Singer, Dancer, Marcher, Spy
Josephine Baker broke barriers onstage and off—from Jim Crow Miami to the royal court of Monaco
A Bigger Splash
Venice’s oldest families are up in arms over a law that bars them from participating in this year’s Biennale. Expect protest on a grand scale
Tyler Mahan Coe
The man behind the podcast Cocaine & Rhinestones brought country music and its history to a new generation. Three years later, he’s back
How Do You Say “Avant-Garde” in Spanish?
Photographs by Ramón Masats chronicle the decade that revolutionized Spain
Mind Games
During W.W. I, a pair of British prisoners escaped their captors using a Ouija board. Their story reveals the power of delusion
Diva’s Welcome Back
An interview with French composer Marc-André Dalbavie, whose Le Soulier de Satin, based on the play by Paul Claudel, marks the Paris Opera’s reopening
Opera Pick of the Week
Anthony Davis commemorates the massacre that rocked Tulsa 100 years ago with Fire Across the Tracks, part of the Tulsa Opera’s pandemic recital program Greenwood Overcomes
The New Williamsburg
Hasidim brought “the Jerusalem of America” to South Williamsburg after the Holocaust. All these years later, they’re on the move again
Short List
Books to read this week, from Robert Kanigel’s biography of Milman Parry, the man who reanimated Homer, to novels by Edmund de Waal and Bina Bernard
Paris When It Sizzles
What’s more dazzling than Paris? Seeing it from above …
Call His Agent!
The French talent agent who turned his frustrations into a hit TV series
The Write Stuff
Eight questions with Michael Lewis, author of a new book on the pandemic, about writing, luck, and why George W. Bush isn’t all bad
The Happiness Equation
When it comes to world happiness, the Nordic countries are the gold standard. Here’s what the rest of us can make of our abysmal numbers
Stoop Slide
Brush up on your boogying with these numbers from Brett Dennen, Mathien, Haim, Mayer Hawthorne, and more
