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Art by the Highwaymen at Miami International Airport

03/31/13

The newest exhibition at Miami International Airport features 28 oil landscapes made by a group of 26 African-American artists known today as the Highwaymen. According to the exhibition notes: “The 26 self-taught Highwaymen painted their way out of citrus groves and packinghouse jobs in the Ft. Pierce area from the late 1950’s to 1980 […]

Fresh art at Denver International Airport

03/14/13

Electroland, a California-based team of artists who create objects, interactive experiences and large-scale public art has landed a welcome work at Denver International Airport. Relax is a 1,300-square-foot display made up of five illuminated panels at the east end of the A gates in the lower level. There are five different images and features: the […]

Fresh – recycled – art at the SFO Museum

03/12/13

The latest gift to travelers from the SFO MUSEUM at San Francisco International Airport features work from 45 of the more than 100 artists who have participated in the Artist-in-Residence Program at Recology San Francisco. The program, started by visionary artist and activist Jo Hanson in 1990, gives artists a stipend, studio space and scavenge […]

Albany Int’l Airport: Some Assembly Required

03/11/13

Yet another intriguing exhibition – this one called Some Assembly Required and featuring the work of sixteen artists – is on display through September 8, 2013 in the gallery space at New York’s Albany International Airport. “In this exhibition, the principles of collage are expressed through traditional cut paper techniques, as well as hybrids of photography, […]

Secrets of Sea-Tac International Airport

03/04/13

Seattle Met recently put together an Insider’s Guide to one-flight vacations from Seattle. All those adventures begin (and end) at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), and I was honored to be asked to put together a list of Sea-Tac Airport secrets. Here they are: 1. Hidden Art Sea-Tac’s museum-worthy contemporary art collection includes works by Louise Nevelson, Robert […]

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Tied up at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport

02/23/13

The bolo tie is the official state tie of Arizona, New Mexico and Texas (didn’t know states had official ties, did ya?) and from now through June there’s an exhibition of more than 250 vintage and contemporary bolo ties at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport. Bolo ties became popular in the 1940s and were a […]

Southwest Florida Int’l Airport gets major artwork

02/12/13

An intriguing, unusual and important sculpture by noted artist Louise Nevelson has been moved from Florida’s Naples Museum of Art to the Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Ft. Myers. The giant sculpture, Nevelson’s last major work, is called Dawn’s Forest, and is a seven piece, all-white, abstract work made of balsa plywood. The work […]

Comic strip “Nancy” celebrated at Nashville Int’l Airport

02/10/13

On February 13, Nashville International Airport (BNA) will celebrate 80 years of of the comic strip “Nancy” with a new exhibit called Nancy Loves Nashville. The exhibit will feature 62 Nancy illustrations created by Nashville, Tenn., resident Guy Gilchrist, a singer-songwriter, author and artist who took over the classic newspaper comic strip in 1995. While […]

More ways to celebrate the presidential inauguration – at the airport

01/19/13

If you’re headed to Washington D.C. this weekend – or anytime between now and February 28, 2013, you can see an art exhibit commemorating the presidential inauguration at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. “Hail to the Chiefs: Portraits of United States Presidents and First Ladies,” was created by Morgan Monceaux, who used oil and acrylic […]

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