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Wave Hill is a 28-acre public garden and cultural center in the Bronx overlooking the Hudson River and Palisades. Its mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscapes, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

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Wave Hill Commissions Animated Light Installation by Award-Winning Artist Chris Doyle, on View April 24–May 24, 2015

In celebration of its 50th anniversary, Wave Hill announces a groundbreaking installation by acclaimed interdisciplinary artist Chris Doyle, commissioned to honor this milestone in the institution’s history. Doyle’s large-scale, site-specific work, under the working title The Lightening: a project for Wave Hill’s Aquatic Garden, will engage the formal pool, offering a dynamic fusion of garden, light and animation that will pay homage to the intersection of horticulture and art—a feature that distinguishes Wave Hill as a landscape of complex, dynamic beauty.   A group of three, faceted

Wave Hill Welcomes the Canal Street String Band to Historic Armor Hall

Sunday, November 23, 2014, 2PMOn Sunday, November 23, Armor Hall springs to life with a rollicking performance by the Canal Street String Band. The trio, comprised of musicians Phil Banaszak, Dave Ruch and Jim Whitford, puts a brand-new shine on some seriously fun, traditional American music with its captivating vocals and innumerable stringed instruments—and even a pair of cow bones! Lauded by The Buffalo News for its “masterful playing,” the group performs a mix of lively tunes, ranging from sea shanties and cowboy songs to mountain music and western swing. The delightfully eclectic

Hilary Lorenz to Show in Wave Hill’s Sunroom Project Space, October 18–December 7, 2014

Meet the Artist: Sunday, November 16, 1:30pmInspired by the passage of the human body through geographic space, Hilary Lorenz translates hikes in remote landscapes into visual imagery. Her prints, drawings and enveloping installations, grounded in traditions of performance walking, are fundamentally shaped by experiencing long-distance runs and mountain ascents. Her drawings and prints visually map a specific location, providing abstract time-lines that mark a spatial journey of memory and change. As the artist describes, “When I am carving a linoleum block or applying watercolor to paper,

Wave Hill’s Concert Season Opens with Acclaimed Horszowski Trio

Sunday, October 26, 2014 in Historic Armor HallOn Sunday, October 26, Wave Hill opens its 2014‒2015 concert season with a masterful performance by the widely-acclaimed Horszowski Trio. The trio, composed of violinist Jesse Mills, cellist Raman Ramakrishnan and pianist Rieko Aizawa, takes its inspiration and name from Mieczyslaw Horszowski, a legendary pianist celebrated for his musicianship, integrity and humanity.   Hailed by The New Yorker as “destined for great things,” the three virtuosic musicians play with an exhilarating, expressive freedom reflective of the deep trust—both

Recapturing the Scenic Wilds in Glyndor Gallery, September 6‒December 7, 2014

Opening Reception Saturday, September 6, 2‒4:30PMInspired by the naturalist legacy of Theodore Roosevelt, a former resident of Wave Hill House and lifelong proponent of specimen discovery and collection, Recapturing the Scenic Wilds investigates and complicates the notion of the natural history display. Comprising the work of nine innovative artists, each of whom attempts to transform the experience of the natural world into a tightly controlled scene, tableau or source of information, the exhibition unearths what this type of artificially “organic” display reveals about our relationship to

Kristyna and Marek Milde’s Sofa Wilderness Sunroom Project Opens May 23

Meet the Artists: Sunday, June 22, 1:30PMWave Hill’s serene and verdant landscape has been an inspiration to many artists, past and present, and Kristyna and Marek Milde are no exception. Through July 6, their installation in Glyndor Gallery’s Sunroom Project Space offers a unique way to examine the effects of architecture, design and interior space on how we see and relate to the outside world. Their work creates a shift when plant material from outdoors is placed inside the gallery space. At Wave Hill, they develop the idea of transplanting the natural site indoors. Their Sunroom

Wave Hill Announces First Complete Exhibition of Gregory Crewdson Fireflies Series

May 23‒August 24, 2014Wave Hill is pleased to present Gregory Crewdson: Fireflies, a series of 61 photographs that will be shown for the first time as a complete group, starting in late May. In mounting the exhibition at this public garden and cultural center in the Bronx, Wave Hill offers visitors the rare opportunity to view Crewdson’s black-and-white photographs in an exquisite natural setting. The unique series was created in 1996, when Crewdson was living alone in his family’s cabin in rural Massachusetts. That summer, he immersed himself in observing and photographing fireflies, each

Sunroom Project Space: Brandon Neubauer Installation Opens April 8

Spring Exhibitions Reception: Saturday, April 12, 1-4PMMeet the Artist: Saturday, May 3, 1:30PM Brandon Neubauer creates multi-media installations that draw on perceived histories of a site to create a loose-knit narrative that merges past, present and future. Developed since summer 2013 and prepared while in residence during his time in Wave Hill’s Winter Workspace Program (February 19 – March 20, 2014), Neubauer’s Sunroom Project Looking Out, Up and Away incorporates video, photographs and recorded sounds to create a portrait of the Wave Hill site that engages time, optical phenomena

REMEDIATE/RE-VISION: PUBLIC ARTISTS ENGAGING THE ENVIRONMENT

Exhibition Showcases Recent Remediative Artworks Glyndor Gallery, August 1−November 28, 2010 Exhibition Reception, Sunday, August 1, 1–4PM Bronx, NY, July 14, 2010 – Remediate/Re-vision: Public Artists Engaging the Environment showcases artists’ projects in public spaces where the work serves as a catalyst for environmental remediation. In settings as diverse as parks, water treatment facilities, waterfronts and city roofs, artists act as instigators, collaborators, activists and designers, raising awareness of such concerns as watershed fragility, industrial and natural history,

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