The High Line in New York has unveiled its new slate of art programming for the spring 2026 season. Presented by High Line Art, the elevated public park in lower Manhattan has commissioned new works by Patricia Ayres, Ximena Garrido-Lecca, Derek Fordjour, Katherine Bernhardt, Saba Khan, Marianna Simnett, Filip Kostic, and Ana Hušman.
The new works, which include sculptures, a billboard, and video exhibitions, are organized around the theme of bodies, labor, and infrastructure, and curated by High Line Art’s director and chief curator, Cecilia Alemani.
“With each new commission and each artist’s unique way of interpreting the world we live in and shape, I learn so much, from topics as wide-ranging yet still connected as the human body, agriculture, and cultural expression,” said Alemani.
New York–based artist Patricia Ayres will present her first series of outdoor sculptures, titled 2-18-5-14-4-1-14-3-12-15-14-6-5-18-20, 7-5-18-2018-21-4-5-8-5-9-6-20-1, and 2-15-14-1-16-9-14-1, on the High Line between 19th and 20th streets. First trained in fashion design before moving towards sculpture, Ayres’s fleshy, towering figures challenge the bodily constraints placed on women by the fashion industry, the prison system, and the Catholic church.
At 23rd street, Peruvian sculptor and installation artist Ximena Garrido-Lecca will present Golden Crop, a 9-foot-tall bronze water fountain that takes the form of a corn cob. To illustrate the toxic health and environmental effects brought on by the routine genetic modification of the crop, Garrido-Lecca’s piece will color the fountain’s trickling water a neon yellow hue, in reference to the chemical runoff that pollutes local water sources used by communities for drinking, fishing, and recreation.
American sculptor, installation, and performance artist Derek Fordjour will present three new painted bronze sculptures of Black figures depicting the tension and expectations placed upon various careers that were historically viewed as pathways to upwards mobility in the African American experience. Including depictions of a waiter and a boxer, these works will be presented alongside Backbreaker Double, Fordjour’s High Line commission mural that was installed in December of last year.
Meanwhile, the High Line’s billboard at the intersection of 10th Avenue and West 18th Street will present Spring Cleaning, a vibrant still life centered on domestic cleanliness and ritual by St. Louis–based painter Katherine Bernhardt.
The High Line also announced its forthcoming video program, including three videos by London-based Pakistani artist Saba Khan on the politics of water. In addition, three films on the subject of football (timed with the 2026 World Cup) will be on view, by Marianna Simnett, Filip Kostic, and Ana Hušman.
Previous High Line commissions include Iván Argote’s giant pigeon sculpture, which is on view through spring 2026. Previous artists commissioned for the park’s prestigious sculpture series include Asad Raza, Pilvi Takala, Carlos Reyes, Teresa Solar Abboud, and more. In spring 2026, Vietnamese American artist Andrew Tuan Nguyen will also create a 27-foot-Buddha for the High Line.
