Park update: From 7am – 3:30pm on Monday, March 18 and Tuesday, March 19, the High Line will be partially closed between 23rd and 30th Streets due to construction. Visitors can enter and exit at the 23rd Street stair/elevator and the 30th/10th Street stair. The entrances from Hudson Yards, the Connector, and the Spur remain open.

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Photo by Timothy Schenck. Vivian Suter, Xocomil, 2019. Part of En Plein Air. Photo by Timothy Schenck

Commissions

Working with emerging and world-renowned artists, we commission and produce new work specifically for the High Line each year. These sculptures, installations, sound pieces, murals—and more—challenge traditional notions of public art in both critical and playful ways. High Line Commissions are regularly on view for one year, providing new perspectives on each work against the changing backdrop of the gardens. Past commissions include works by Carol Bove, Barbara Kruger, Nari Ward, Nina Beier, and Ibrahim Mahama among others.

Working with emerging and world-renowned artists, we commission and produce new work specifically for the High Line each year. These sculptures, installations, sound pieces, murals—and more—challenge traditional notions of public art in both critical and playful ways. High Line Commissions are regularly on view for one year, providing new perspectives on each work against the changing backdrop of the gardens. Past commissions include works by Carol Bove, Barbara Kruger, Nari Ward, Nina Beier, and Ibrahim Mahama among others.

Currently ON VIEW

Karon Davis

Curtain Call

For the High Line, Davis presents "Curtain Call", a larger-than-life bronze portrait of a ballerina taking her final bow after a performance.

Lily van der Stokker

Thank You Darling

A monumental mural that actively engages with its audience, expressing gratitude to all those who pass, while reclaiming intimate language that is often disparaged for being feminine and unserious.

Kapwani Kiwanga

On Growth

Kapwani Kiwanga presents On Growth, a sculpture of a fern encased in glass that draws on the legacies of institutional and commercial botanic nurseries.

Cosima von Bonin

WHAT IF THEY BARK?

Von Bonin brings her ongoing work "WHAT IF THEY BARK?" to the High Line, installing a group of anthropomorphic fish sculptures above the park’s iconic 10th Avenue Square.

Baseera Khan

Painful Arc II (Shoulder-High)

Baseera Khan's "Painful Arc II (Shoulder-High)" is a monumental archway inscribed with packaging labels and handwritten notes jotted down by High Line staff members.

Yu Ji

Column-Untitled No.3

Yu Ji creates installations and sculptures that incorporate changing elements like liquids and live plants that shift and morph from day to day.

Faheem Majeed

Freedom’s Stand

Faheem Majeed presents "Freedom’s Stand," an homage to the role of Black newspapers in the US.

Julia Phillips

Observer, Observed

Julia Phillips crafts a custom shape set of binoculars, cast in bronze and attached to an adjustable metal support structure.

Explore

Channel

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

Performances

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

Plinth

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.