17 Mai Luna Luna
The Art Amusement Park
In 1987, more than 30 of the era’s most acclaimed artists – including Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, Salvador Dalí, and Keith Haring – designed unique and fully operational fairground attractions for the first-ever art amusement park.
Initiated by Austrian Artist André Heller and set on the outskirts of Hamburg, Luna Luna was a lively fantasyland of once in a lifetime artworks. You could ride a carousel by Keith Hering, Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Ferris wheel and glide through David Hockney’s geometric forrest pavilion.
But the summer of 1987 came to an end – and so did Luna Luna. What was meant to become a global travelling show became the art history’s best kept secret.