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London Heathrow

The art: Heathrow Art Gallery

Only BA’s First and Club class passengers can access the Damien Hirst print and site-specific artwork in the airline’s T5 lounges, but all are welcome at the Heathrow Art Gallery in the T5 check-in hall. A commercial fine-art gallery, the changing exhibitions feature work by established and emerging artists and are all for sale.

Photo courtesy of Heathrow Airport

Miami International Airport

The art: eBoyMIA

Digital-art collective eBoy are known for incredibly detailed ‘Pixoramas’ of Tokyo, Paris, Rio and other cities. They recently turned Miami International Airport into a pixelated project, depicting both real and fanciful activities in the terminal and on the airfield. View it in Terminal E.

Vancouver International Airport

The art: The Story of Fog Woman and Raven by Dempsey Bob

Dempsey Bob’s The Story of Fog Woman and Raven is just one of the pieces of British Columbia-made artwork at Vancouver International Airport. Made of laminated blocks of cedar, the sculpture tells the story of how a spat between Raven, the trickster, and Fog Woman, creator and controller of salmon, almost derailed the annual salmon run needed to nourish the region’s First Nations people. See it in the International Terminal.

Singapore Changi

The art: Kinetic Rain

The twin sculptures in Kinetic Rain are a nod to the tropical climate of Singapore. The 1,216 computer-controlled bronze ‘droplets’ keep rearranging to form shapes, including an aeroplane, a kite, flock of birds and dragon. View it in the Departure check-in hall.

Photo courtesy of Changi Airport

Los Angeles International Airport

The art: Air Garden by Ball-Nogues

Commissioned for the new Tom Bradley International Terminal at LAX, Air Garden, by the Ball-Nogues Studio, is a delicate-looking, 7,000-pound hovering sculpture described by the creators as ‘both an object and an atmosphere’. They’re right: lightly coloured metal-bead chains allow the sculpture to shift and change appearance.

Photo courtesy of Panic Studio LA

Charles DeGaulle Airport, Paris

The art: Objects from the Museum of Decorative Arts

Through June 2015, the exhibition at CDG’s Espace Musées features 50 travel-themed objects and costumes from the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. Look for the 17th-century pedometer, the trunk-bed created by Louis Vuitton in 1890 and wallpaper from 1855 portraying imaginary journeys, as well as many other adventure-inspiring treasures in Hall M at Terminal 2E.

Photo courtesy of Espace Musées

Harriet Baskas

Art in flight

London Heathrow

Miami International Airport

Vancouver International Airport

Singapore Changi

Los Angeles International Airport

Charles DeGaulle Airport, Paris

London Heathrow

Miami International Airport

Vancouver International Airport

Singapore Changi

Los Angeles International Airport

Charles DeGaulle Airport, Paris

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