Activities for Kids

8 Awesome Outdoor Artworks to See On the High Line

Dotted along the High Line, right above all those art galleries, you’ll find a ton of public outdoor art that’s fun, free and forward-looking like the clever Sheep Station, a gas station turned faux sheep grazing pasture.

By Alice Perry September 24, 2013

Since having kids, your days of strolling through Chelsea art galleries may be temporarily on hold. But that doesn’t mean you can’t still experience cutting-edge and contemporary art with your kids. Dotted along the High Line, right above all those art galleries, you’ll find a ton of public outdoor art that’s fun, free and forward-looking like the clever Sheep Station, a gas station turned faux sheep grazing pasture. And because this outdoor kid-friendly Chelsea art tour is like an open-air gallery, you and the kids will be outside and you won’t have to shush them once.

V-J Day Mural

The Art: We’ve all seen the image but not like this. Brazilian artist Eduardo Kobra gives the Technicolor treatment to Alfred Eisenstaedt’s1945 photo of V-J Day in Times Square. The large-scale mural, which is visible from the High Line, is a kaleidoscope of swirling colors and harlequin patterns.

Fun for Kids: Kids will love looking down at this larger-than-life sailor and nurse doused in rainbow colors. If you’re feeling scholarly, give your kids a mini-history lesson using the mural as a spectacular backdrop.

See It: Corner of 10^th Avenue and West 25^th Street. On permanent view.

All images courtesy of Alice Perry

-Alice Perry