"Flight Paths" by Steve Waldeck. Photo: Courtesy of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
If you're a certain kind of traveler, you're arriving at the airport early. Get your steps in, get cultured, and save yourself excessive spending on neck pillows.
The T Gates are also the location of the art program's relatively new short story dispenser.
"Flight Paths"
The late artist Steve Waldeck's permanent installation between Concourse A and B is the largest piece of public art in Atlanta and the airport's most Instagrammed work, officials say.
There's even an Instagram account devoted to travelers who make pilgrimages to the installation.
Concourse E
The E stands for e-stounding, folks. Designers of the former international terminal — built in the mid-1990s to handle global travelers attending the Olympics — included spaces at each gate to showcase artists from the South.
Work on display includes Craig Nutt's "corncob plane" suspended from the ceiling, Joni Mabe's gilded portraits of American characters and Radcliffe Bailey's "Saints" spanning over the escalators.
Finish your tour with a drink or a bite at the James Beard-nominated One Flew South.
