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You don’t get much more well-known in the art world than The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch. The haunting, painful expression of the subject is one of the most famous images in history, affecting everyone who comes across it. Since its completion in 1893, it has been hailed as one of the more profound visual depictions of anxiety and mental disorders, and duly, it had a definitive impact on the burgeoning Expressionist movement of the early 20th century. The painting is so famous that we see it ubiquitous in broader popular culture. These include Arthur Janov using an impression...

One of the art world's most recognizable images — Edvard Munch's "The Scream" — sold Wednesday for a record $119,922,500 at auction in New York City. The 1895 artwork — a modern symbol of human anxiety — was sold at Sotheby's. The buyer's name was not released. The previous record for an artwork sold at auction was $106.5 million for Picasso's "Nude, Green Leaves, and Bust," sold by Christie's in 2010. The image has become part of pop culture, "used by everyone from Warhol to Hollywood to cartoons to teacups and T-shirts," said Michael Frahm of the London-based art advisory...

Edvard Munch's 1895 pastel "The Scream" hits the auction block in New York on Wednesday. No official estimate for its monetary value is printed in Sotheby's catalog, but officials have not been shy about disclosing that they expect at least $80 million for the picture, still in the original frame annotated by the artist. When one of the world's most recognizable images is paired with the highest price any auction house has ever tagged on a work of art, the temptation for snark is nearly irresistible. As in: $80 million? No wonder the guy's screaming.

Norwegian police find Munch's "The Scream" 33 minutes ago OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police recovered "The Scream" and another stolen masterpiece by Edvard Munch on Thursday, two years after the works were seized from a museum by gunmen. "We are 100 percent certain they are the originals," police chief Iver Stensrud told a news conference. "The damage was much less than feared." "The Scream" depicts a terrified figure under a blood-red sky. The other, "Madonna," shows a bare-breasted woman with long black hair.

Six charged with The Scream theft The Scream was stolen in a daylight raid in August 2004 Six people have been charged in Oslo in connection with the theft of Edvard Munch's painting The Scream. The masterpiece, along with another work, Madonna, was taken in a daylight raid on the Norwegian capital's Munch Museum in August 2004. Neither work has been seen since, despite an international search and the offer of a reward. Five people are charged with theft, one is charged with receiving stolen goods. They will stand trial in February. None of the six people has been identified....

Masked thieves in Norway have stolen what they thought were three Edvard Munch paintings - but which turned out to be worthless copies. Two unarmed men burst into Oslo's Hotel Continental, threatened staff and removed three pictures from the walls. But the hotel had swapped the originals with duplicates after two real Munch works were stolen from the Munch Museum in the city almost a year ago.

Inquire into the flight of the "Cry" of Edvard Munch: a stopped man OSLO - the Norwegian police force apprehended Friday a man suspected of having taken part in the flight of the "Cry", celebrates it table of Edvard Munch stolen to Oslo last year, and was said optimistic on its capacity to find it. "a man of about thirty years was stopped Friday after-midiet accused for participation in the armed robbery perpetuated with the Munch museum on August 22, 2004", indicated the police force of Oslo in an official statement. "the tables ' Cri' and ' Madone' for...

Last August, Edvard Munch’s famous masterpiece, “The Scream,” was stolen again. Armed gunmen took the painting from the Oslo Munch Museum in Norway. Saturday, the Democratic National Committee will elect former Governor Howard Dean as the Chairman of the DNC. Are these events connected? Sometimes, reality is its own parody. As the satirical website ScrappleFace.com reported this week, “Faced with the fact that former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean is the only person still seeking the chairmanship of the Democrat National Committee (DNC), the nine-member panel of elected officers announced today that it had posted the job on CareerBuilder.com, and would...

For those who have ever wondered why the sky is a lurid red in The Scream, Edvard Munch's painting of modern angst, astronomers have an answer. They blame it on a volcanic eruption half a world away. In the first detailed analysis of what inspired the painting, an article in Sky and Telescope magazine pinpointed the location in Norway where Munch and his friends were walking when the artist saw the blood-red sky he depicted in the 1893 painting. Donald Olson, a physics and astronomy professor at Texas State University, and his colleagues determined that debris thrown into the atmosphere...