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The latest art project to be plopped into a public space is Zaha Hadid's Chanel Pavilion, a 7,500-square-foot temporary, traveling art gallery that has a number of stamps on its passport already. The spaceship-esque pod will land in Rumsey Playfield in Central Park by October 20th, and be open through November 9th -- housing artwork (including a piece by Yoko Ono) inspired by the Chanel handbag, of course.
The NY Times took a look at the structure, which is Hadid's first in the States, pointing out that it's also a "provocative advertisement." They note that "the fashion house is donating a sum 'in the low seven figures' to the Central Park Conservancy," on top of the city's "use fee" of $400,000.
The exhibit will be open to the public and free, though it's suggested that one reserves a spot ahead of time. More details can be found at the Pavilion's website.
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Is it just me, or does the interior look like a Stormtrooper's intestines?
Zaha Hadid is perhaps one of the most overrated architects working today.
This is not HADID's first building in the states. It's her first structure in NYC. She was the architect for the Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati.
ronnyboynyc is correct, the museum in ohio is her first building in the US.
it looks like a giant birth-control pills dispenser.
Where's that damn Woody Allen? "Sleeper II" is ready for shooting and that genius is nowhere to be found.