The exhibition "Edvard Munch Horizons" has just opened. It presents Munch alongside a range of other artists and shows ways in which he maintained an artistic dialogue with his times.
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’.
For the first time ever, the public will decide which original Edvard Munch painting will be on display at Oslo airport, this summer and autumn.
The first exhibition of 2024 at MUNCH is Corpus Infinitum. Through a series of film installations, this exhibition speculates on what would become of the human if expressed through the elements – water, earth, fire and air.
Enjoy a close encounter with Edvard Munch's delicate, trembling and above all powerful images of nature, and explore what it means to be human today. Whether it’s well known or unknown artists, historical or contemporary, MUNCH connects with the present day and addresses questions that are most important to us now. This is MUNCH in 2024!
For the first time ever, visitors to MUNCH will get to see two of the world’s most famous artists side by side: Francisco de Goya (1746–1828) and Edvard Munch (1863–1944). The extensive exhibition Goya and Munch: Modern Prophecies opens on Saturday 28 October.
This week sees the opening of Norway’s first overarching retrospective of the American artist Alice Neel. The exhibition is the result of a collaboration between the Pompidou Centre in Paris and the Barbican Centre in London, and visitors can look forward to a momentous exhibition at MUNCH.
Yara, Norway's most global company, will support MUNCH's two major exhibitions in Germany this autumn. Through this collaboration, MUNCH can expand its international venture by bringing Edvard Munch's art out to the world.
The Shape of Freedom opens this year’s programme with a wide range of abstract art featuring international names such as Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Jean Dubuffet, Joan Mitchell, Lee Krasner and more. The Shape of Freedom will be the largest exhibition of its kind ever presented in Norway – a rare chance for the public to indulge themselves in a feast of colours, forms and sensations.
A new five-year agreement has been signed between INPEX Idemitsu Norge AS and MUNCH. INPEX Idemitsu has a long tradition of social commitment, and the partnership has a history that spans over 30 years.
After a fantastic 2022 at MUNCH with visitor numbers reaching over 1.5 million, MUNCH are now delighted to launch the programme for 2023. It promises to be an eventful year, with a wide range of exciting exhibitions and events to suit all ages.
The Machine is Us is an ambitious group exhibition with contemporary artists from Norway and abroad. In the exhibition, a total of 25 artists reflect in different ways on how new technology affects us, both as individuals and as a community.
