Bummer

The art exhibit at JFK‘s Terminal 5 has been shut down. As the Post puts it, “Airport Art Trash Lands”:

A super-trendy art exhibit at JFK’s former TWA terminal was grounded by the Port Authority after guests at the opening-night party vandalized the landmark building, leaving it in shambles, officials said yesterday.

The PA revoked the permit for the much-hyped exhibit, called “Terminal 5,” after the famed Eero Saarinen structure was trashed by partygoers — who left behind pools of vomit, broken glass and hundreds of cigarette butts.

They also scrawled lewd graffiti on the walls and tried to break open doors and walk out onto the tarmac at the Friday-night party.

“It’s a gorgeous building that is a piece of art,” said PA spokesman Pasquale DiFulco.

“We couldn’t allow these conditions to exist inside it. We couldn’t stand by and let it continue.”

Terminal 5 was closed in 2001 after TWA was absorbed by American Airlines. It will eventually become a part of a new JetBlue complex.

The art exhibit, which was supposed to open Tuesday, had been set to run until the end of January.

The party had been open to the public and attracted hundreds of people, far exceeding expectations, said exhibit curator Rachel Ward.

She said she ordered the opening night bash shut down “as early as possible” when it became obvious the party was spinning out of control.

“The unfortunate events are a serious and unfortunate exception to what we have planned,” she said.

Ward said she hopes the exhibit, which had taken more than a year to prepare and cost thousands of dollars, will eventually be allowed to open.

“We are willing to make any required changes, modifications, increases in security or cleaning crews to get the exhibit open,” she said.

She said sponsors of the exhibit cleaned up the damage after the Friday fiasco and invited the PA to come and see what a good job they did.

“I share the Port Authority’s concern and shock at the public’s disrespect,” she said.

“I think I also share their passion for aviation and JFK Airport. My main goal was to open the landmark terminal to the public for daily hours. I’m trying my best to do that.”

Asked if the agency would reconsider its decision to close the show, DiFulco said only: “The permit is pulled and the building is closed.”

The show was to have displayed the work of 19 painters, sculptors, film makers, writers and other artists.