Laura Cumming (born July 1961) the art critic for The Observer. 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.
Books in order of publication:
A Face to the World: On Self Portraits – 2009
The Vanishing Velázquez: A 19th-Century Bookseller’s Obsession with a Lost Masterpiece – 2016
Chapel Sands – Five Days Gone: The Mystery of My Mother’s Disappearance as a Child – 2019
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