Four large-scale sculptures by the artist Liu Wei now stand on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, unveiled on 2 October 2026 as the latest edition of the annual Genesis Facade Commission. Positioned at the museum's Fifth Avenue entrance in Manhattan, the works are free to view during the museum's standard opening hours. The commission is the public face of a five-year partnership between the carmaker Genesis and the Met, signed in 2024, which has made the company a primary backer of large-scale public art at the institution. Previous editions of the facade programme have featured artists including Lee Bul and Jeffrey Gibson, and the commission has become a fixture of the museum's autumn calendar, giving contemporary sculpture a highly visible civic platform. The installation continues a wider pattern of automotive brands building long-term cultural partnerships: the same corporate family supports programmes at the Whitney Museum and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Genesis's Met commitment runs alongside its backing of exhibitions such as the forthcoming Seodo Hojeon show. For visitors, the sculptures offer a free encounter with contemporary art outside the ticketed galleries, in the grandest of New York settings. The facade commission's growing track record suggests the museum sees its own front steps as one of the city's most effective exhibition spaces. The partnership behind the commission runs deep: Genesis signed its five-year agreement with the Met in 2024, and the same corporate family backs five consecutive Whitney Biennials through 2032 alongside a collaboration with the Los Angeles County Museum of Art dating to 2015. Its sponsorship of the Met's forthcoming Seodo Hojeon exhibition continues into February 2027, underlining how central the carmaker has become to the museum's contemporary programming.