This is what happens when art legends reimagine the classic carnival.
Many New Yorkers would not consider summer to be utter without a trip to Luna Park , Coney Island ’s famed amusement parkland that boasts classicwooden roller coastersand payload of previous - school Battle of Midway game . But later this fall , a theme park with a similar name — though a definitely different form of escapade playground — will take shape in Hudson Yards , one that was forgotten for over 30 years before being revive in Los Angeles last year .
Luna Luna : Forgotten Fantasyis actually an nontextual matter installment , one that was conceived by the Viennese multi - hyphenate André Heller and stag in Hamburg , Germany in the summer of 1987 . About 300,000 visitors rain cats and dogs through to depend on a ferris bike create by Jean - Michel Basquiat , a carrousel from Keith Haring , and explore immersive pavilion by the like of David Hockney , Salvador Dalí , and Roy Lichtenstein . And while a globular enlistment was design , the interactive installation instead encounter an inglorious destiny stowed aside in store containers for more than three decades .
Eventually , entrepreneur Michael Goldberg tracked down the pieces in Texas and sold them — sight unseen — to Drake . Yes , that Drake . The duo , along with the larger team of Something Special Studios and S2BN Entertainment , then expend the next two year rehabbing the carnival ride so they could finally continue the domain tour that had been planned in the late ' 80s .
Photo courtesy of Luna Luna
The first plosive was the Arts District of LA , where more than 150,000 visitant derive to experience the unique circus ( and send slew of content to social media ) . Now for its New York City residency , the installation ’s home will be at The Shed , the massive ethnical center at the edge of Hudson Yards . Its size means the exhibit will take over both indoor galleries as well as the organization ’s plaza , induce it one of the prominent works to ever be mounted there . In add-on to the original artist - conceived rides — which , unhappily , are off limits to really try out out — there will also be new direction and performances ( details on those will be revealed nearer to the launch date ) , as well as robust archival documents on the story and restoration of Luna Luna . And , of row , there will be mountain of single merch from art world legends like Basquiat , Haring , and Lichtenstein .
“ you’re able to be art - obsess or have never hear of Basquiat , and Luna Luna will put a smiling on your face , ” says Michael Goldberg , the park ’s chief experience officer , in a statement . “ It ’s one of those rarefied undertaking that has the power to bring together all paseo of liveliness — it ’s a nostalgic format done in a totally unexampled way . ”
The limited run of Luna Luna : Forgotten Fantasy will give on November 20 and hunt down through January 5.Tickets go on saleon September 19 at noon .
Photo courtesy of Luna Luna
Archival photo of Luna Luna fairground in Hamburg, Germany, 1987|Photo by Sabina Sarnitz, courtesy of Luna Luna
