Benjamin Moser names Mount Chocorua as his Revelation in ARTnews

Writer Benjamin Moser has named Mount Chocorua as his “Revelation”.

The pick comes in the Revelations column published by ARTnews, the United States-based art publication. The format is simple. One guest names one artwork they count as a Revelation. Moser’s entry was published on 21 September 2026 ARTnews.

That is the news in one line. The context is literary.

Moser is the author of a book titled Anti-Zionism, as listed by the publishing group Penguin Random House Penguin Random House. The full title is Anti-Zionism: A Jewish History. It is published by Doubleday, the US publisher The New Yorker.

The book is described by its publisher as a history of Jewish thinkers who opposed Zionism Penguin Random House. Zionism, in plain language, is the movement that supported the creation and development of a Jewish state. Anti-Zionism, in this telling, is not a slogan. It is a long argument within Jewish thought, carried by different writers across generations.

So an art choice lands differently. Readers who know Moser from the page meet him here in front of a picture.

The work itself is listed elsewhere as a painting titled Mount Chocorua Smithsonian Institution. The Smithsonian Institution, the US national museum group, catalogues the object under that title and medium, which is painting. Provenance, the documented chain of ownership, and other catalogue details live with that kind of museum record. For a general reader, the entry point is straightforward. Title first. Medium second. Then look.

Revelations works because it is brief. There is no survey. There is no round-up of ten favourites. A guest walks in, points to one thing, and says why it stayed with them.

What makes this stand out for entertainment readers is the crossover. Authors make these lists too. Actors do. Musicians do. When a writer known for biography and ideas picks a landscape, fans get a small window into what he looks at when he is not writing.

It is also an easy watch, or rather an easy look. You do not need background in art history to follow the idea. Find the column. Find an image of the painting. Read Moser’s few paragraphs alongside it. Let the words and the picture sit together.

The book remains the bigger project. The column is a side note, and a useful one. It tells you where the author’s eye goes for pleasure.