The Facts
On September 24, 2026, Gagosian announced that the Jamaica Bay–Rockaway Parks Conservancy and the National Park Service will host a public arts festival on October 3, 2026, at Floyd Bennett Field in New York. The free event will feature newly commissioned artwork projections, including Derrick Adams’s “Head in the Clouds” (2026), mapped onto the brick-and-glass facades of historic Hangars 3 and 4. Visitors are invited to bring a picnic dinner to eat on the lawn or at the Longest Table with a reservation. The festival aims to enliven the former municipal airport with color, motion, sound, and storytelling as the sun sets.
The Signal
The festival transforms a historic airfield into a site for contemporary public art, continuing a trend of repurposing industrial and infrastructural spaces for cultural experiences. Derrick Adams, known for his vibrant explorations of Black joy and leisure, brings his practice to a non-traditional venue, engaging with the site’s history as New York’s first municipal airport. For collectors and curators, this commission signals the growing institutional and public interest in large-scale projection-based works as a medium for community engagement.
- Artists: Derrick Adams
- Locations: New York
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