Tim Brinkhof

Tim Brinkhof

Tim Brinkhof

Tim Brinkhof is a Dutch-born, New York-based journalist reporting on art, history, and literature. He studied early Netherlandish painting and Slavic literature at New York University, worked as an editorial assistant for Film Comment magazine, and has written for Esquire, Film & History, History Today, and History News Network. 

A group of people engaged in dark humor while standing around a skeleton.
When done right, dark humor can help us face inconvenient truths and question stifling social conventions.
Odilon Redon's 1914 oil painting, "The Cyclops"
People discovered prehistoric fossils long before Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species." The remains of these unknown creatures often puzzled their discoverers.
Dante and Virgil on the frozen lake at the bottom of hell.
Dante’s epic journey through hell and heaven reveal how the poet felt about his own country.
a stone wheel with a hole in it.
They had the technology. So why didn't they use it?
"War and Peace" titles by Leonardo da Vinci and John F. Kennedy.
Take a closer look before judging a book by its title.
a woman with a towel wrapped around her head.
The key to its success lies not in its understanding of technology, but in its understanding of human nature.