Sometimes there is nothing more satisfactory than meeting the work of a creative force. Our favorite shows this week are each centered on a single figure. Some are visual artists, ranging from historic innovators (Volodymyr Tatlin) to underestimated names (Judy Linn) with perhaps unknown names (Abraham Lincoln Walker). Others, both at the Morgan Library & Museum, take a look at the literary life of Franz Kafka and Bella Da Costa Greene, the librarian that founded the Morgan's collection. These shows are all great opportunities to seize an individual shine. –Natalie Haddad, editor -in -chief
Abraham Lincoln Walker
Andrew Edlin gallery212 BOWERY, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Until April 12
“Maybe Walker invented these people and the stories that gathered them because he wanted the recognition game between human beings” –Seph Rodney
Read the full review here.
Franz Kafka
Library and Morgan Museum225 Madison Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Until April 13
“What could be more Kafkaesque than going around the show, trying to enter your world but never completely managing, just like K, the protagonist in The castleNever reached its destination? –NH
Read the full review here.
Tatlin: Kyiv
Ukrainian museumManhattan
Until April 27
“”Tatlin: Kyiv is haunted by what could have been, if the story had shaken differently – and by extension, by the urgency of this could beDepending on the way we conduct ourselves now. ” –Lisa Yin Zhang
Read the full review here.
Beautiful Da Costa Greene: The inheritance of a librarian
Library and Morgan Museum225 Madison Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Until May 4
“Although the exhibition is complete, it simultaneously respects what we can never know about Greene's interiority.” –Alexandra Mr. Thomas
Read the full review here.
Judy Linn: Black and White
Kerry Shot Gallery73 Leonard Street, Tribeca, Manhattan
Until May 10
“With everything I had learned about Linn's work, it has become clear that I had only an overview of the tip of an iceberg.” –John today
Read the article here.
