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Thunderclap by Laura Cumming audiobook review – the golden age of Dutch art

The Observer’s art critic combines the stories of the painter Carel Fabritius with that of her artist father, in a memoir of art and life cut suddenly short

The Guardian - UK · May 24, 2024

Thunderclap by Laura Cumming review – a visionary examination of Dutch golden age art

With time-stopping attention to detail, the Observer’s art critic searches for redemption in the rubble of the catastrophic Delft explosion of 1654 – to miraculous effect

The Guardian - UK · Jul 23, 2023

Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death by Laura Cumming review – up in smoke

The critic explains her fascination with Carel Fabritius, whose studio was destroyed in a 17th-century explosion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 8, 2023