Laura Cumming | Thunderclap: A memoir of art and life & sudden death
Sat 23 Nov 2024 | 4:00pm - 5:00pm
From the author of the best-selling On Chapel Sands comes Laura Cumming’s latest book, Thunderclap.
In 1654, a dramatic explosion in the Netherlands killed painter Carel Fabritius, known for his magnificent painting The Goldfinch. Bestselling author and art critic Laura Cumming uses this tragedy as a route into profound meditations on Dutch art and culture, alongside her relationship with her father, the Scottish artist James Cumming. Prepare to look unflinchingly at some beautiful paintings and consider the precarious nature of human life.
Venue: Old Divinity School
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Laura Cumming has been chief art critic of the Observer since 1999. Her books include A Face to the World: On Self-Portraits (2009) and The Vanishing Man: In Pursuit of Velázquez (2016) which won the James Tait Black Biography Prize. Her family memoir, On Chapel Sands: my Mother and other Missing Persons (2019) was a Sunday Times bestseller and shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford, Costa and Rathbone’s Folio prizes.
