World's First Movable Arts Center, world record in New York City

July 31, 2025

New York City, New York, United States--The Shed, located in the Bloomberg Building, a cultural center in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York City, commissions, produces, and presents a wide range of activities in performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture; it sets the world record for being the World's First Movable Arts Center, according to the WORLD RECORD ACADEMY.

"The Shed (formerly known as Culture Shed and Hudson Yards Cultural Shed) is a cultural center in Hudson Yards, Manhattan, New York City. Opened on April 5, 2019, the Shed commissions, produces, and presents a wide range of activities in performing arts, visual arts, and pop culture.

"The Shed is located in the Bloomberg Building, adjacent to the northern leg of the High Line elevated park, near the Chelsea gallery district. It is attached to 15 Hudson Yards, a skyscraper within the Hudson Yards real estate development, although the Shed itself is located on city-owned land.

"The cultural center is maintained by an independent nonprofit cultural organization of the same name. The Shed's CEO is Meredith "Max" Hodges and the Artistic Director is Alex Poots. The Chairman of the Board of Directors is Jonathan Tisch, who succeeded founding Chairman Daniel Doctoroff in 2022." (Wikipedia)

"The Shed has drawn mixed public reviews, as well as high praise from numerous art institutions. In an editorial for the art website Artsy, one writer stated that although "the building's innovative architecture seems ready to withstand the weight of [the Shed's] grand ambitions", the construction of the Shed also had the unforeseen side effect of "making New York ever less accessible for those without financial means", considering the poor neighborhoods located close to Hudson Yards. (Wikipedia)

"Joshua Barone of The New York Times hailed The Shed as "a project that could reshape and redefine the city's physical and cultural infrastructure" and "one of the most significant additions to New York City's cultural landscape in decades".

"Time magazine included The Shed in its second annual list of 100 of the "World's Greatest Places" in August 2019."

"Since opening, The Shed has grown New York’s cultural landscape by supporting established and emerging artists who are advancing art forms and by collaborating with like-minded partners, cultural peers, and community organizations," the official website says.

"Producing and welcoming innovative art and ideas, The Shed’s ever-evolving program has included immersive experiences, groundbreaking theater, major visual art exhibitions, pop and classical music concerts, and more."

"A unique art exhibit that once was a phenomenon in the 1980s made its grand opening inside The Shed at Hudson Yards on Wednesday" the ABC 7 New York reports.

"Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy", the world's first and only art amusement park, rolled out its traveling exhibition for the public to see.

The exhibit -- a brainchild of artist Andre Heller -- features some of the all stars of pop art. They include gems from fellow artists such as Jean-Michel Basquait."

"The Luna Luna project, billed as “the world’s first art amusement park”, was resurrected last year and shown in Los Angeles. The arty carousels will now grace the Big Apple and New Yorkers will be able to take in signage, rides and pavilions created by artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Delaunay, Keith Haring, Salvador Dalí and Rebecca Horn," The Art Newspaper reports.

"In 1987, Luna Luna was unveiled in a park in Hamburg. Around half of the original installations were shown in Los Angeles including Hockney’s enchanted forest, Dalí’s geodesic dome, Delaunay’s painterly abstractions on an entry archway and a chair ride by Kenny Scharf."

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