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About the Plinth
The High Line Plinth is a landmark destination for public art, designed as the focal point of the Spur, on the High Line at 30th Street and 10th Avenue. Now in its eighth year on view, the Plinth has become a globally renowned program for artists to realize new and ambitious commissions on a scale rarely seen in the public sphere in New York. The large scale and high visibility of the Plinth offers artists a unique platform to inspire a diverse audience, contribute to the ever-changing conversation around contemporary art and monuments, and create a dialogue with the towering skyscrapers and arresting vistas of the cityscape. The Plinth was inaugurated with Simone Leigh’s Brick House in 2019, and has since featured works by Sam Durant, Pamela Rosenkranz, Iván Argote, and Tuan Andrew Nguyen.
Previous Plinth Commissions and Proposals
The first two High Line Plinth commissions were initiated in 2016 by an international advisory committee of artists, curators, and art world professionals who each recommended artists to invite to submit a proposal. After collecting and reviewing more than 50 proposals, the High Line selected a shortlist of 12 artists, who exhibited maquettes of their proposals on the High Line in 2017. Simone Leigh’s Brick House and Sam Durant’s Untitled (drone) were then chosen from that group, opening to the public in 2019 and 2021 respectively.
In 2020, a call for submissions from a second cycle of committee-nominated artists took place, with 80 proposals shared with the public online for feedback. A shortlist of 12 artists were then selected to exhibit maquettes of their proposals in January 2021. Pamela Rosenkranz’s Old Tree was selected as the third High Line Plinth commission from this round, and was followed by Iván Argote’s Dinosaur. Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s The Light That Shines Through the Universe was selected from over 56 proposals as the fifth Plinth. The sixth commission, also selected from this group, will be announced in 2027.
About the Proposal Process
Sixty-one artists and collectives from 37 countries and all corners of the United States submitted the proposals above to be considered for the seventh and eighth Plinth commissions, which will be installed in 2029 and 2030. These artists were nominated by an international advisory committee of artists, curators, and arts professionals convened by High Line Art. In fall 2026, High Line Art will select a shortlist of artists to move to the next stage of the proposal process. These artists will be invited to present maquettes of their proposals in a public exhibition in early 2027.
Public feedback is integral to the proposal process: the comments we receive will be shared with High Line Art’s curatorial team and will help inform their selection of the shortlist of artists.
Nominating Advisory Committee
The seventh and eighth Plinth commission proposals’ international advisory committee includes:
Diana Campbell Betancourt, Artistic Director, Samdani Art Foundation
Amanda Carneiro, Curator, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand (MASP), and Chief Curator, 37th Bienal de São Paulo
Emma Enderby, Director, KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin
Ekow Eshun, Independent Curator, and Chairman, Fourth Plinth, Trafalgar Square
Stefanie Hessler, Director, Swiss Institute, New York, and Curator, 2026 Counterpublic Triennial
Jamillah James, Senior Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
Storm Janse van Rensburg, Interim Curatorial Director, Javett Art Centre at the University of Pretoria, South Africa
Venus Lau, Director, Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Nusantara, Jakarta
Miguel López, Chief Curator, Museo Universitario del Chopo (MUAC), Mexico City
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 of High Line Art’s digital infrastructure is provided by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
Major support for the High Line Plinth is provided by members of the High Line Plinth Committee, contemporary art leaders who are committed to realizing major commissions and engaging in the public success of the Plinth: Shelley Fox Aarons and Philip E. Aarons, Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros, Amy Abrams, Sarah Arison, Elizabeth K. Belfer, Fairfax Dorn, Kerianne Flynn, Ingrid Cincala Gilbert, Hermine Riegerl Heller, Janine and J. Tomilson Hill, Annie Hubbard, Miyoung Lee and Neil Simpkins, Randi Levine, Jennifer Levitt, Amanda and Don Mullen, Douglas Oliver and Sherry Brous, Mario Palumbo and Stefan Gargiulo, Dani R’bibo, Eric Schwartz and Debra Fram, Susan and David Viniar, Olivia Walton, and Vivian and James Zelter.
High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council, under the leadership of Speaker Julie Menin.
