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The image shows the exterior of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring a grand facade and stone steps leading up to the main entrance.

The image shows the exterior of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, featuring a grand facade and stone steps leading up to the main entrance.

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The Genesis Facade
Commission
The Genesis Facade Commission

An Annual global artist commission featuring new art pieces on the niches of the museum’s iconic main entrance facade An Annual global artist commission featuring new art pieces on the niches of the museum’s iconic main entrance facade

Exhibitions

The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am on view at the main entrance façade of The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am on view at the main entrance façade of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Jeffrey Gibson, THE ANIMAL THAT THEREFORE I AM
The 'Long Tail Halo: CTCS #1' installation is visible. The 'Long Tail Halo: CTCS #1' installation is visible.
Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 – JUNE 9, 2026

The Genesis Facade Commission : Jeffrey Gibson,
The Animal that therefore I am
The Genesis Facade Commission : Jeffrey Gibson,
The Animal that therefore I am

The Genesis Facade Commission : Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am presents four large-scale sculptures by artist Jeffrey Gibson (b.1972).

Gibson’s long-established visual language fuses his cultural worldview and imagery with abstraction, text, and color, exploring themes of metamorphic relationship and collective identity.

The four bronze sculptures, each approximately three meters tall, mark Gibson’s first major use of bronze at a monumental scale. They are covered with patinated abstract patterns that evoke beadwork and textiles, and take the form of a regional animals: a deer, a coyote, a squirrel, and a hawk. By selecting species native to the New York area, Gibson reflects on how these creatures have been forced to adapt to human environments, inviting us to consider what they endure and what they might teach us.

The Genesis Facade Commission: Jeffrey Gibson, The Animal That Therefore I Am

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024 – JUNE 10, 2025

The Genesis Facade Commission : Lee Bul,
Long Tail Halo
The Genesis Facade Commission : Lee Bul,
Long Tail Halo

The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo features four new site-specific works by artist Lee Bul (b. 1964). Known for her sophisticated use of both highly industrial and labor-intensive materials, Lee incorporates artisanal practices as well as technological advancements into her work, addressing the aspirations and disillusions that come with progress.

The artworks presented in this exhibition symbolize, both independently and in dialogue, the abiding human desire for progress and perfection while hinting at the failures and repercussions inherent to these pursuits. Together they reflect the endless revisions and transformations in the long narratives of history.

The Genesis Facade Commission: Lee Bul, Long Tail Halo