Benjamin is the New Books columnist for Harper’s and the author of Why This World: A Biography of Clarice Lispector. He lives in the Netherlands. (June 2010)
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Not Rembrandt, But…
June 10, 2010
Jan Lievens: A Dutch Master Rediscovered
a recent exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Milwaukee Art Museum; and the Rembrandthuis, Amsterdam
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Rembrandt & The Jews
October 9, 2008
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Rembrandt—The Jewish Connection?
August 14, 2008
Rembrandt’s Jews
by Steven Nadler
De “joodse” Rembrandt: De mythe ontrafeld [The “Jewish” Rembrandt: The Myth Revealed] an exhibition at the Jewish Historical Museum, Amsterdam, November 10, 2006–February 4, 2007.
Rembrandt in de propaganda 1940–1945
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Pioneers
April 6, 2006
On Afric’s Shore: A History of Maryland in Liberia, 1834–1857
by Richard L. Hall
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Small Wonder
July 14, 2005
Carel Fabritius 1622–1654 Young Master Painter
Carel Fabritius 1622–1654
by Frederik J. Duparc, with contributions by Gero Seelig and Ariane van Suchteren
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Eckhout in Brazil
November 18, 2004
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Start Spreading the News
November 4, 2004
Holland Mania: The Unknown Dutch Period in American Art and Culture
by Annette Stott
The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony That Shaped America
by Russell Shorto
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Dutch Treat
August 12, 2004
Discovering Brazil with Albert Eckhout
Albert Eckhout: A Dutch Artist in Brazil catalog of the exhibition edited by Quentin Buvelot
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Saboteur in Texas
May 27, 2004
Sin Killer
by Larry McMurtry
The Wandering Hill
by Larry McMurtry
By Sorrow’s River
by Larry McMurtry
Folly and Glory
by Larry McMurtry
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Culture & the Market
January 15, 2004