In the Air, the Flying Machines at Hangar Y Explores Art and Aviation

Hangar Y, a repurposed airship hangar in Meudon, Paris, opens with the group exhibition 'In the air, the flying machines,' curated around humanity's obsession with flight. The show spans from 19th-century wonder to modern drone surveillance, featuring works by over 20 artists. Highlights include a facsimile of Leonardo da Vinci's Manuscript B (1487–9), a 1916 painting by Charles Spencelayh of a burning Zeppelin, and Mohammad Hadi Rahnaward's 'Turning Points' (2022) with paper models of American aircraft over a map of Kabul. Adel Abdessemed presents two pigeons with explosive devices, while Joana Hadjithomas and Khalid Joreige's 'A Carpet/The Lebanese Rocket Society Series' documents Lebanon's 1960s space program. Mircea Cantor's film shows an eagle destroying a drone, and Kiluanji Kia Henda's 'Icarus 13' imagines an Angolan rocket launch. The exhibition runs until 10 September 2023.