Enter the nondescript Neon Works warehouse in North Oakland, and you’ll find yourself suddenly immersed in rainbow light. It’s as if a time-warping tornado from the 1950s Bay Area wrapped all ...

Made in New England: The art of neon sign collecting and creating. ... HE’S LIKE, LET’S MAKE THAT INTO A NEON SIGN. THAT’S OUR FIRST PROTOTYPE. WE’VE SOLD OVER 25 OF THEM ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

The Gate City will shine a little brighter this summer as it celebrates its first annual Neon Fest on July 11 and 12, spotlighting the legacy of neon and historic preservation in the heart of downtown ...

Electricity. Automobiles. Radio. And neon signs were popping up everywhere right in the middle of it all. "Neon really hit the U.S. in the late 1920s," Swormstedt says. "By the early to mid-1930s, ...

The National Neon Sign Museum in The Dalles, Oregon, is popular, too. Founder David Benko says, as interest in neon signs has gone up, so have prices and the number of pieces going to private ...

Enter under the giant statue holding a welcome sign into a sea of neon lights. The museum – which saw 60,000 visitors in 2023 ...

“You can hear the word neon in a bunch of songs, including some by Bob Dylan,” Brenner says. “You’re not ever going to hear that about LED lights.” This article appears in our March 2025 ...

Fading lights Neon signs were first introduced in Hong Kong in the 1920s.As the city’s economy flourished from the 1950s to the 1980s, neon did also, according to Brian Kwok, an associate ...

SALT LAKE CITY — State Street in Salt Lake was once known for its vibrant neon signs. To honor its legacy and bring neon back to State Street, the Salt Lake Art Design Board commissioned eight ...

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On view through July 6, 2025, “Yanran Chen: Neon Dreamland” is curated by Yuan Hong, actor and founder of digital art platform Art Naoke. The best of Artnet News in your inbox. Sign up for our ...