40 years after the last major exhibition dedicated
to Edvard Munch was held in Milan, one of
the most loved and popular artists of the last
century returns with a monographic exhibition at
Palazzo Reale, organized in collaboration with the
Munch Museum in Oslo. Scheduled on the 80th
anniversary of the Norwegian artist’s death, this
broad survey exhibition presents a selection of 100
works (including paintings, drawings and prints)
showcasing the artistic production created over the
course of a lifetime – from 1880 to 1944.
Throughout his career, Munch explored questions
of everlasting existential significance, bringing
the anguish of modern man to canvas. The radical
modernity of his art launched a challenge to his
contemporaries and exerted a powerful influence
on the European art scene as the old century
gave way to the new. The strength of his artistic
vision reaches the present day not least because
of a few masterpieces, which have become part of
contemporary culture: above all, The Scream – a
painting which, as the author himself explained, was
inspired by a Norwegian landscape inflamed by a red
sunset.
Time: 10:15am
Meeting point: Palazzo Reale, Piazza del Duomo, 12
Cost: € 23 (ticket+guide)
Sign up: Gisella Garbagnati, +39 366 8137285,
specialactivities@benvenutoclubofmilan.it