NOW ON VIEW
A spectacular showcase of carnival attractions and performances by visionary artists

Presented by The Shed and Luna Luna

About this program

★★★★★
“The art event of the year.”
—The Independent
Installation view: Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
A group of gallery visitors are seen from behind as they move into a vast exhibition space containing art carnival rides and attractions. The rides include a colorful painted swing chair ride, a Ferris wheel, an entry archway, and a carousel.
Installation view: Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
A group of gallery visitors are seen from behind as they move into a vast exhibition space containing art carnival rides and attractions. The rides include a colorful painted swing chair ride, a Ferris wheel, an entry archway, and a carousel.
André Heller, Wedding Chapel, 1987, in Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
A group of gallery visitors crowd around an art wedding chapel to watch the ceremony being performed inside. The chapel has an entryway that includes stylized triangles resembling bodies. Atop them are cartoonish heads, and the two figures hold a heart lit by electric lights above the center of the entrance.
Kenny Scharf, Painted chair swing ride, 1987, in Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
A crowd of gallery visitors look on in awe as a painted chair swing ride by Kenny Scharf is illuminated and spins around. The panels of the ride's interior are painted in bright colors, and the brightly colored chairs swing jubilantly on their chains.
Keith Haring, Painted carousel, 1987, in Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
An art carousel painted bright yellow and green by Keith Haring, with his characteristic outlined shapes of jubilant humans decorating the ride.
Left to right: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Painted Ferris wheel, 1987, and Sonia Delaunay, entrance archway and Luna Luna sign, 1987, in Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
Two art carnival attractions sit side by side in a vast gallery exhibition space. One is a painted Ferris wheel by Jean-Michel Basquiat. It is painted an off-white and lit by bright white lights, with the artist's characteristic drawings and graffiti-inspired words painted on its surface. The second is an entry archway by Sonia Delaunay, painted in red, purple, blue, and green swirls with a lit sign above it announcing "Luna Luna."
Poncili Creación, PonciliLand, 2024, in Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
A colorful entryway opens in a gallery exhibition hall in PonciliCreación's installation. The entry is decorated with cartoonish smiling faces, open hands, and mouths with pink lips and white teeth. Inside are large foam objects in similar shapes and colors.
Salvador Dalí, Dalídom, 1987, in Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.
The entrance to Salvador Dalí's mirrored geodesic dome installation. The entrance is a flat mirrored surface that reflects ambient blue and purple lights back into the gallery space. At the center is a doorway through which you can see the mirrored panels reflecting the inside of the installation.
Installation view: Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, The Shed, November 20, 2024 – January 5, 2025. Photo: Brian Ferry. Courtesy Luna Luna LLC.

The critics on Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy (Los Angeles):

“The spectacle alone is an attraction, and visitors can enter pavilions by Hockney and Salvador Dalí or get married at André Heller’s ‘Wedding Chapel’.”
The New York Times

“Seeing them up close and in action is a ride unto itself.”
The Hollywood Reporter

“A colorful jubilee of larger-than-life installations.”
Time Out

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy invites visitors into a colorful, riotous fun house of carnival attractions by visionary artists of the 20th century, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Sonia Delaunay, Keith Haring, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, and more.

The brainchild of artist André Heller, Luna Luna first opened in 1987 in Hamburg, Germany, as a spectacular fairground. And then, by a twist of fate, the park’s treasures were forgotten in storage in Texas for 36 years. With a blockbuster showing in Los Angeles in December 2023, Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy resurrected these artworks, to audiences’ delight.

Now, the showcase arrives at The Shed, creating a can’t-be-missed event in NYC. The Shed’s presentation—installed in the soaring, iconic McCourt space and Level 2 Gallery—will include special performances and concert events. Featured artists include Jean-Michel Basquiat, Arik Brauer, Salvador Dalí, Sonia Delaunay, Monika GilSing, Keith Haring, André Heller, David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, and Kenny Scharf.

With your admission to Luna Luna, enjoy access to the Butterfly Bar in The Overlook on Level 4—a perfect vantage point with panoramic views of Luna Luna in The Shed’s epic McCourt space. The Butterfly Bar is exclusive to Luna Luna guests and features a menu of delightful fare and beverages celebrating the spirit of Luna Luna.

Plan Your Visit

General Admission

  • Adult starts at $44, plus additional fees.
  • Child (ages 3 – 16) starts at $35, plus additional fees.

Moon Pass

Elevate your Luna Luna experience with a Moon Pass. Starts at $94, plus additional fees.

Moon Pass holders receive:

  • Expedited entry to Luna Luna upon arrival within their time slot
  • No lines for immersive installations
  • Dedicated Moon Pass lines for merchandise purchases
  • Discounts on concessions
  • 10% off in-store merchandise purchases, excluding archival merchandise
  • Exclusive souvenir Moon Pass badge and lanyard

Super Moon Pass

Busy schedule? Shoot for the stars with a Super Moon Pass. Starts at $241, plus additional fees.

Super Moon Pass holders receive:

  • Immediate entry at any time during Luna Luna’s regular opening hours on their selected date
  • All Moon Pass benefits listed above

Concierge Services and Group Ticketing

To learn more about private events, tours with the curator, and additional VIP services, please email concierge@lunaluna.com.

For group ticketing, please call (212) 757-9117.

Accessibility

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy is ADA accessible. Please be advised, however, that there are steps to enter the Dalí, Hockney, and Lichtenstein pavilions. This experience also features uneven surfaces, low visibility, narrow pathways, and lighting and sound effects. To discuss access needs, or if you have specific questions about accessibility, please email accessibility@theshed.org or call (646) 455-3494.

Learn more about accessibility.

Location and dates

This event takes place in Level 2 Gallery, The McCourt, and Level 4 Overlook.

Tuesday – Thursday, 12 – 8 pm
Friday, 12 – 9 pm
Saturday, 10 am – 9 pm
Sunday, 10 am – 8 pm
Closed Monday

The Shed is located at 545 West 30th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues. View The Shed on a map.

For information about accessibility and arriving at The Shed, visit our Accessibility page.

Details

  • The average time to experience Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy is 75 minutes.
  • Luna Luna utilizes lighting and sound effects. Visitors may also choose to enter several artworks from 1987, which include uneven surfaces, low visibility, and narrow pathways. Learn more.
  • Strollers are not permitted in Luna Luna.
  • Please note Kenny Scharf’s painted chair swing ride, Keith Haring’s carousel, Arik Brauer’s carousel, and Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Ferris wheel are for viewing only. As you wander through the immersive experience, you can tie the knot in André Heller’s enchanting Wedding Chapel or explore pavilions by iconic artists like David Hockney, Roy Lichtenstein, and Salvador Dalí.

Accessibility

Seating

The Shed is wheelchair accessible. The McCourt and Level 2 Gallery will include benches and accessible seating options. Please contact us in advance to discuss your needs and available options by emailing accessibility@theshed.org or calling (646) 455-3494.

Purchasing Tickets

The Shed’s online ticketing system includes the option to submit accommodation requests beyond the access points detailed here.

Contact Us

For questions or other requests, visit the Accessibility page, email accessibility@theshed.org, or call (646) 455-3494.

Warning

Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy features historical attractions, which guests may choose to enter their own risk. In addition, ticket holders are advised that Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy features flashing lights, moving images, loud noises, and may involve, without limitation, dizziness, claustrophobia, stairs, slippery surfaces, uneven surfaces, disorientation, low visibility and obstacles and may result in dizziness, claustrophobia, disorientation, risk of injury including without limitation personal or psychological injury, pain, suffering, temporary or permanent disability, death, property damage, and/or financial loss. Notwithstanding the risk, the ticket holder acknowledges that they are knowingly and voluntarily participating in the activity with an express understanding of the risk and danger involved and hereby agree to accept and assume any and all risks of injury, disability, death, or property damage arising from or incident to the activity, whether caused by ordinary negligence of the company or otherwise. Further by purchasing or reserving tickets on behalf of others, including minors, the ticket holder acknowledges that those parties are aware of all terms and conditions related to their entry and attendance at the event. Please stay alert and aware of your surroundings and abide by all rules and requirements, including but not limited to those posted on the event premises.

Thank you to our partners

The creation of new work at The Shed is generously supported by the Lizzie and Jonathan Tisch Commissioning Fund and the Shed Commissioners.

Generous support for projects at the vanguard of creative practice, including Luna Luna: Forgotten Fantasy, is provided by the Ajay and Ritu Banga Artistic Innovation Fund.

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