If one theme stands out on this week’s checklist, it’s the presence of robust, gifted girls. With Patty Chang, Myrlande Contant, and Amy Sherald all featured in solo exhibitions, it’s an excellent second to think about the large abilities of those mid-career artists. And whereas Rembrandt would be the artist driving the Jewish Museum’s present exhibition, the Guide of Esther is the inspiration. That stated, all of the artists in a present on BIPOC design historical past on the Ford Basis are positively price testing. The Chang and Fixed exhibits finish this weekend so get there quickly! —Natalie Haddad, Evaluations Editor
Myrlande Fixed: The Non secular World of Haiti
Fort Gansevoort, 5 Ninth Avenue, Meatpacking District, ManhattanThrough April 26
Myrlande Fixed, “Devosyon Makaya” (c. 2021–24), beads, sequins, and tassels on material (photograph Natalie Haddad/Hyperallergic)
“Standing before Constant’s art is awe-inspiring, and joyfully disorienting.” —NH
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Patty Chang: Contact Archive
BANK, 127 Elizabeth Road, Decrease East Aspect, ManhattanThrough April 26
Set up view of Patty Chang: Contact Archive (courtesy Financial institution gallery)
“Chang makes palpable the largely abstract connections in cycles of violence and empathy between people, and between humans and the natural world.” —Lisa Yin Zhang
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Reverberations: Lineages in Design Historical past
Ford Basis Gallery, 320 East forty third Road, Murray Hill, ManhattanThrough Might 3
Set up view of Reverberations: Lineages in Design Historical past that includes works by Madeline Tomer Shay, Sarah Sockbeson, and Theresa Secord (photograph Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
“I left Reverberations not with the sense of discovery, but of recognition — of seeing with force and clarity what had long been obscured by the bright glare of European modernism.” —Petala Ironcloud
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Amy Sherald: American Chic
Whitney Museum of American Artwork, 99 Gansevoort Road, Meatpacking District, ManhattanThrough August 10
Set up view of Amy Sherald’s American Chic on the Whitney Museum of American Artwork (photograph Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic)
“I stood face to face with these life size figures and their assured, deliberative gazes, suggesting complex interiorities in spite of their enigmatic facial expressions.” —Jasmine Weber
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The Guide of Esther within the Age of Rembrandt
Jewish Museum, 1109 fifth Avenue and East 92nd Road, Higher East Aspect, ManhattanThrough August 10
Rembrandt van Rijn, “A Jewish Heroine [probably Esther] from the Hebrew Bible” (1632–33), oil on canvas (picture courtesy Nationwide Gallery of Canada, Ottawa)
“The show argues that the biblical narrative of Purim … was interpreted as a symbol of resilience and liberation in Dutch society, striking a deep chord at the height of their struggle for independence from Spanish rule.” —Rebecca Schiffman
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