Art That Travels

“What do you buy just before you board a plane? Most frequent fliers take what they can get: tabloids, Godiva chocolates, $5 paperbacks, duty-free liquor and cigarettes. But the brand-new Airport Gift Shop at [New York’s JFK Airport] has turned shopping into an art – literally. Designed and curated by New York artist Tobias Wong, the Airport Gift Shop is part of a just-opened art installation called Terminal 5 – which uses all the space in Eero Saarinen’s landmark (and defunct) TWA Terminal 5.”