"This is surely why The Scream retains its power despite its ubiquity: it's a mirror of our own contemporary fears.
Inside, aren't we all screaming too?"
The Scream will be displayed with a number of Munch's other works, including Madonna, The Dance of Life and Self-Portrait with Cigarette, in The National Museum of Norway from 2022.
The Scream will be displayed with a number of Munch's other works, including Madonna, The Dance of Life and Self-Portrait with Cigarette, in The National Museum of Norway from 2022.
The original painting, first displayed in Munch's home city Oslo (then Kristiania) in 1893, has become a radical and timeless expression of human anxiety.
Its influence stretches as far as the 90s Hollywood Scream horror film series, and on to the modern-day emoji.
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