> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://hyperallergic.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Five New York City Art Shows We Love This Week - URL: https://hyperallergic.com/five-new-york-city-art-shows-we-love-this-week-april-21-2025/ - Published: 2025-04-21T22:14:53.000Z - Updated: 2025-11-24T15:15:36.000Z - Description: Among our favorite shows at the moment are ones that feature strong, talented women, like Patty Chang, Myrlande Constant, and Amy Sherald. - Author: Natalie Haddad - Tags: Art, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:41 (2025) If one theme stands out in this week’s list, it’s the presence of strong, talented women. With Patty Chang, Myrlande Contant, and Amy Sherald all featured in solo exhibitions, it’s a great moment to consider the massive skills of these mid-career artists. And while Rembrandt may be the artist driving the Jewish Museum’s current exhibition, the Book of Esther is the inspiration. That said, all the artists in a show on BIPOC design history at the Ford Foundation are definitely worth checking out. The Chang and Constant shows end this weekend so get there soon! —*Natalie Haddad, Reviews Editor* --- ### Myrlande Constant: The Spiritual World of Haiti [**Fort Gansevoort**](https://www.fortgansevoort.com/exhibitions/myrlande-constant2/selected-works1?ref=hyperallergic.com#tab:slideshow;tab-1:thumbnails;slide-1:0), 5 Ninth Avenue, Meatpacking District, Manhattan Through April 26 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/04/constant2.jpg) Myrlande Constant, "Devosyon Makaya" (c. 2021–24), beads, sequins, and tassels on fabric (photo Natalie Haddad/*Hyperallergic*) "Standing before Constant's art is awe-inspiring, and joyfully disorienting." —*NH* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/myrlande-constant-immerses-us-in-opulence-fort-gansevoort/). --- ### Patty Chang: Touch Archive [**BANK**](https://bankmabsociety.com/exhibitions/103-patty-chang-touch-archive/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 127 Elizabeth Street, Lower East Side, Manhattan Through April 26 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/04/aa6vf.jpg) Installation view of *Patty Chang: Touch Archive* (courtesy Bank 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* Read the full review [here.](https://hyperallergic.com/patty-chang-looks-into-the-abyss/) --- ### Reverberations: Lineages in Design History [**Ford Foundation Gallery**](https://www.fordfoundation.org/about/the-ford-foundation-center-for-social-justice/ford-foundation-gallery/exhibitions/reverberations-lineages-in-design-history/?ref=hyperallergic.com), 320 East 43rd Street, Murray Hill, Manhattan Through May 3 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/04/86dd4.jpg) Installation view of *Reverberations: Lineages in Design History* featuring works by Madeline Tomer Shay, Sarah Sockbeson, and Theresa Secord (photo 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* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/vision-of-design-that-transcends-empire-grid-reverberations-ford-foundation-gallery/). --- ### Amy Sherald: American Sublime [**Whitney Museum of American Art**](https://whitney.org/exhibitions/amy-sherald?gad%5Fsource=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwhr6%5FBhD4ARIsAH1YdjBdDNrdAtxG4A%5Fk2jvvUUClzcaJp%5F65yBpr1EWNf10UTcHMxEcwIHUaAoVYEALw%5FwcB&ref=hyperallergic.com), 99 Gansevoort Street, Meatpacking District, Manhattan Through August 10 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/04/dsc03730.jpg) Installation view of Amy Sherald's *American Sublime* at the Whitney Museum of American Art (photo 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* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/amy-sherald-parables-of-black-american-life-whitney-museum/). --- ### The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt [**Jewish Museum**](https://thejewishmuseum.org/exhibitions/book-of-esther-in-the-age-of-rembrandt?ref=hyperallergic.com), 1109 5th Avenue and East 92nd Street, Upper East Side, Manhattan Through August 10 ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2025/04/frcdx.jpg) Rembrandt van Rijn, “A Jewish Heroine \[probably Esther\] from the Hebrew Bible” (1632–33), oil on canvas (image courtesy National 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* Read the full review [here](https://hyperallergic.com/rembrandt-inspired-by-queen-esther-jewish-museum/).