From July 7 to late August, the 10th Avenue Square section of the High Line will be closed due to construction. Please note the following changes to access. You can also learn more on our blog >
Elevator access: Visitors traveling north will need to exit at 14th Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 23rd Street. Visitors traveling south will need to exit at 23rd Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 14th Street.
Stair access: Visitors traveling north will need to exit at 16th Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 17th Street. Visitors traveling south will need to exit at 17th Street, walk along the street, and reenter at 16th Street.
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Iván Argote’s Dinosaur
For the fourth High Line Plinth commission, Iván Argote presents Dinosaur, a colossal, hyper-realistic sculpture of a pigeon cast in aluminum.
The High Line Plinth is a new landmark destination for public art, designed as the focal point of the Spur, the newest section of the High Line. Unlike most of the other sections of the park where visitors are moving along thoroughfares, the Spur is conceived as a natural gathering space. The Plinth serves as an anchor at the center of this piazza, creating a dialogue with the towering skyscrapers and arresting vistas of the immediate surroundings.
As the first location on the High Line that is solely dedicated to the presentation of art, the High Line Plinth provides artists an incredible opportunity to realize new and ambitious commissions on a scale rarely seen in the public sphere in New York. Inspired by the Fourth Plinth of Trafalgar Square in London, the large scale and high visibility of the Plinth offers artists a unique platform to inspire a diverse public audience and contribute to the ever-changing conversation around contemporary art and monuments.
The inaugural High Line Plinth was initiated by an international advisory committee of 13 artists, curators, and art world professionals who each submitted recommendations of artists to invite to submit a proposal for the Plinth. Twelve proposals were then selected from the initial group of fifty. Simone Leigh’s Brick House, known as Cupboard VII in the proposal stage, and Sam Durant’s Untitled (drone), were ultimately chosen as the inaugural High Line Plinth commissions.
Pamela Rosenkranz’s Old Tree
On view May 2023 – September 2024
The third High Line Plinth commission is Old Tree, a 25-foot-tall sculpture in vivid pink and red, by artist Pamela Rosenkranz. Old Tree brings to life mythical archetypes of the tree of life connecting heaven and earth. The tree’s color resembles the branching systems of human organs, blood vessels, and tissue, inviting viewers to contemplate the indivisible connection between humans and nature.
Shortlisted proposals for the fifth and sixth plinth commissions
Learn about the 12 shortlisted artists’ proposals for the fifth and sixth High Line Plinth commissions, to open in 2026 and 2027.
Long list of proposals for the fifth and sixth Plinth commissions
See 56 artwork submissions for the fifth and sixth High Line Plinth commissions, proposed for installation in 2026 and 2027.
Sam Durant’s Untitled (drone)
On view May 2021 – October 2022
With the second High Line Plinth commission Untitled (drone), a large-scale fiberglass sculpture in the shape of an abstracted drone, artist Sam Durant seeks to make visible the intentionally obscured drone warfare perpetuated by the US, and to remind the public that drones and surveillance are a tragic and pervasive presence in the daily lives of many living outside—and within—the United States.
Shortlisted proposals for the third and fourth Plinth commissions
Learn about the 12 shortlisted artists’ proposals for the third and fourth High Line Plinth commissions, to open in 2023 and 2024.
Long list of proposals for the third and fourth Plinth commissions
See all 80 artwork submissions for the third and fourth High Line Plinth commissions, proposed in 2020 by a wide range of artists nominated by an international advisory committee.
Simone Leigh’s Brick House
On view June 2019 – May 2021
The inaugural High Line Plinth commission, Simone Leigh’s Brick House, is a sixteen-foot-tall bronze bust of a Black woman whose torso is conflated with the forms of a skirt and a clay house.
Proposals for the first two High Line Plinth commissions
Learn more about the 12 shortlisted proposals for the first and second High Line Plinth commissions, selected from an initial group of 50 in 2017.
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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. of Houston, and Charina Endowment Fund.
Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by members of the High Line Plinth Committee: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros, Elizabeth K. Belfer, Fairfax Dorn, Kerianne Flynn, Ingrid Cincala Gilbert, 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.
