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 Liz Ligon. Okwui Okpokwasili, On the way, undone, 2019. Photo by Liz Ligon. Okwui Okpokwasili, On the way, undone, 2019.

Performances

The High Line turns into an open-air theater through live, artist-led events, scheduled throughout the year. Taking place on and around the park, these performances interact with the unique physical landscape and social space of the park, inviting audience participation and provoking thoughtful conversations. This series has previously featured works by artists including Kevin Beasley, Alexis Blake, Miguel Gutierrez, and the Trisha Brown Dance Company, among others.

The High Line turns into an open-air theater through live, artist-led events, scheduled throughout the year. Taking place on and around the park, these performances interact with the unique physical landscape and social space of the park, inviting audience participation and provoking thoughtful conversations. This series has previously featured works by artists including Kevin Beasley, Alexis Blake, Miguel Gutierrez, and the Trisha Brown Dance Company, among others.

recent

Alexis Blake’s Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve

September 5, 6 & 7, 2023  |  7pm

The first New York City performance from Amsterdam-based artist Alexis Blake, Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve is a dance performance and installation that takes up glass and breaking as metaphors for the fragility and strength of the individual and collective body. The performers come from different dance genres such as breakdance, hip hop, contemporary, ballet, West African, and tap.

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recent performances

Azikiwe Mohammed

First Excursions First Horizons

DJ Black Helmet aka Azikiwe Mohammed realized First Excursions First Horizons, a new sound performance for the High Line, on June 5, 6, and 9, 2023. New York City-based musicians Taja Cheek, CX KIDTRONIK, and Peter Toussaint performed sets based on custom-made records made by Mohammed, playing the sounds of the everyday Black experience in Mohammed’s search for the less terrestrial sounds of Blackness.

Miguel Gutierrez

sueño

sueño is Miguel Gutierrez’s new music project of tiny epic songs dedicated to melancholy and longing. It was presented on the High Line on September 12, September 13 and September 14.

Guillermo Galindo

Remote Control

On Tuesday, July 26, 2022, High Line Art presented the first public presentation of Remote Control, a performance by artist and composer Guillermo Galindo, performed by the string quartet ETHEL. The work, which meditates on the dehumanization of warfare through remote digital technologies, incorporates audio tracks of war video games and military cockpits.

Paul Maheke

A fire circle for a public hearing

On June 28, 29 & 30, 2022, High Line Art presented the North American premiere of Paul Maheke’s A fire circle for a public hearing, an exploration of the potential of the body as an archive.

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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.

Channel

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

Plinth

Newly launched in 2019, the High Line Plinth offers a new landmark destination for major public art commissions in New York City.