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See fresh art at PHL and MIA Airports

03/03/26

The newest exhibition at Philadephila International Airport (PHL) includes work by Mauricio Pérez, a local artist who hails from Columbia and creates fantastical paper maché sculptures. Pérez takes inspiration from the Mexican Surrealism movement and traditional Latin American aesthetics. And for this exhibition, titled All Imperfect Things, he’s created a magical batch of figures that →

Full facelift for the north end of SEA main terminal

01/29/26

For the past two years, passengers at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) have had to put up with an obstacle course of ever-changing construction walls, detours and rerouting at the north end of the main terminal. Most notably the hassles have been in the lobby area where Alaska Airlines has its counters for check in and →

Art inspired by forgotten items at Istanbul Airport

01/26/26

An exhibition at Istanbul Airport (IST) created by artist, TV personality, comedian and actor Beyazıt Öztürk is inspired by the imagined stories of the suitcases and other things left behind at the airport. Titled, appropriately enough, “Thing(s),” the exhibition features the “Thing” sculpture, which incorporates elements of an actual bag claim conveyor belt into a →

Bye, Bye LAX lighted pylons

01/16/26

The iconic ring of 15 pylons and the giant 32-foot-tall L-A-X letters that have marked and illuminated the entrance to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) in a wide variety of patterns and colors for the past 25 years are all coming down. The pylons must go to make room for roadway improvements that are →

Is PHX an airport or an art & music venue?

01/08/26

During its 90th birthday celebration in 2025, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) launched a Culture Corner post-security in Terminal 3 that continues to present art, music, special events, hands-on cultural demonstartions and performances. Monthly programming lined up for 2026 includes Ballet Arizona, the Great Arizona Puppet Theatre, the Phoenix Public Library, the Heard Museum, →

Part 2: Best new airport amenities of 2025

12/19/25

We’re back with Part 2 of our list of Best New Airport Amenities of 2025. You can see Part 1 here and a selected list that we prepared for The Points Guy site. Here’s another batch of new amenities and cool events we spotted at airports in 2025. Let us know if we missed your →

Robert Rauschenberg was an avgeek

10/20/25

(“Mercury Zero Summer Glut” 1987, courtesy Robert Rauschenberg Foundation) October 22 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of postmodern artist Robert Rauschberg, who died in 2008 and this year there are wide range of exhibitions and activities to mark the centennial. One of those is Smithsonian Books’ publication of The Ascent of Rauschenberg: Reinventing the →

Fresh airport art in Austin and Miami

10/06/25

Convergence / Austin is a new site-responsive work at Austin – Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) by Austin-based artists, Beili Liu Studio. The work spans 16 feet by 12 feet, includes 400 vertical strands holding 3,200 elements, and fills the high bay triangular area across from Gate 15 in the main AUS Barbara Jordan Terminal. Quilt exhibit at →

Fresh (upcycled) art at Albany Int’l Airport

09/02/25

New York’s Albany International Airport (ALB) and Southwest Airlines are marking 25 years of Southwest service to the Capital Region with art. A new large-scale sculpture titled Treasure Map, by Hudson Valley artist Ruby Palmer, is now on display in the terminal. The work was made entirely of aircraft seat leather from Southwest’s Repurpose with →

Welcoming back, Calder, to PIT Airport

08/28/25

[This is a slightly different version of a story we wrote for the Pittsburgh International Airport’s Blue Sky News] Check out the Calder sculpture at PIT Airport It is black and white, weighs 600 pounds and is 28 feet long and equally wide. And it will be impossible to miss it at Pittsburgh International Airport’s →

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