Saturday, December 26, 2009

Love and vampires at Viennese exhibition

Love, death, vampires and lots of darkness star in an art exhibition in Vienna that explores the unsettling images that appear in paintings by artists from Francisco de Goya to expressionist Edvard Munch. The Edvard Munch and the Uncanny main autumn exhibition at the Leopold Museum until January 18, 2010, contains works ranging from the late 18th century (Piranesi, Goya’s Caprichos) up to the early 20th century.
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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

A unique Munch display in Dublin

An exceptional exhibition that should not be missed at the National Gallery of Ireland in Dublin showcases forty prints by Norway’s greatest artist, Edvard Munch (1863-1944) from 19 September until 6 December 2009. The Edvard Munch: Prints exhibition at the NGI’s Beit Wing (Rooms 6-9), is the most substantial Munch print exhibition ever presented in Ireland. It is organized by the Hunterian Museum & Art Gallery, University of Glasgow, which hosted the show for three months, until September 6.
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