{"id":146827,"date":"2026-02-27T01:03:26","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146827\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T01:03:26","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T01:03:26","slug":"year-of-the-horse-queens-gazette-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/146827\/","title":{"rendered":"Year Of The Horse &#8211; Queens Gazette"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Shops at Skyview kicked off the Year of the Horse with color, music, and a touch of magic as 500+ guests joined the Live Painting &amp; K-Pop Party to welcome the new year together on Tuesday, February 18.<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2013based artist Lee Hyun Joon brought his three giant horse installations, \u201cAuspicious Gallop,\u201d to life while families, friends, and art lovers stepped in to add their own splashes of paint. Inspired by the Asian New Year tradition of pouring offerings for good fortune and protection, each drip of color became a shared wish for a bright year ahead. The vibrant horses\u2013\u2013symbolizing energy, strength, and forward momentum\u2013\u2013quickly turned into a collective artwork filled with community spirit.<\/p>\n<p>With upbeat K-pop DJ sets, lively dance performances, complimentary snacks, and fun photo keepsakes, the afternoon was filled with smiles, creativity, and celebration as everyone rang in the new year on a joyful and colorful note. The artworks are now on view at The Shops at Skyview through the end of March, inviting visitors to stop by, take photos, and continue sharing in the colorful wishes and positive energy for the Year of the Horse.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-191977 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2E5A8281-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-191981 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2E5A8330-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-191985 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2E5A8347-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2013based artist Lee Hyun Joon brought his three giant horse installations, \u201cAuspicious Gallop,\u201d to life at The Shops at Skyview on Tuesday, February 18.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a0 The Shops at Skyview kicked off the Year of the Horse with color, music, and a touch&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-146827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}