The Anti-Explainer Insight of “Soul Music” For more than two decades, the show has explored how memory, association, and sentiment create a song’s meaning. December 6, 2021 Ash Fure’s “Hive Rise” Is a Visceral Experience in Sound The installation envelops you in ferocious bass frequencies—but it’s no dance party. December 6, 2021 Should We Believe the Stories of Men Mistaken for Gods? A new book casts a mostly skeptical eye over the tales long told about Christopher Columbus, Captain Cook, and many more. December 6, 2021 Briefly Noted “Under Jerusalem,” “The Amur River,” “The Island of Missing Trees,” and “Yellow Rain.” December 6, 2021 What Was So Special About Greta Garbo? An enigma onscreen and off, the actress only magnified her celebrity by suddenly renouncing it. December 6, 2021 A Fun-House Portrait of Black Life on “South Side” This hilarious, oddly literary satire, now in its second season on HBO Max, brings the bite of Norman Lear to outlandish reflections on American inequality. December 6, 2021 Understanding the Body Electric Strong current can kill us, but electrical impulses let us live—a power even the ancients may have attempted to exploit. November 29, 2021 Frantz Fanon’s Enduring Legacy The post-colonial thinker’s seminal book, “The Wretched of the Earth,” described political oppression in psychological terms. What are its lessons for our current moment? November 29, 2021 Sophie Taeuber-Arp’s Crafting of Abstraction The Swiss artist, an early member of Dada, played an integral role in the emergence of nonfigurative art, whether she was using a brush or a needle. November 29, 2021 Briefly Noted “Born in Blackness,” “Twelve Caesars,” “The Sentence,” and “A Time Outside This Time.” November 29, 2021
