Five New York City Shows to See Right Now

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Sometimes there’s nothing more satisfying than encountering the work of a creative force. Our favorite shows this week are each centered on a single figure. Some are visual artists, ranging from historical innovators (Volodymyr Tatlin) to under-appreciated names (Judy Linn) to perhaps unknown names (Abraham Lincoln Walker). Others, both at the Morgan Library & Museum, take a peek into the literary lives of Franz Kafka and Bella da Costa Greene, the librarian who founded the Morgan’s collection. These shows are all great opportunities to take in some individual brilliance. —Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor

Abraham Lincoln Walker

Andrew Edlin Gallery, 212 Bowery, Lower East Side, Manhattan
Through April 12

Abraham Lincoln Walker, “Blue Man’s Form” (1978), oil on canvas (courtesy Andrew Edlin gallery)

“Perhaps Walker invented these people and the stories that brought them together because he desired the play of recognition between human beings” —Seph Rodney

Read the full review here.

Franz Kafka

Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Through April 13

Postcard to Ottla Kafka from Versailles (September 13, 1911). Jointly owned by the Bodleian Library and the Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach (© The Bodleian Library, University of Oxford)

“What could be more Kafkaesque than circling the show, trying to enter his world but never quite managing, just as K, the protagonist in The Castle, never reaches his destination?” —NH

Read the full review here.

Tatlin: Kyiv

Ukrainian Museum, Manhattan
Through April 27

Volodymyr Tatlin, “Collage for the ‘The Diplomatic Pouch’ movie by Oleksandr Dovzhenko” (1927) (image courtesy the Ukrainian Museum New York)

“Tatlin: Kyiv is haunted by what could have been, if history had shaken out differently — and by extension, by the urgency of what could be, depending on how we conduct ourselves right now.” —Lisa Yin Zhang

Read the full review here.

Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy

Morgan Library & Museum, 225 Madison Avenue, Murray Hill, Manhattan
Through May 4

Clarence H. White, “Belle da Costa Greene” (1911), platinum print, Biblioteca Berenson, I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies (image courtesy The Morgan Library & Museum)

“While the exhibition is comprehensive, it simultaneously respects that which we can never know about Greene’s interiority.” —Alexandra M. Thomas

Read the full review here.

Judy Linn: Black & White

Kerry Schuss Gallery, 73 Leonard Street, Tribeca, Manhattan
Through May 10

Judy Linn, “happy car” (1995) (courtesy the artist)

“With all that I had now learned about Linn’s work, it became clear that I had only glimpsed the tip of an iceberg.” —John Yau

Read the article here.

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