Earlier this week, leading Indigenous artist Jeffrey Gibson (Choctaw/Cherokee) unveiled his new outdoor façade at The Metropolitan Museum of Art. The interdisciplinary artist, best known for his paintings and sculptures, debuted four large-scale bronze sculptures—a coyote, a bird, a deer, and a squirrel—adorned with painted embellishments and titled The Animal That Therefore I Am. The sculptures, which are on view through June 2026, examine the Indigenous relationship to animals and the natural world, and how animals can often embody narrative, memory, and presence. “I wanted to look at the representation of spirits and animals, and where the two forms cross over,” says Gibson.

To go along with the façade, Gibson marked another career milestone in the process—a foray into fashion. A

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