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Public Art
for Everyone

High Line Art is dedicated to expanding the role of contemporary art in public spaces. We commission and produce world-class art projects on and around the High Line, sparking the dialogue that is an essential element of city life.

High Line Art is dedicated to expanding the role of contemporary art in public spaces. We commission and produce world-class art projects on and around the High Line, sparking the dialogue that is an essential element of city life.

NOW ON VIEW
PLINTH

Dinosaur

For the fourth High Line Plinth commission, Iván Argote presents Dinosaur, a colossal, hyper-realistic sculpture of a pigeon cast in aluminum. See it in person on the High Line Spur at 30th Street and 10th Avenue.

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BILLBOARD

Untitled and My Love of Upholstery

For the Moynihan – Connector Billboard, Sasha Gordon presents My Love of Upholstery (2024) and Untitled (2024), two recent works that examine challenging taboos and standards of representation through the lens of self-portraiture.

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COMMISSION

The Creation of the Creatures of Day and Night

The Creation of the Creatures of Day and Night is a continuation of Rosana Paulino’s mangrove series, which depicts tree-women as a mythological archetype and symbol for the Brazilian biome.

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BILLBOARD

Beyond the Horizon

Małgorzata Mirga-Tas presents Beyond the Horizon, a billboard that addresses anti-Roma sentiment and proposes a new, affirmative vision of Roma communities.

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ART OFF LINE

Eastern Aphasia Caress (EAC)

Kaela Chambers presents Eastern Aphasia Caress (EAC), a reimagination of the Western Aphasia Battery (WAB), a diagnostic assessment for language loss.

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COMMISSION

Fossil Psychic Stone Mimicry (Palladiana, Mosaico_Bench I)

Kerstin Brätsch presents a site-specific mosaic bench wrapped around an Oregon Green Austrian pine tree, offering a moment of respite for parkgoers.

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CHANNEL

Animism

The High Line presents three films by Zhang Xu Zhan reflecting on our shared cultural experiences, featuring papier mache nature spirits, mythical creatures, and musical instrument-playing animals.

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COMMISSION

A Totem for the High Line.

Arthur Simms creates a new site-specific sculpture, A Totem for the High Line., which stands on the park at 16th Street as an homage to transformation and the perpetual unfolding of our past, present, and future.

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COMMISSION

Birth of Islands

On the High Line at 20th Street, Teresa Solar-Abboud presents Birth of Islands, a new sculpture in her series of zoomorphic shapes inspired by animals and prehistoric life forms.

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COMMISSION

car-grass-screen-2 and car-body-screen-2

On the High Line under the Standard Hotel at Little West 12th Street, Tishan Hsu presents two biomorphic car forms constructed out of resin-wrapped foam, covered in glitching, screen-like skins.

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COMMISSION

secondary forest

Located on the park at 24th Street, Giulia Cenci’s secondary forest, composed of aluminum casts of animal, human, and plant forms, encourages one to reconsider their impact on and relationship to the cycle of life.

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COMMISSION

On Growth

Kapwani Kiwanga presents On Growth, a sculpture of a fern encased in glass that draws on the histories of institutional and commercial botanic nurseries, which heavily influenced the scientific understanding of plants and horticulture of today.

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Elevated: Art on the High Line

The book features a world-class array of works and projects spanning the last decade by key artists from around the world.

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About High Line Art

The High Line is the only park in New York City with a dedicated multimedia contemporary art program, which we offer to audiences, rain or shine, 365 days a year—all for free. We present works by national and international artists at varying stages of their careers, from emerging voices to those long established. Led by Cecilia Alemani, the Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Director & Chief Curator, High Line Art invites artists to engage with the unique architecture, history, and design of the High Line in creative and provocative ways. Through art, we foster a productive dialogue with the surrounding neighborhood and urban landscape.

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Commissions

Commissions

We work with world-renowned artists to commission temporary, site-specific sculptures, installations, and murals that are visible from the High Line and the surrounding neighborhood.

We work with world-renowned artists to commission temporary, site-specific sculptures, installations, and murals that are visible from the High Line and the surrounding neighborhood.

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Channel

Channel

On the High Line at 14th Street we screen a rotating selection of video art, including both new and historic works.

On the High Line at 14th Street we screen a rotating selection of video art, including both new and historic works.

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Performances

Performances

Artists create participatory, dynamic performances and transformative experiences that take advantage of the High Line’s setting.

Artists create participatory, dynamic performances and transformative experiences that take advantage of the High Line’s setting.

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Plinth

Plinth

Located on the Spur at 10th Avenue and 30th Street, the Plinth is the first space on the High Line—and one of the only sites in New York City—dedicated solely to a rotating series of new, monumental, contemporary art commissions.

Located on the Spur at 10th Avenue and 30th Street, the Plinth is the first space on the High Line—and one of the only sites in New York City—dedicated solely to a rotating series of new, monumental, contemporary art commissions.

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The public is our patron

You can power the arts by supporting the High Line. With your tax-deductible donation, you’ll help us make world-class contemporary artworks free and open to everyone.

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Explore

Programs

There’s always something new to experience on the High Line, from dance to meditation to civic engagement to family events. 

Gardens

Our gardens are diverse and ever-changing, with more than fifteen distinct planting zones and 150,000 plants.

Park Features

The High Line offers nearly 1.5 miles of creative and innovative public space designs. Discover your new favorite spot.

Support

Lead support for High Line Art comes from Amanda and Don Mullen. Major support is provided by Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, The Brown Foundation, Inc., and Charina Endowment Fund.

Major support for art and biodiversity is provided by Ruinart Champagne.

High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Adrienne Adams.

Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by members of the High Line Plinth Committee and contemporary art leaders committed to realizing major commissions and engaging in the public success of the Plinth: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros, Elizabeth K. Belfer, Fairfax Dorn, Kerianne Flynn, Hermine Riegerl Heller, Janine and J. Tomilson Hill, The Holly Peterson Foundation, Annie Hubbard, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Jennifer Levitt, W. Scott McCormack and Noah Jay, Amanda and Don Mullen, Douglas Oliver and Sherry Brous, Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo, Susan and Stephen Scherr, Eric Schwartz and Debra Fram, Susan and David Viniar, Olivia Walton, and Vivian and James Zelter.

Project support for the High Line – Moynihan Connector Billboard is provided by Suzanne Deal Booth. Additional support for the High Line – Moynihan Connector Billboard is provided by Neda Young.

Rosana Paulino’s mural, The Creation of the Creatures of Day and Night, is made possible, in part, by an in-kind donation from Meadow Partners and Canvas Property Group. Painted by the team at Overall Murals.

Giulia Cenci, secondary forest, is supported by the Mondriaan Fund, the public cultural funding organization focusing on visual arts and cultural heritage.

Tishan Hsu’s car-grass-screen-2 and car-body-screen-2 is made possible, in part, with support from the New York State Council on the Arts Support for Artists initiative.