Park update: On September 7, the Spur and High Line Connector at 30th Street will be closed. From September 8 – 9, the Spur, High Line Connector, and Coach Passage at 30th Street will be closed.

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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

Arthur Simms

A Totem for the High Line.

"A Totem for the High Line." entangles found objects and personal artifacts, standing as an homage to transformation and the perpetual unfolding of one’s past, present, and future.

Teresa Solar-Abboud

Birth of Islands

Teresa Solar-Abboud presents Birth of Islands, a new sculpture in her series of zoomorphic works inspired by animals and prehistoric life forms.

Tishan Hsu

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

Tishan Hsu presents car-grass-screen-2 and car-body-screen-2, two biomorphic forms that blur the line between our physical bodies and technological interfaces.

Giulia Cenci

secondary forest

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.

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.

Explore

Channel

Every day at 5pm 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.