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How many bottles of beer are on the wall at the new St. Louis Brewmasters Tap Room in Terminal 2 (Concourse E) at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport?   No one is saying just yet, but you can count them for yourself while waiting for a flight and drinking beers from local, regional and national breweries […]

To celebrate the artists of the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, the Dane County Regional Airport(MSN) in Madison, WI is hosting “Wisconsin Folks: Masters of Tradition,” an exhibition that showcases the talents and stories of more than two dozen artists and their cultural heritages; from now through March 31, 2012.

If you’ve been to New Orleans, perhaps you’ve seen this large mural in what’s called the Parabola Lobby at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). Titled “Louis Armstrong and his Heavenly All-Star Band – What you Loose on Earth Shall Be Loosed in Heaven,” the mural is 28 feet by 41 feet and was […]

For years, this work by Louise Nevelson titled “Night Flight 1” has been on display at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The work used to be in a very public part of the terminal but, while still accessible, is now located in the lobby area of the airport’s conference center on the south mezzanine. Now another airport […]

  As part of its 2012 expansion project, Canada’s Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has installed some fun, fresh art and a wide variety of new food and retail outlets, including a Belgian Beer Café. Four new art displays, include an ensemble of wood, stone, glass and metalwork sculptures by seven members of the Alberta Craft […]

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport has a fun, fab new exhibit featuring advertising used to promote blue jeans from Levi Strauss & Co. as early as 1873. From Art Nouveau to Pop Day-Glo: Levi Strauss Advertising As Art features art and ephemera from the company’s archives, including catalog covers, salesman’s flyers, calendars […]

How many bottles of beer are on the wall at the new St. Louis Brewmasters Tap Room in Terminal 2 (Concourse E) at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport?   No one is saying just yet, but you can count them for yourself while waiting for a flight and drinking beers from local, regional and national breweries […]

To celebrate the artists of the Wisconsin Arts Board’s Folk Arts Apprenticeship Program, the Dane County Regional Airport(MSN) in Madison, WI is hosting “Wisconsin Folks: Masters of Tradition,” an exhibition that showcases the talents and stories of more than two dozen artists and their cultural heritages; from now through March 31, 2012.

If you’ve been to New Orleans, perhaps you’ve seen this large mural in what’s called the Parabola Lobby at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY). Titled “Louis Armstrong and his Heavenly All-Star Band – What you Loose on Earth Shall Be Loosed in Heaven,” the mural is 28 feet by 41 feet and was […]

For years, this work by Louise Nevelson titled “Night Flight 1” has been on display at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The work used to be in a very public part of the terminal but, while still accessible, is now located in the lobby area of the airport’s conference center on the south mezzanine. Now another airport […]

  As part of its 2012 expansion project, Canada’s Edmonton International Airport (EIA) has installed some fun, fresh art and a wide variety of new food and retail outlets, including a Belgian Beer Café. Four new art displays, include an ensemble of wood, stone, glass and metalwork sculptures by seven members of the Alberta Craft […]

The SFO Museum at San Francisco International Airport has a fun, fab new exhibit featuring advertising used to promote blue jeans from Levi Strauss & Co. as early as 1873. From Art Nouveau to Pop Day-Glo: Levi Strauss Advertising As Art features art and ephemera from the company’s archives, including catalog covers, salesman’s flyers, calendars […]

Next time you’re at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport look down – and around. The airport has thirty works of art that are part of the building, including 10 floor medallions on the concourse. The one above, titled “Flight,” is by Michele Oka Doner and, like the other floor medallions, may be hard to see […]

Oregon’s Portland International Airport is showcasing work from artist Marshall Roemen in the north ticket lobby. Roemen’s site-specific installation is inspired by American author Flannery O’Connor, particularly her collection of short-stories entitled, Everything That Rises Must Converge, which she was working on at the time of her death. Here’s a link to more images from […]

A new exhibit at Miami International Airport (MIA) titled Natural Curiosities features the work of five Miami artists and illustrates both the microscopic and grand wonders of nature. Jennifer Basile, Regina Jestrow, Carrie Sieh, Gerry Stecca and Liza Sylvestre utilize plywood, fabric, copper wire, watercolors and even clothespins to demonstrate the dynamic creativity of nature. Basile’s […]