A pricey art playground is floating into town. The traveling Balloon Museum is bringing the wildly photogenic “ EmotionAir: Art You Can Feel ” exhibition to Chicago for a limited run this fall. The museum, which has welcomed over 7 million visitors worldwide across four different showcases, will arrive in the city with nearly 20 large-scale balloon-based installations in tow. True to its name, “EmotionAir” endeavors to rouse big feelings from viewers one inflatable at a time.
Since its 2021 debut, “EmotionAir” has popped up across three continents, including stops in London, Paris, Miami, San Francisco, New York and Singapore. fans—and, let’s be honest, hate watchers—may recognize the exhibit’s interactive centerpiece, , a dreamily lit ball pit Emily and Gabriel romped through dur