NEW YORK, N.Y.- Turner Prize winning artist Susan Philipsz has been selected to create a piece of permanent public art on Governors Island, The Trust for Governors Island announced. Philipsz was chosen by The Trust through the City’s Percent for Art Program. Percent for Art is a commissioning program that integrates permanent works of art into publicly funded capital projects through an equitable artist selection process. Philipsz’s commission will be the first work in an ongoing public art program opening with the new park and public spaces in 2013. “Governors Island has become a destination for arts and culture in New York City,” said Leslie Koch, president of The Trust for Governors Island. “I am thrilled that The Trust’s first commission