Last chance to see: Football is Art exhibition at Manchester’s National Football Museum

So, you think you know your Picasso from your Pelé? Basquiat from Busquets? Hockney from Heskey? As the Premier League season is back underway, why not familiarise yourself with the key figures – past and present – from the world of football and art. The Football is Art exhibition, now on at Manchester’s National Football Museum, questions whether or not the sport can be considered an art, or whether football is actually even more of an art than painting or the opera. The exhibition tells stories of the game across a vibrant exhibition space, tracing the range of emotions that football fans go through. Football Is Art features work by artists such as Banksy, L.S. Lowry, Pablo Picasso, and Manchester local Stanley Chow – as well as a collaboration with the Manchester Fashion Institute. The exhibition is located on the Score Gallery in the iconic Urbis building, where exhibitions change twice a year. There is also a virtual reality headset where visitors are encouraged to draw upon their inspiration from football to create works of art themselves. You don’t need to book in advance for the museum, and entrance to the exhibition is included within the general admission (details below). The final whistle on the exhibition will be blown later this year.