the Whitney's eighth-floor Minnie Evans retrospective runs through January 10. Evans began drawing in 1935, then built dense worlds from eyes, angels, plants, Afro-Caribbean heritage, religion and the decorative environment she encountered while working at Wilmington's Airlie estate. The material history sharpens the mysticism: wartime shortages constrained her early crayons; Mosquito Bombs (1943) turns an enemy-aircraft dream into a flowering garden; 1966 New York museum visits pushed her toward larger cut-and-pasted compositions. The Whitney lists a 2:00 p.m. tour today, but capacity is unverified. Whitney overview · Early works · Collages