Artist sues FIFA for $25 milion for illegally destroying his art to promote World Cup: "These walls are like my kids"
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'Whaling Wall 82' has been part of the Dallas landscape since 1999. But a new mural is being designed to promote World Cup games.
Artist sues FIFA for $25 milion for illegally destroying his art to promote World Cup: "These walls are like my kids"
Robert Wyland, the artist that painted the Whaling Walls mural in Dallas, a work of art that was destroyed when it was painted over it by the World Cup local committee, has sued FIFA and other defendants for "hastily and irrevocably destroyed a civic landmark" and seeks at least $25 million in damages. Wyland said that his mural, painted in 1999, was protected by a 1990 federal law passed to protect visual artists from destruction of publicly d…
Robert Wyland, the artist who painted the Whaling Walls mural in Dallas, a work of art that was destroyed when the World Cup's local committee painted it above, has sued FIFA and other defendants for "precipitously and irrevocably destroying a civic landmark" and claims at least $25 million in damages. Wyland said that his mural, painted in 1999, was protected by a 1990 federal law approved to protect visual artists from the destruction of publi…
Robert Wyland Files $25 Million Lawsuit for “Destruction” of his Dallas Whaling Wall
Robert Wyland, known popularly as Wyland, painter of more than 100 large-scale “Whaling Wall” environmental conservation-themed murals in locations throughout the world, has filed a $25 million federal lawsuit against FIFA following the destruction of his mural in Dallas. In May 2026, reports emerged that the mural, Ocean Life, which had been in place since 1999, was being painted over to make way for a mural celebrating Dallas’ status as a host…
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