There are just those iconic paintings that exist in the ether of collective knowledge. The kind of art you just recognize wherever you are in the world. Norwegian painter Edvard Munch's The Scream (1893) is one of those works, perhaps one of the top 5 most famous paintings of the western world. It's inspired an emoji ?, been the mask of a Hollywood horror icon, it's basically the Hone Alone look and been part of not one but two of art history's most infamous heists.
Do you know the story behind The Scream? As part of a 5-week summer collaboration between the Sotheby's Institute of Art and our Jux Saturday School series, today we take a look at the story behind an iconic work of art, how it was stolen, how it was found and why it's stood the test of time.
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