{"id":39545,"date":"2021-12-01T05:17:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T04:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=39545"},"modified":"2024-12-05T18:50:42","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T17:50:42","slug":"edvard-munch-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/edvard-munch-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Edvard Munch exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/munchsmall.jpg\" alt=\"Excerpt from Women in three stages, courtesy of the Rijksmuseum\" class=\"wp-image-39546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/munchsmall.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/munchsmall-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Albertina brings us another gem of an art event in early 2022 with their Munch exhibition: a man whose sombre outlook feels strangely relevant these days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dozen&#8217;s of works by Munch<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Places his paintings etc. in a dialogue with those by artists he influenced (like Tracey Emin and Andy Warhol)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Feb 18 &#8211; Jun 19, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\">Albertina ticket &amp; visitor info<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37363\">art exhibitions in Vienna<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"munch-in-dialogue\">Munch In Dialogue<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"388\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/munch_painting.jpg\" alt=\"Edvard Munch, Street in Aagsgaardstrand, 1901; oil on canvas; Kunstmuseum Basel; gift by Sigrid Schwarz von Spreckelsen and Sigrid Katharina Schwarz, 1979; Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. B\u00fchler\" class=\"wp-image-39548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/munch_painting.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/munch_painting-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Edvard Munch, Street in Aagsgaardstrand, 1901; oil on canvas; Kunstmuseum Basel; gift by Sigrid Schwarz von Spreckelsen and Sigrid Katharina Schwarz, 1979; Photo: Kunstmuseum Basel, Martin P. B\u00fchler)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the end of 2019, CNN published a <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/style\/article\/most-famous-paintings\/index.html\">list<\/a> of the most famous paintings in the world. Edvard Munch&#8217;s versions of <em>The Scream<\/em> sit at No.4, just after van Gogh&#8217;s <em>The Starry Night<\/em> and just before Picasso&#8217;s <em>Guernica<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Incidentally, you can actually see CNN&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/belvedere-sites\/kiss\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"1119\">No.5<\/a> in Vienna).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Munch (1863-1944), then, needs no introduction, and the Albertina&#8217;s main spring 2022 exhibition offers a particular treat for fans of this hugely-impactful Norwegian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You might even argue that typical Munch motifs, such as melancholy and loneliness, have become particularly relevant given the times we&#8217;ve lived through recently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Several dozen of Munch&#8217;s works make an appearance in the exhibition, with a focus on his later efforts and the influence of his output, painting approach, themes, and motifs on those who came after him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, Munch&#8217;s works appear together with those by modern and contemporary artists like Tracey Emin, Andy Warhol, Georg Baselitz, Jasper Johns, Miriam Cahn, Peter Doig, and Marlene Dumas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norway&#8217;s Munchmuseet, for example, recently held a joint exhibition of Emin&#8217;s work alongside Munch&#8217;s. Her regard for his works began in her teenage years, and she&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.munchmuseet.no\/en\/MUNCH-digital\/my-munch\/my-munch-tracey-emin\/\">quoted<\/a> as saying:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>As an artist Munch has had the biggest effect on me, throughout the whole of my life.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Warhol visited Munch&#8217;s works in situ in Oslo in the early 1970s. He later produced the <em>After Munch<\/em> series of prints that added his unique touch to some of the originals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Baselitz has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shsart.org\/george-baselitz-interview\">said<\/a> in interview:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u2026Munch was the first important painter who had a great influence on me.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Munch is no stranger to the Albertina, of course: they have over 120 of his works in their own collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And previous Munch exhibitions at the same location proved enormously popular. 2015&#8217;s <em>Love, Death and Loneliness<\/em>, for example, focused on his printed graphic works and included such iconic motifs as <em>Self-portrait with Skeleton Arm<\/em> and <em>The Scream<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new exhibition has the support of Oslo&#8217;s National Museum and the Munchmuseet, as well as various other important institutions and collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets-and-dates\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy Munch and his successors from February 18th to June 19th, 2022. A standard ticket for the Albertina includes the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna looks set to cover us in artistic treats in the first half of 2022 with several top events (Munch being very much one of them).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/david-hockney-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"39316\">David Hockney retrospective<\/a> at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien runs for almost the same time. The MAK has its own <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/josef-hoffmann-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"37337\">major retrospective<\/a> covering the work of the legendary Austrian designer, Josef Hoffmann. And the Albertina Modern thrills us with an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/ai-weiwei-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"44051\">Ai Weiwei exhibition<\/a>, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"how-to-get-to-munch\">How to get to Munch<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Check the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2995\">main Albertina article<\/a> for travel tips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you visit toward the end of the exhibition dates, then pop over to the other side of the Hofburg once you&#8217;re done and visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/volksgarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"16829\">Volksgarten park<\/a>. The rose garden might be in bloom to offer a sight as colourful as anything you find in an art museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zfWanf5rPBbnTLLDuah2uixe-Nw\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Albertina brings us another gem of an art event in early 2022 with their Munch exhibition: a man whose sombre outlook feels strangely relevant these days. 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