CJ Hendry’s Flower Market Blooms at Rockefeller Center

This September, New York’s Rockefeller Center will unfurl into a garden of imagination. For three days only, from September 19–21, artist CJ Hendry brings her wildly popular Flower Market back to life — this time bigger, brighter, and in full bloom at the very heart of Manhattan.

Hendry, celebrated for her hyperrealist drawings and installations that turn the everyday into dazzling shared spectacles, has a knack for transforming the ordinary into something extraordinary. Last year’s Flower Market began modestly on Roosevelt Island, only to cause such a frenzy it was relocated to Industry City. This time, she has chosen Rockefeller Center, the very stage where art, commerce, and city life collide, as the perfect canvas.

A bouquet of CJ Hendry plush flowers.

At the heart of the installation lies Hendry’s signature twist: 27 brand-new plush flower designs, offered freely to visitors — one per person — turning the act of receiving a bloom into a citywide gesture of joy. Additional flowers are just $5, keeping the experience democratic, tactile, and irresistible. A coveted 28th design is available only to those who ascend the Top of the Rock, a clever marriage of New York’s most iconic view with Hendry’s plush fantasia...

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Lead: CJ Hendry's Plush Flowers, arranged as a bouquet.

All images courtesy of CJ Hendry.