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.
Prior to arriving in Kamberri/Canberra, the painting had been held in private collections since 1938. It was, however, included in the recent major retrospective Edvard Munch: Beyond the Scream (2024) at the Hangaram Art Museum in Seoul, South Korea – testament to the quality of this work.
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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