At long last, the international success story of an exhibition, Trembling Earth, is coming home to MUNCH and opens Saturday, April 29th. Almost 400,000 people have seen the exhibition in the USA and Germany, and the New York Times included it in its list of ‘Best Exhibitions of 2023’.
The Edvard Munch exhibition Trembling Earthbecame one of the most seen exhibitions when it was shown at the Clark Art Institute in the USA in the spring of 2023. From there it travelled to Museum Barberini in Potsdam, which also reported record-breaking numbers. The exhibition has received glowing reviews in international media.
– Part of MUNCH’s task is to put Edvard Munch’s fantastic artistry out in the world,’ says Tone Hansen, Director of MUNCH. ‘The impression his work can make on people is incredible, as is his relevance to the times we live in now. We have seen that in the responses to the exhibition abroad.
The exhibition focuses on the importance of nature for Edvard Munch. As the Washington Post writes in its review: ‘Edvard Munch was so much more than The Scream. This exhibition proves it.
– Now this acclaimed exhibition is finally coming home to the Norwegian public, Hansen says, and it is a sheer delight to be able to display this side of Edvard Munch. Visitors will have the chance to discover the colourful universe of nature’s existence in Munch’s art, including the famous Aula works which are being shown in their own dedicated room.
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– There will be a complete Edvard Munch takeover of the museum this summer, with over 300 works exhibited at the same time, spread across a total of five exhibitions. Now’s the chance to really get to know the many sides of Munch’s fantastic artistry under one roof,’ says Hansen.
