Park update: The High Line – Moynihan Connector and the High Line’s Coach Passage and Spur at 30th St. & 10th Ave. will be closed on Wednesday, September 20.
NYC native plants
Delve deeper into the character, beauty, and utility of the important native plants that call the park home.
Alexis Blake’s Crack Nerve Boogie Swerve
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.
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.
