the artist who painted the Whaling Wall mural downtown posted on ig
Posted by ExtraCozyDoggDogg@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 120 comments
Posted by ExtraCozyDoggDogg@reddit | Dallas | View on Reddit | 120 comments
Natasha5145@reddit
Nylon banners would have worked for a temporary change.
kiittea_@reddit
Bingo. I can’t imagine why they’d destroy such an iconic mural for something so temporary.
5o7bot@reddit
An iconic mural? Give me a break.
bingbong2715@reddit
Makes sense you’re from the colony
5o7bot@reddit
Where are you from bigot?
FraterSofus@reddit
Jesus Christ, don't bootlick for some shitty corporation.
5o7bot@reddit
Fuck you and your assumptions.
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oh-kee-pah@reddit
Lol fuck you and your shitty fifa bootlicking, you low iq loser
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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.
fakejacki@reddit
I’m certain they did not explore other options.
jnk1jnk@reddit
Yet another more reason to boycott this World Cup
PuzzledPercentage710@reddit
wild how they can just decide to paint over something like that without asking the city or anything
permalink_save@reddit
Who did it anyway
xomox2012@reddit
The building is privately owned and I’m sure jumped at the opportunity. Had to get approval from the city though.
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.
xomox2012@reddit
Also probably money. They think FIFA is going to bring in money
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.
permalink_save@reddit
I hipe they get boycotted hard. I heard reservations are under expectations but that might have changed.
LostinIKEA512@reddit
$$$$$ is what they're thinking
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.
the_orange_alligator@reddit
More like Fifucking audacity these guys have
xomox2012@reddit
And now boycott TXU as well given they own the building and are probably the ones getting paid for the advertising.
Texan2020katza@reddit
Let the billionaires lose money. It’s the only thing they care about.
Cute-Education4089@reddit
making an authoritarian participation trophy was enough for me
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.
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Why paint over that? Plenty of other places to paint.
googleitduh@reddit
Or just place a banner over it.
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Exactly. Unbelievably stupid to do this. Plenty of billboards could have been rented too.
Grand-Magician7767@reddit
Na we need new art. Maybe if people made a little noise that’s it has been covered for years.
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Oh yay soccer art. The greatest sport in the world because the rest of the world doesn’t have money.
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.
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
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.
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.
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.
Aurelian_Lure@reddit
And do people even realize soccer was invented by European ladies to keep them busy while their husbands did the cooking??
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Lol and Hank Hill was right.
Grand-Magician7767@reddit
There’s been a banner over it for years
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Who put the banner up?
Grand-Magician7767@reddit
Here’s the clean timeline:
UnluckyAssist9416@reddit
Or removable stickers
xomox2012@reddit
Owner of the building wanted a paycheck. Like all things, the answer is usually money.
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Isn’t the owner the government?
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.
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
Ah globalists helping other globalists. Makes sense
xomox2012@reddit
Yeah more or less. We should be calling out that TXU is responsible for this. Spread the word.
Curvol@reddit
Dude, I dont think you can gather any more hate towards TXU. We all fucking hate them.
xomox2012@reddit
I mean true but the fact no one is pinning this on them as well is surprising.
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.
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
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.
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
Medi-okra@reddit
Disgusting, nobody replaces culture with profit quite like FIFA
Grand-Magician7767@reddit
Soccer is culture
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.
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.
Auto_psyche@reddit
Brother, I’m a huge football (soccer) fan but this ain’t it man
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
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
oh-kee-pah@reddit
Soccer is culture, fifa is just another capitalist sports org
BiBbw_cpl_DFW@reddit
3rd world culture. Not sure why we needed another World Cup. I’m never watching diveball.
the_orange_alligator@reddit
God is dead and his corpse’s skin is painting with ads for corporations
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.
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
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.
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?
permalink_save@reddit
Look at who we elected mayor ... twice
ArtBot2119@reddit
Slate Asset Management is the owner of the building and approved the replacement. What a loss for the city.
LostinIKEA512@reddit
What will go up after FIFA is gone?
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.
ZoSoTim@reddit
So dumb. I remember when they painted that.
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.
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.
xomox2012@reddit
TXU Energy own the building; city had to okay it.
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.
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.
bobtomhank@reddit
toy shit
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.
xomox2012@reddit
It is TXU energy. Of course they are happy to take the paycheck to advertise.
fbc546@reddit
What’s the best way to let the city know you’re upset with the decision?
xomox2012@reddit
Boycott TXU energy given they own the building.
jw1299@reddit
why they would even allow this is beyond me
xomox2012@reddit
Because TXU Energy owns the building and I’m sure they are happy to take the advertising money.
insonobcino@reddit
ABC news reported that they had gotten the artist’s permission. Someone do some fact checking here.
shittyhawaiitips@reddit
The artist is the one that posted that. So, no. They did not get permission.
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.
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.
Level-Aside@reddit
Who cares
permalink_save@reddit
Everyone but you
sillygoose1133@reddit
Ridiculous
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. ⚽️
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.
Askmeaboutmy_Beergut@reddit
Corporations control this world....you guys just getting the memo?
Led4355@reddit
I love soccer/football, but FIFA is a shit organization and should be boycotted
MemoryOfRagnarok@reddit
What FIFA paints better be the coolest thing ever
dougforcett92@reddit
Yeah. Fuck FIFA!
Corgisarethebest123@reddit
Then they came for the whales
And there was no one left
To speak out for me.
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.
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.
Unhappy-Meat-4641@reddit
I can't wait for the FIFA wall to just become a graffiti wall.
sarahkazz@reddit
FIFA is a fucking cancer.
happymancry@reddit
If they cared, they wouldnt have dared.
glacy427@reddit
It was so faded. The mural was getting replaced anyways
EtchASketchNovelist@reddit
I can't believe this!
guydoestuff@reddit
Fifa response will be "im rich"
nazerall@reddit
Fuck FIFA
CuddlyClubCEO@reddit
this makes me so sad :(((