Edvard Munch, ‘Mann med Hest/Mann mit Pferd (Man with horse) 1918, installation view, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, gift of Geoff Ainsworth AM 2024. Image: Supplied.
Edvard Munch is one of art history’s most iconic artists – his painting The Scream (1893) has been immortalised on fridge magnets, tea towels and weighty tomes exploring expressionism.
Australia is now set to have its own Munch masterwork with the donation of the painting Man with Horse, which has been gifted to the National Gallery of Australia (NGA). It marks the most significant acquisition for the national collection in the 21st century.
Gina Fairley is ArtsHub's Senior Contributor, after 12 years in the role as National Visual Arts Editor. She has worked for extended periods in America and Southeast Asia, as gallerist, arts administrator and regional contributing editor for a number of magazines, including Hong Kong based Asian Art News and World Sculpture News. She is an Art Tour leader for the AGNSW Members, and lectures regularly on the state of the arts. She is based in Mittagong, regional NSW.
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