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At airports: a giant flamingo, doodles, & Disney salute

09/28/21

Some birds are welcome at airports Their giant flamingo public artwork won’t arrive until 2022, but the folks at Tampa International Airport (TPA) are clearly very excited. We can’t blame them. This bird looks like it will be a stunner. PDX offering prizes for doodles There’s a lot of construction going on at Portland International […]

Fresh Art at San Diego Int’l Airport

09/23/21

Are you sick of staying at home? Or maybe still trying to get home after being stuck somewhere due to the pandemic? Perhaps some art will help. In a new temporary exhibition at San Diego International Airport (SAN), 16 artists explore the concept of home. From the exhibit notes: “Home is a lens through which […]

Artists: Humans Since 1982
Photographer: John Janca

Art and Magic at SJC and DAL Airports

09/21/21

Fresh art at Mineta San Jose International Airport Take a look at this cool new permanent artwork installed at California’s Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) Installed in the pre-security Arrivals Hall of Terminal B, A million Times (San José), by artists Humans since 1982, is made from 160 clock faces with white hands set […]

Gate passes; jet travel; and art fans

08/29/21

Sharing some of the stories we’ve written recently for our friends over at The Points Guy site: Airport gate pass programs are back Before the pandemic, a handful of airports around the country offered gate pass programs that allowed non-ticketed visitors to join ticketed passengers on the security checkpoint lines and on the secure side of […]

Fresh art at LAX, RNO, and SFO Airports

07/26/21

Here at Stuck at the Airport, we’re big fans of the art and history exhibits passengers can enjoy while waiting for their planes. And we’re delighted to see that – pandemic or not – airport art programs are marching forward. At Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) there’s a new LA Scenes group exhibition in Terminal […]

Airports, airplanes & Alexander Calder

07/23/21

July 22 was artist Alexander Calder’s birthday, giving us an excuse to share some photos of his work in airports and on airplanes. The photo above is of Calder in 1957 inspecting the installation of his work originally titled .125, after the gauge of the aluminum elements in Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International […]

Fresh art at Miami Int’l Airport

07/01/21

UFOs have been in the news lately. So we are pleased to see a piece of art featuring a UFO included in a new exhibition at Miami International Airport. Key West and Other Unusual Places includes printed works by Miami-based visual artists and printmakers Brian Reedy and Tom Virgin. Reedy has a fascination with the […]

Airports mark National Selfie Day, Pride Month, and a magical painting

06/21/21

Sharing some of the Tweets airports shared on Monday about National Selfie Day, about short films to watch to celebrate Pride Month, and about the return of a magical painting.

SEA Airport reveals next phase of revamped North Satellite

05/26/21

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport’s 1970s-era North Satellite is undergoing a much needed, multi-year makeover to create a state-of-the-art facility to serve Alaska Airlines flights. Phase One of the project brought us a swanky new Alaska Airlines lounge, restaurants and shops, and bright new gate areas. Phase Two includes the two gates that opened today in advance […]

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Airports celebrate World Art Day

04/15/21

We’re big fans of art at airports. So we were pleased to see airports around the country celebrating World Art Day by showing off the great art in the terminals. Here’s a sampling. Let us know if we missed your World Art Day tweet and we will be happy to add it.

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