Between ten A.M. and six P.M., the artist Jeffrey Gibson is typically in his studio at Bard College, where he constructs remarkable paintings and sculptures from wool blankets, glass beads, and wood panels—materials that evoke his Native American heritage. Soft jazz, African funk, disco, or East Indian drumming might be playing in the background. “The aesthetic of these paintings and sculptures came from turn-of-the-century Iroquois whimsies,” he has said, “contemporary and historic powwow regalia, cultural adornment of non-Western cultures, techno rave and club culture, and earlier utopian models.” Last year, Gibson became the first Indigenous artist to represent the U.S. at the Venice Biennale. More than 30 of his works are now on view at the Broad. —Elena Clavarino