Due to popular demand, the first-of-its-kind Balloon Museum has announced an 8-week extension of its group exhibition Emotionair, which debuted in London on 27th December. Featuring 20 internationally acclaimed artists, the exhibition has taken London by storm, and its popularity is showing no sign of slowing down. The must-see show has taken over the historic Old Billingsgate space in the heart of the city, spanning an impressive 78,000 square feet.
Following successful exhibitions in New York, Rome, Paris, Milan, Madrid and Naples the unprecedented exhibition has welcomed more than 3 million visitors so far during its limited time-runs across the globe.
EmotionAir: Art you can feel aims to explore the profound relationship between art and human emotion through the captivating medium of inflatable art. Visitors will be immersed in a unique multisensory journey through over-the-top, oversized, and unexpected immersive installations.
From monumental installations that rise majestically in the exhibition space, to smaller-scale intimate works, this is a dynamic experience like nothing London has seen before. Artists from all over the world form the exhibition’s journey, creating a space where distance between artwork and viewer is obliterated, leaving room for awe, creativity, and wonder. Unlike conventional museums, Balloon Museum guests are not merely spectators – they can touch or and interact, transforming the viewing experience into a tactile, sensorial, and digital journey.
EmotionAir also explores the history of inflatable objects, from the Montgolfier brothers’ 18th century invention of the hot air balloon to contemporary artwork icons such as the Balloon Dog series by American artist Jeff Koons. Balloon Museum won the prestigious BEA Best Proprietary Format award in 2022 and 2023 and was even recently featured in the Emmy-nominated Netflix favourite Emily in Paris.
