Art Installations from NYC’s Famous Cultural Institutions Landing at JFK Airport’s New Terminal 6
Back in January 2017, the Cuomo administration unveiled plans for a makeover of John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK). The $19 billion vision plan is transforming the airport into a “world-class gateway, with two new terminals, two expanded and modernized terminals, a new ground transportation center, and an entirely new and simplified roadway network. In 2023, construction broke ground on Terminal 6 (T6), the final component of the JFK vision plan. T6 will be completed in two phases, “with the first six gates scheduled to open in 2026; and upon expected full completion in 2028, the “new terminal will include 10 gates, nine of which will accommodate widebody aircraft” and allow for the operation of “more than a dozen domestic and international airlines.” T6 will feature “19 major site-specific permanent installations curated by Public Art Fund and rotating local artworks curated by Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning” to be unveiled when the first phase of T6 is completed. In addition, there will be permanent art and culture installations curated by New York City’s renown museums and cultural institutions according to a recent announcement by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected to build and operate the $4.2 billion T6. As part of the newly formed collaboration, the American Museum of Natural History, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) “will transform the new terminal’s international arrivals corridor into a distinctly New York art district within the airport.”