Laura Cumming

Laura Cumming, art critic and author, offers sharp, accessible takes on Jean‑François Millet’s The Angelus. She explores the painting’s haunting stillness, its role in debates over French identity and politics, and Millet’s ties to the Barbizon circle. The conversation also traces how artists like Van Gogh and Dalí reimagined the work.

Laura Cumming, art critic and author known for lucid analyses of paintings, explores Henry Raeburn’s The Skating Minister. She unpacks its comic dignity and unusual pose. She traces tensions between Scottish Enlightenment sobriety and Romantic atmosphere. She also discusses the painting’s links to Dutch Golden Age traditions and its role in Scottish identity controversy.