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Bright Patterns, Bold Voices: Jeffrey Gibson’s Art Dances onto the Global Stage

When Jeffrey Gibson became the first Indigenous American artist to represent the United States solo at the Venice Biennale, it marked a turning point for contemporary art’s global conversation. Now, with Hauser & Wirth announcing their worldwide representation of Gibson—alongside New York’s Sikkema Jenkins & Co.—his vibrant, geometric works are set to reach even wider audiences. Gibson’s art pulses with color and energy, weaving together threads from his Choctaw and Cherokee heritage, American pop culture, and queer histories. Each piece is a layered dialogue, using abstraction to explore identity, resilience, and belonging. His upcoming projects include a solo show in Paris and a monumental facade commission for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. Gibson’s journey is a testament to how contemporary art can both challenge and invite, using wit and radiance to open doors to new perspectives. In his hands, tradition and innovation move together—never standing still. #JeffreyGibson #ContemporaryArt #IndigenousArtists

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Spirit Figures and Sonic Echoes Recast The Met’s Grand Stage

Next year, The Met’s iconic Fifth Avenue façade will become home to four striking “ancestral spirit figures” crafted by Jeffrey Gibson, a contemporary artist with Choctaw and Cherokee roots. Gibson’s sculptures promise a vivid blend of Indigenous motifs and bold, modern abstraction, channeling cultural memory into public art from September 2025 to May 2026. Meanwhile, the museum’s rooftop will pulse with the minimalist energy of Jennie C. Jones, whose installation explores the visual and acoustic power of stringed instruments. Jones’s work draws on jazz’s improvisational spirit, inviting visitors to consider how sound and silence shape our experience of space and history. Though their styles diverge, both artists use form and beauty as vessels for deep cultural narratives—reminding us that art’s surface often conceals layers of ancestral resonance and untold stories. At The Met, even stone and steel can hum with memory. #JeffreyGibson #IndigenousArt #MetMuseum #Culture

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When Venice Meets Los Angeles, Indigenous Voices Reframe the American Canvas

A landmark moment in art history is heading from Venice’s canals to the heart of Los Angeles. Jeffrey Gibson, the first Indigenous artist to represent the United States solo at the Venice Biennale, brings his vibrant, genre-bending exhibition to The Broad in 2025. Gibson’s work fuses Indigenous traditions, American political history, and pop culture into immersive installations that pulse with color and meaning. More than 30 pieces, including monumental sculptures and text-laden paintings, unravel and reassemble stories of identity, resistance, and collective joy. One standout, featuring a 1902 government quote about Indigenous hair, transforms a relic of oppression into a bold statement of pride—beads and words woven together as cultural reclamation. By relocating his Biennale show to Los Angeles, Gibson invites new audiences to experience how art can flip the script, turning the margins into the center and rewriting what it means to belong. Sometimes, the journey from Venice to LA is less about distance and more about who gets to tell the story. #JeffreyGibson #IndigenousArt #VeniceBiennale #Culture

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