Chloë Ashby

The haunting power of 17th-century Dutch art

Too often dismissed as leaden or trivial, Dutch art is a ‘fathomless world, with a strangeness to arouse and disturb’, says Laura Cumming

‘The Goldfinch’, by Carel Fabritius. [Getty Images] 
issue 01 July 2023

  • Thunderclap: A Memoir of Art and Life & Sudden Death

    Laura Cumming

    Chatto & Windus, pp. 272, £25

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