Crude art: oil-filled trophy tackles Qatar World Cup controversies

Crude art: oil-filled trophy tackles Qatar World Cup controversies

Work by Andrei Molodkin, a Russian-born conceptual artist, has a symbolic price of $150m

Andrei Molodkin with his World Cup trophy artwork.
Andrei Molodkin with his World Cup trophy artwork. Photograph: a/political

As the World Cup winners lift the golden trophy on Sunday evening, an alternative to the ultimate footballing achievement will highlight alleged corruption and reported human rights violations that have been a feature of the 2022 tournament hosted by Qatar.

A Russian-born conceptual artist has created a replica of the World Cup trophy that slowly fills with crude oil. It has a symbolic price of $150m – a figure that matches the amount of money allegedly spent on bribes and kickbacks to Fifa officials, according to US criminal investigators in 2015.

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