The international arrivals corridor in the $4.2 billion Terminal 6, under construction at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), will welcome travelers with art and imagery from four of New York City’s top cultural institutions.
The American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Modern Art is working on the plan with The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners, the company building the terminal.
We don’t have sketches yet, but Lincoln Center plans to contribute a 140-foot mural that will feature scenes from its campus and artists from music, theater, dance and opera.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) will work with Yoko Ono on a special installation inspired by Ono’s work PEACE is POWER commissioned by MoMA in 2019.
(Yoko Ono’s PEACE is POWER at MoMA)
The American Museum of Natural History will provide images representing the museum’s scientific collections, such as its Tyrannosaurus rex specimen and Rapa Nui figure.
(T. rex at the American Museum of Natural History)
And the Metropolitan Museum of Art will add images of objects from each of the museum’s 17 curatorial collections, including The Cloisters’ beloved medieval Unicorn Tapestry.
