Tag: Munch
Hundreds marched for new Munch Museum
PHOTO FEATURE: Some joked that it was one of the "best-dressed" demonstrations in Norwegian history, when hundreds of art enthusiasts including several celebrities and...
Majority want new Munch Museum
Scores of frustrated Norwegians, including many celebrity artists, planned to march in a torchlit parade this week to demand that city politicians finally approve...
New landmark opens in Oslo
The new Astrup Fearnley Museum of contemporary art has already become an instant landmark on the waterfront of the Norwegian capital, even before its...
More quarreling over Munch legacy
As news broke that a recently auctioned version of Edvard Munch's "The Scream" would go on exhibit at the Museum of Modern Art in...
Tests to prove Munch heirs
A Norwegian woman who's a certified if distant heir to famed artist Edvard Munch is keen to help in the DNA testing of an...
Buyer reported for Munch’s ‘Scream’
UPDATED: International art experts initially thought that Norway's most famous painting, The Scream by Edvard Munch, was most likely to be bought by the...
Strike disappoints ‘Scream’ fans
Ships were back in Norwegian harbours on Monday but arriving tourists were still being hit with disappointments, while others languished in long lines at...
‘Scream’ seller can avoid tax
Norwegian shipping heir Petter Olsen probably won't have to pay any income or capital gains tax on last week's sale of the famed Edvard...
‘Scream’ price may boost local pride
Oslo politicians have often been accused of failing to fully recognize the value of the art that their city inherited from the country's most...
Munch seller won’t miss his ‘Scream’
Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's famed painting called Skriket (The Scream) was going on the auction block in New York Wednesday night, and its Norwegian seller...
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