An expansive new survey in West Palm Beach looks at the sport’s impact on culture and the many artists who have been inspired by it

Boxer’s canvas, meet artist’s canvas. Sweet science, meet fine arts.

That’s what happens when an art museum – namely the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach – hosts an exhibition about boxing. Titled Strike Fast, Dance Lightly: Artists on Boxing, it’s billed as the largest, most in-depth exhibition on artistic representations of boxing and the sport’s wider impact on global culture.