are happy to take the advertising money.

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insonobcino@reddit

ABC news reported that they had gotten the artist’s permission. Someone do some fact checking here.

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shittyhawaiitips@reddit

The artist is the one that posted that. So, no. They did not get permission.

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mess979@reddit

Our elementary school went to watch Wyland paint the oahu one by airport two days in a row. this shit makes me sad.

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perpetual__ghost@reddit

I was a senior at Booker T when this was being painted. We used to walk over and watch the progress during various art classes (or sneak out during lunch occasionally). It was such a wonderful piece. This is so disappointing.

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Level-Aside@reddit

Who cares

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permalink_save@reddit

Everyone but you

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sillygoose1133@reddit

Ridiculous

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Grand-Magician7767@reddit

Yea it’s time for change. It’s been covered for years by iPhone no one cared. New Art is going up. Painted. ⚽️

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mattaui@reddit

Sadly they've kept that mural covered up so much over the last few decades that I bet a lot of folks didn't even know it was there. I worked in downtown from around 2005 to 2019 and it would vanish behind ads for months or years at a time. So I don't know why they just didn't cover it up temporarily again.

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Askmeaboutmy_Beergut@reddit

Corporations control this world....you guys just getting the memo?

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Led4355@reddit

I love soccer/football, but FIFA is a shit organization and should be boycotted

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MemoryOfRagnarok@reddit

What FIFA paints better be the coolest thing ever

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dougforcett92@reddit

Yeah. Fuck FIFA!

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Corgisarethebest123@reddit

Then they came for the whales
And there was no one left
To speak out for me.

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Professional-Owl2683@reddit

Everybody is saying fuck FIFA, but there’s clearly demand for these game tickets. Social media will be filled with fucking people flaunting their attendance at these games.

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AWL_cow@reddit

I remember seeing that mural as a kid and growing up with it. It was always something I looked forward to seeing. I feel like Dallas just lost a big part of it's humanity. They could have just put a temporary poster or display over the mural and removed it after fifa was over...this was truly a huge and heartbreaking mistake.

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