Alexander Calder

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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 →

Bridge art coming to Pittsburgh Airport

12/18/12
A intriguing piece of public art, Glenn Kaino’s Arch, will soon be on display inside Pittsburgh International Airport, most likely in the Landside Terminal. The work is a transformer/robot made up of pieces that look like Pittsburgh’s bridges and was originally located in Downtown Pittsburgh’s Cultural District, evidently as a temporary installation celebrating the city’s →

Five reasons to appreciate Pittsburgh International Airport

09/29/10
Despite the van driver’s assurance that we’d get stuck in rush hour traffic, I arrived at Pittsburgh International Airport yesterday with plenty of time to poke around before my flight. Good thing. Because in addition to the free internet access, there really are plenty of reasons to appreciate spending time at this airport. Here are →

Party at Pittsburgh International Airport

05/04/10
To celebrate five years of service to Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT), Southwest Airlines will be throwing a little party at its PIT gates starting at 10 a.m. on Tuesday. Gate games and decorations are promised, but with Southwest, well, you never know quite what will happen. Even without a Southwest party, Pittsburgh Airport has a →