The Highline

There are many ways to see art in New York, and one of my favorites is also the simplest: walking.

Last week, I hosted Come Look at Art with Me on The High Line—an hour of looking together, moving slowly, and allowing what we encountered to shape the experience. What emerged was something I think of as intentional wandering: being in the right place, paying attention, and trusting what draws you in.

You can do this on your own.

Start at Gansevoort Street and walk north. Don’t try to see everything. Let yourself be led by what catches your eye, and stay a little longer than you normally would.

If it’s helpful to have a few anchors along the way, there are three works currently on view that offer very different entry points:

• The billboard by Katherine Bernhardt is immediate and direct—painting placed into the flow of the city, where you might expect something else.
• Nearby, work by Derek Fordjour brings in the body, movement, and a sense of presence that shifts how you experience the space.
• And on the Plinth, Tuan Andrew Nguyen’s The Light That Shines Through a 30-Foot Tall Sandstone Buddha introduces a different kind of attention—quieter, more reflective, and expansive.

You don’t need a plan. You don’t need to understand everything.

The invitation is simply to notice what you notice—and to trust that.

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