It was the latest episode in which climate activists have targeted famous paintings in European museums. “We are campaigning against ‘Scream’ because it is perhaps Norway’s most famous ...

Not all paintings feature pretty flowers, green gardens, lily ponds, or happy women enjoying life. Some are about violence, ...

The Scream will live forever. It’s a cave painting on the inner wall of the human skull. And Munch himself heard the scream, no doubt about that: It ran through his being.

After all, The Scream is much more concerned with depicting a mental state than a landscape. Not that an artwork can’t do both—and it’s hard to see Munch’s magnum opus next to nacreous ...

One of several versions of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream.Photo by: Photo12/Universal Images Group via Getty Images.

Each charge carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and as much as $250,000 in fines. Though the activists targeted the artwork's plexiglass case, the sculpture, made mostly of beeswax ...

Pål Enger, art thief who stole ‘The Scream,’ dies at 57. A note was left in place of Edvard Munch’s famous painting after the 1994 heist in Oslo: “Thanks for the poor security.” ...

Enger, a talented Norwegian soccer player turned gentleman art thief who pulled off the sensational 1994 heist of Edvard Munch’s famed “The Scream” painting at the National Gallery in Oslo ...

Discover the fascinating story of a Norwegian footballer who stole Edvard Munch's iconic painting, The Scream, in this captivating documentary. Free-to-air TV highlights December 15-21. Ad.