diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d607953f603..142830eb123 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@
     "@braze/react-native-sdk": "11.0.0",
     "@expo/react-native-action-sheet": "4.0.1",
     "@gorhom/bottom-sheet": "5.0.5",
+    "@gorhom/portal": "1.0.14",
     "@invertase/react-native-apple-authentication": "2.1.5",
     "@kesha-antonov/react-native-action-cable": "1.1.4",
     "@ptomasroos/react-native-multi-slider": "2.2.2",
diff --git a/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInput.tests.tsx b/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInput.tests.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c9580898b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInput.tests.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import { GlobalSearchInput } from "app/Components/GlobalSearchInput"
+import { renderWithWrappers } from "app/utils/tests/renderWithWrappers"
+
+describe("GlobalSearchInput", () => {
+  it("renders the search label properly", () => {
+    renderWithWrappers(<GlobalSearchInput />)
+
+    expect(/Search artists, artworks, etc/).toBeTruthy()
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInput.tsx b/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInput.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..48cc6bafc0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInput.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Flex, RoundSearchInput, Touchable } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import { GlobalSearchInputOverlay } from "app/Components/GlobalSearchInputOverlay"
+import { SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER } from "app/Scenes/Search/Search"
+import { Fragment, useState } from "react"
+
+export const GlobalSearchInput: React.FC<{}> = () => {
+  const [isVisible, setIsVisible] = useState(false)
+
+  return (
+    <Fragment>
+      <Touchable
+        onPress={() => {
+          setIsVisible(true)
+        }}
+      >
+        {/* In order to make the search input behave like a button here, we wrapped it with a
+         Touchable and set pointerEvents to none. This will prevent the input from receiving
+         touch events and make sure they are being handled by the Touchable.
+        */}
+        <Flex pointerEvents="none">
+          <RoundSearchInput
+            placeholder={SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER}
+            accessibilityHint="Search artists, artworks, galleries etc."
+            accessibilityLabel="Search artists, artworks, galleries etc."
+            maxLength={55}
+            numberOfLines={1}
+            multiline={false}
+          />
+        </Flex>
+      </Touchable>
+      <GlobalSearchInputOverlay visible={isVisible} hideModal={() => setIsVisible(false)} />
+    </Fragment>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInputOverlay.tsx b/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInputOverlay.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..31eb0e9a0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/app/Components/GlobalSearchInputOverlay.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { Flex, RoundSearchInput, Spacer } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import { Portal } from "@gorhom/portal"
+import { FadeIn } from "app/Components/FadeIn"
+import { SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER } from "app/Scenes/Search/Search"
+import { StyleSheet } from "react-native"
+import { SafeAreaView } from "react-native-safe-area-context"
+
+export const GlobalSearchInputOverlay: React.FC<{ visible: boolean; hideModal: () => void }> = ({
+  visible,
+  hideModal,
+}) => {
+  if (!visible) {
+    return null
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <Portal hostName="SearchOverlay">
+      <FadeIn style={StyleSheet.absoluteFillObject} slide={false}>
+        <SafeAreaView
+          style={{ flex: 1, backgroundColor: "white" }}
+          edges={["top", "left", "right"]}
+        >
+          <Flex px={2} pt={2}>
+            <RoundSearchInput
+              placeholder={SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER}
+              accessibilityHint="Search artists, artworks, galleries etc."
+              accessibilityLabel="Search artists, artworks, galleries etc."
+              maxLength={55}
+              numberOfLines={1}
+              autoFocus
+              multiline={false}
+              onLeftIconPress={() => {
+                hideModal()
+              }}
+            />
+          </Flex>
+          <Spacer y={2} />
+          <Flex flex={1} backgroundColor="black10" />
+        </SafeAreaView>
+      </FadeIn>
+    </Portal>
+  )
+}
diff --git a/src/app/Providers.tsx b/src/app/Providers.tsx
index 7e91fb99067..30e94a972a0 100644
--- a/src/app/Providers.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Providers.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { Theme, Spinner, ScreenDimensionsProvider, Screen } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
 import { ActionSheetProvider } from "@expo/react-native-action-sheet"
+import { PortalProvider } from "@gorhom/portal"
 import { ArtworkListsProvider } from "app/Components/ArtworkLists/ArtworkListsContext"
 import { ShareSheetProvider } from "app/Components/ShareSheet/ShareSheetContext"
 import { getRelayEnvironment } from "app/system/relay/defaultEnvironment"
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ export const TestProviders: React.FC<{ skipRelay?: boolean }> = ({
       TrackingProvider,
       GlobalStoreProvider,
       SafeAreaProvider,
+      PortalProvider,
       ProvideScreenDimensions,
       // FIXME: Only use one from palette-mobile
       // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/Components/HomeHeader.tsx b/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/Components/HomeHeader.tsx
index b2ff142a17c..5540162c339 100644
--- a/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/Components/HomeHeader.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/Components/HomeHeader.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-import { ArtsyLogoBlackIcon, Flex, Box } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import { ArtsyLogoBlackIcon, Box, Flex } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import { GlobalSearchInput } from "app/Components/GlobalSearchInput"
 import { PaymentFailureBanner } from "app/Scenes/HomeView/Components/PaymentFailureBanner"
 import { GlobalStore } from "app/store/GlobalStore"
 import { useFeatureFlag } from "app/utils/hooks/useFeatureFlag"
@@ -6,11 +7,40 @@ import { Suspense } from "react"
 import { ActivityIndicator } from "./ActivityIndicator"
 
 export const HomeHeader: React.FC = () => {
+  const enableNewSearchModal = useFeatureFlag("AREnableNewSearchModal")
   const showPaymentFailureBanner = useFeatureFlag("AREnablePaymentFailureBanner")
   const hasUnseenNotifications = GlobalStore.useAppState(
     (state) => state.bottomTabs.hasUnseenNotifications
   )
 
+  if (enableNewSearchModal) {
+    return (
+      <Flex backgroundColor="white100">
+        {!!showPaymentFailureBanner && (
+          <Suspense fallback={null}>
+            <PaymentFailureBanner />
+          </Suspense>
+        )}
+        <Flex py={2}>
+          <Flex
+            flexDirection="row"
+            px={2}
+            gap={2}
+            justifyContent="space-around"
+            alignItems="center"
+          >
+            <Flex flex={1}>
+              <GlobalSearchInput />
+            </Flex>
+            <Flex alignItems="flex-end">
+              <ActivityIndicator hasUnseenNotifications={hasUnseenNotifications} />
+            </Flex>
+          </Flex>
+        </Flex>
+      </Flex>
+    )
+  }
+
   return (
     <>
       {!!showPaymentFailureBanner && (
@@ -18,7 +48,7 @@ export const HomeHeader: React.FC = () => {
           <PaymentFailureBanner />
         </Suspense>
       )}
-      <Box py={2}>
+      <Box py={2} backgroundColor="white100">
         <Flex flexDirection="row" px={2} justifyContent="space-between" alignItems="center">
           <Box flex={1} />
           <Box>
diff --git a/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/HomeView.tsx b/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/HomeView.tsx
index 1e13e78a4f7..c7756884143 100644
--- a/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/HomeView.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Scenes/HomeView/HomeView.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { ContextModule, OwnerType } from "@artsy/cohesion"
 import { Flex, Screen, Spinner } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import { PortalHost } from "@gorhom/portal"
 import { useFocusEffect } from "@react-navigation/native"
 import { HomeViewFetchMeQuery } from "__generated__/HomeViewFetchMeQuery.graphql"
 import { HomeViewQuery } from "__generated__/HomeViewQuery.graphql"
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ import { searchQueryDefaultVariables } from "app/Scenes/Search/Search"
 import { getRelayEnvironment } from "app/system/relay/defaultEnvironment"
 import { useBottomTabsScrollToTop } from "app/utils/bottomTabsHelper"
 import { extractNodes } from "app/utils/extractNodes"
+import { useFeatureFlag } from "app/utils/hooks/useFeatureFlag"
 import { ProvidePlaceholderContext } from "app/utils/placeholders"
 import { usePrefetch } from "app/utils/queryPrefetching"
 import { requestPushNotificationsPermission } from "app/utils/requestPushNotificationsPermission"
@@ -33,6 +35,7 @@ export const homeViewScreenQueryVariables = () => ({
 })
 
 export const HomeView: React.FC = () => {
+  const enableNewSearchModal = useFeatureFlag("AREnableNewSearchModal")
   const flashlistRef = useBottomTabsScrollToTop("home")
   const [isRefreshing, setIsRefreshing] = useState(false)
 
@@ -128,10 +131,20 @@ export const HomeView: React.FC = () => {
     })
   }
 
+  const stickyHeaderProps = enableNewSearchModal
+    ? {
+        stickyHeaderHiddenOnScroll: true,
+        stickyHeaderIndices: [0],
+      }
+    : {}
+
   return (
     <Screen safeArea={true}>
       <Screen.Body fullwidth>
         <FlatList
+          automaticallyAdjustKeyboardInsets
+          keyboardDismissMode="on-drag"
+          keyboardShouldPersistTaps="handled"
           showsVerticalScrollIndicator={false}
           ref={flashlistRef as RefObject<FlatList>}
           data={sections}
@@ -150,6 +163,7 @@ export const HomeView: React.FC = () => {
           }
           refreshControl={<RefreshControl refreshing={isRefreshing} onRefresh={handleRefresh} />}
           onEndReachedThreshold={2}
+          {...stickyHeaderProps}
         />
         {!!data?.me && <EmailConfirmationBannerFragmentContainer me={data.me} />}
       </Screen.Body>
@@ -178,6 +192,7 @@ export const HomeViewScreen: React.FC = () => {
         <Suspense fallback={<HomeViewScreenPlaceholder />}>
           <HomeView />
         </Suspense>
+        <PortalHost name="SearchOverlay" />
       </RetryErrorBoundary>
     </HomeViewStoreProvider>
   )
diff --git a/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tests.tsx b/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tests.tsx
index 2aa1b3c387c..d6674d00ae5 100644
--- a/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tests.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tests.tsx
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
   it("should render a text input with placeholder and no pills", async () => {
     const { env } = renderWithRelay()
 
-    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, galleries, etc")
+    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, etc")
 
     expect(searchInput).toBeTruthy()
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
   it("Top pill should be selected by default", async () => {
     const { env } = renderWithRelay()
 
-    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, galleries, etc")
+    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, etc")
 
     fireEvent.changeText(searchInput, "text")
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
   it("when clear button is pressed", async () => {
     const { env } = renderWithRelay()
 
-    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, galleries, etc")
+    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, etc")
 
     fireEvent(searchInput, "changeText", "prev value")
 
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
   it("when cancel button is pressed", async () => {
     const { env } = renderWithRelay()
 
-    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, galleries, etc")
+    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, etc")
 
     fireEvent(searchInput, "changeText", "prev value")
     // needed to resolve the relay operation triggered for the text change
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ describe("Search", () => {
   it("should render all the default pills", async () => {
     const { env } = renderWithRelay()
 
-    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, galleries, etc")
+    const searchInput = screen.getByPlaceholderText("Search artists, artworks, etc")
 
     fireEvent(searchInput, "changeText", "Ba")
 
diff --git a/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tsx b/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tsx
index 7cfc51b49a5..7e4d1064b25 100644
--- a/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Scenes/Search/Search.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 import { ActionType, ContextModule, OwnerType } from "@artsy/cohesion"
 import { Spacer, Flex, Box, Screen } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import { PortalHost } from "@gorhom/portal"
 import { useNavigation } from "@react-navigation/native"
 import { StackScreenProps } from "@react-navigation/stack"
 import { SearchQuery, SearchQuery$variables } from "__generated__/SearchQuery.graphql"
+import { GlobalSearchInput } from "app/Components/GlobalSearchInput"
 import { SearchInput } from "app/Components/SearchInput"
 import { SearchPills } from "app/Scenes/Search/SearchPills"
 import { useRefetchWhenQueryChanged } from "app/Scenes/Search/useRefetchWhenQueryChanged"
 import { useSearchQuery } from "app/Scenes/Search/useSearchQuery"
 import { ArtsyKeyboardAvoidingView } from "app/utils/ArtsyKeyboardAvoidingView"
 import { useBottomTabsScrollToTop } from "app/utils/bottomTabsHelper"
+import { useFeatureFlag } from "app/utils/hooks/useFeatureFlag"
 import { Schema } from "app/utils/track"
 import { throttle } from "lodash"
 import { Suspense, useEffect, useMemo, useRef, useState } from "react"
@@ -28,8 +31,7 @@ import { SEARCH_PILLS, SEARCH_THROTTLE_INTERVAL, TOP_PILL } from "./constants"
 import { getContextModuleByPillName } from "./helpers"
 import { PillType } from "./types"
 
-const SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER = [
-  "Search artists, artworks, galleries, etc",
+export const SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER = [
   "Search artists, artworks, etc",
   "Search artworks, etc",
   "Search",
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ export const searchQueryDefaultVariables: SearchQuery$variables = {
 }
 
 export const Search: React.FC = () => {
+  const enableNewSearchModal = useFeatureFlag("AREnableNewSearchModal")
   const searchPillsRef = useRef<ScrollView>(null)
   const [searchQuery, setSearchQuery] = useState<string>("")
   const [selectedPill, setSelectedPill] = useState<PillType>(TOP_PILL)
@@ -130,11 +133,15 @@ export const Search: React.FC = () => {
     <SearchContext.Provider value={searchProviderValues}>
       <ArtsyKeyboardAvoidingView>
         <Flex p={2} pb={0}>
-          <SearchInput
-            ref={searchProviderValues?.inputRef}
-            placeholder={SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER}
-            onChangeText={onSearchTextChanged}
-          />
+          {enableNewSearchModal ? (
+            <GlobalSearchInput />
+          ) : (
+            <SearchInput
+              ref={searchProviderValues?.inputRef}
+              placeholder={SEARCH_INPUT_PLACEHOLDER}
+              onChangeText={onSearchTextChanged}
+            />
+          )}
         </Flex>
         <Flex flex={1} collapsable={false}>
           {shouldStartSearching(searchQuery) && !!queryData.viewer ? (
@@ -158,11 +165,15 @@ export const Search: React.FC = () => {
             </>
           ) : (
             <Scrollable ref={scrollableRef}>
-              <HorizontalPadding>
-                <RecentSearches />
-              </HorizontalPadding>
+              {!enableNewSearchModal && (
+                <>
+                  <HorizontalPadding>
+                    <RecentSearches />
+                  </HorizontalPadding>
+                  <Spacer y={4} />
+                </>
+              )}
 
-              <Spacer y={4} />
               <TrendingArtists data={queryData} mb={4} />
               <CuratedCollections collections={queryData} mb={4} />
 
@@ -189,13 +200,18 @@ export const SearchScreenQuery = graphql`
 
 type SearchScreenProps = StackScreenProps<any>
 
-export const SearchScreen: React.FC<SearchScreenProps> = () => (
-  <Screen>
-    <Suspense fallback={<SearchPlaceholder />}>
-      <Search />
-    </Suspense>
-  </Screen>
-)
+export const SearchScreen: React.FC<SearchScreenProps> = () => {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <Screen>
+        <Suspense fallback={<SearchPlaceholder />}>
+          <Search />
+        </Suspense>
+      </Screen>
+      <PortalHost name="SearchOverlay" />
+    </>
+  )
+}
 
 const Scrollable = styled(ScrollView).attrs(() => ({
   keyboardDismissMode: "on-drag",
diff --git a/src/app/Scenes/Search/components/placeholders/SearchPlaceholder.tsx b/src/app/Scenes/Search/components/placeholders/SearchPlaceholder.tsx
index ccbe99e687e..3b55bdb45af 100644
--- a/src/app/Scenes/Search/components/placeholders/SearchPlaceholder.tsx
+++ b/src/app/Scenes/Search/components/placeholders/SearchPlaceholder.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
-import { Spacer, Flex, Box, Join } from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
+import {
+  Box,
+  Flex,
+  Join,
+  SEARCH_INPUT_CONTAINER_BORDER_RADIUS,
+  SEARCH_INPUT_CONTAINER_HEIGHT,
+  Spacer,
+} from "@artsy/palette-mobile"
 import { CARD_WIDTH } from "app/Components/Home/CardRailCard"
 import { MAX_SHOWN_RECENT_SEARCHES, useRecentSearches } from "app/Scenes/Search/SearchModel"
 import { IMAGE_SIZE } from "app/Scenes/Search/components/SearchResultImage"
+import { useFeatureFlag } from "app/utils/hooks/useFeatureFlag"
 import {
   PlaceholderBox,
   PlaceholderRaggedText,
@@ -110,15 +118,28 @@ const CuratedCollectionsPlaceholder = () => {
 }
 
 export const SearchPlaceholder: React.FC = () => {
+  const enableNewSearchModal = useFeatureFlag("AREnableNewSearchModal")
   return (
     <ProvidePlaceholderContext>
       <Box m={2} mb={0} testID="search-placeholder">
         {/* Search input */}
-        <PlaceholderBox height={50} />
+        {enableNewSearchModal ? (
+          <PlaceholderBox
+            height={SEARCH_INPUT_CONTAINER_HEIGHT}
+            borderRadius={SEARCH_INPUT_CONTAINER_BORDER_RADIUS}
+          />
+        ) : (
+          <PlaceholderBox height={50} />
+        )}
+
         <Spacer y={2} />
 
-        <RecentSearchesPlaceholder />
-        <Spacer y={4} />
+        {!enableNewSearchModal && (
+          <>
+            <RecentSearchesPlaceholder />
+            <Spacer y={4} />
+          </>
+        )}
 
         <TrendingArtistPlaceholder />
         <Spacer y={4} />
diff --git a/src/app/store/config/features.ts b/src/app/store/config/features.ts
index d2401873721..88a0b9aee92 100644
--- a/src/app/store/config/features.ts
+++ b/src/app/store/config/features.ts
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ export const features = {
     showInDevMenu: true,
     echoFlagKey: "AREnablePaymentFailureBanner",
   },
+  AREnableNewSearchModal: {
+    description: "Enable new search modal",
+    readyForRelease: false,
+    showInDevMenu: true,
+  },
 } satisfies { [key: string]: FeatureDescriptor }
 
 export interface DevToggleDescriptor {