Edvard Munch is best known for The Scream, a painting of a tortured human face unveiled in 1893. But the famous painting is only a small piece of the Norwegian artist’s oeuvre, which includes ...

Munch's The Scream is an icon of modern art, a Mona Lisa for our time. As Leonardo da Vinci evoked a Renaissance ideal of serenity and self-control, Munch defined how we see our own age—wracked ...

Norway’s Edvard Munch’s painting “The Scream,” one of the world's most recognizable works of art, sold for 120 million dollars at Sotheby’s on Wednesday, setting a new record as the most ...

But how and why did The Scream hit the big time? In this series, art historian Dr James Fox traces the twists of fate and happy accidents that pushed a handful of artworks to the forefront of ...

Edvard Munch is best known for The Scream, a painting of a tortured human face unveiled in 1893. But the famous painting is only a small piece of the Norwegian artist’s oeuvre, which includes ...