# Laura Cumming
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laura cumming is the art critic of The Observer newspaper, a position she has held since 1999. Before that she worked for The Guardian, the New Statesman and the BBC. In addition to her career in journalism, Cumming has written well-received books on self-portraits in art and the discovery of a lost portrait by Diego Velázquez in 1845. The Vanishing Man was a New York Times bestseller and won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2017.
S2 Ep1616: RNIB NI Tech Fair 2026 - RNIB NI’s Laura Cummings
RNIB Northern Ireland Technology Fair 2026 took place on Wednesday 11th of February at the Foyle Arena in Derry/Londonderry.
Amelia caught up with RNIB NI’s Laura Cummings for her reflections on the day. Image shows the RNIB Connect Radio logo. On a white background ‘RNIB’ written in bold black c…
Greatest Paintings: Age of Enlightenment - Raeburn's Skating Minister
How does Henry Raeburn’s Skating Minister represent both the Scottish Enlightenment and the Romantic movement? In what ways does subject Reverend Robert Walker’s personal history connect to the famous Dutch Golden Age? And, how did a controversy about the most reproduced image in Scotland traumati…
Greatest Paintings: The French Revolution - Millet's Angelus
Why was Jean-François Millet’s The Angelus considered highly controversial and politically divisive in pre-industrial 19th-century France? What do we know about his personal background, his ambiguous relationship with his subjects, and the scene of the famous Barbizon School? And, how did artists l…
2: RNIB NI Podcast 02 Take Me to the Fair
Listen up, speak up, break down barriersIt’s here, episode 2 of The RNIB NI podcast.
Did someone say new CEO, Announcing RNIB NI Technology Fair 2026, and What has the RNIB Policy and Campaigns team in Northern Ireland been up to since last we spoke? Find out in this month’s episode.
If it matte…
Amrou Al-Kadhi & Peter Bazalgette
Writer and drag performer Amrou Al-Kadhi and TV executive Peter Bazalgette join Harriett to dsicuss favourite books by Laura Cumming, Leila Slimani and Katherine Heiny.
On Chapel Sands by Laura Cumming
Publisher: Vintage
Lullaby by Leila Slimani
Publisher: Faber
Standard Deviation by Katherine Hei…
Beyond the Frame: Laura Cumming Redefines Dutch Golden Age Art
Award-winning writer Laura Cumming has been the art critic of The Observer since 1999. Before that, she was arts editor of New Statesman, literary editor of The Listener, and arts producer at BBC
Laura Cumming on Velazquez, John Bratby, The Pan Hag Project
Anne McElvoy looks at changing fashions and values in the art world as she talks to Observer critic Laura Cumming about her researches into a 19th-century court case involving a Velázquez portrait. New Generation Thinker Joe Moshenska joins the conversation to explain more about the trip to Spain d…
Little Atoms Archive - Laura Cumming's Thunderclap
From March 2023, Laura Cumming talks to Neil about her book Thunderclap,
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