News about Edvard Munch

About to start on a joyless January diet? Read this and you may think twice... I was hoping that returning to my figure from ten years ago would make me happier. I was wrong

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 3, 2024
I lay on the floor of a hotel bathroom in central London in late spring last year, while paramedics packed round me. After dining out with my husband, I had collapsed moments before. I was fine for one minute, but the next doubled over in pain and heart racing ensued. Everything went blank in the morning. My husband claims I was unconscious for almost 15 minutes. As I came to, I remember hearing his voice, small and seemingly far away: 'Is she going to be OK? Is she going to be fine?' Something was beeping; a heart monitor. I couldn't see anything, but a soft, unfamiliar voice came next, 'Farrah'. . . Farrah is a fictional character. . . can you hear me?' So here's what happens when you die. I was exposed to CAT scans, MRIs, and several other labs that night and months afterward. I'd had a seizure before, but no one knew how or why. Despite shaming it over the years of extreme dieting and fitness, nothing remarkable had happened to my body up to this point. But, at the age of 44, it was pushing back, and I felt immense shame for the first time in my life.

A surprising world heist, audacious art heists, how Nottingham's silver raid came after major museum attacks, including loolulting of Mona Lisa and an Edvard Munch masterpiece

www.dailymail.co.uk, November 3, 2023
Brazen robbers have attempted to perpetrate ferocious heists that have stunned the world. Some have walked away with massive fortunes, while others have been caught by the best security in place to shield priceless works of art and valuable artefacts from being stolen out of museums. The Mona Lisa was stolen by a man who simply lifted it off the wall, robbers of an Edvard Munch's leaving a note: 'Thank you for the poor defense,' a sledgehammer robber smashed his way to a Vincent Van Gogh painting were among the most audacious heists. In a'planned and targeted attack' on a military museum in Nottingham, a manhunt was launched to track down a gang that stole historical silver antiques.

How I Stook The Scream in 50 seconds: In a new exhibition, the man behind Munch's odacious heist tells his amazing tale

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 18, 2023
Enger's upbringing in Oslo through a turbulent past was pivotal to his future. He started off as a promising footballer in his youth, but he also turned into a proficient vehicle and jewelry robber, amassing cars and boats, while remaining under surveillance. 'But I wanted more,' he says. I always wanted attention.' I needed money and fame. But at the time, I was most excited to tell the world that I might do something important.' Enger is inset in the picture.

The most audacious art heists in history: From Mona Lisa stolen by worker who simply lifted it off the wall to theft of an Edvard Munch by crooks who left note saying: 'Thank you for the poor security'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 17, 2023
People have attempted to purchase expensive works and valuable artefacts from museums throughout history. The Mona Lisa was stolen by a man who simply lifted it off the wall, in comparison to the robbery of an Edvard Munch leaving a note that read: 'Thanks for the poor security.' A worker who was a "world expert" was fired by the British Museum after items were "missing, stolen, or damaged," according to the British Museum. Peter John Higgins, 56, had worked at the museum for 30 years before being accused of stealing. Vincenzo Peruggia stepped up to the painting, took it off the wall, removed it from its case, and carried the Mona Lisa home, going back to 1911.

Vincent van Gogh's best artwork of all time was chosen for Starry Night

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 26, 2023
Edvard Munch's classic paintings and sculptures along with more recent ones like David Hockney's Splash.

Revealed: Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh is voted the greatest artwork of all time ahead of Banksy and Rodin - but where does YOUR favourite masterpiece rank?

www.dailymail.co.uk, July 25, 2023
The top 20 list also includes classic paintings and sculptures, including Edvard Munch's The Scream and The Night Watch by Rembrandt, as well as more contemporary works such as David Hockney's The Splash and The Louise Bourgeois Maman series, which can be seen in Japan, Canada, India, UAE, and Europe.

The appeal of a man who 'looks like Grim Reaper' has put social media in hysterics

www.dailymail.co.uk, May 25, 2023
Following a robbery in Acomb, York, north Yorkshire police are looking for the ominous figure. However, jokers on social media have flocked to the post, saying that officers must be vigilant in tracking down the spooky apparition. Others chimed in, comparing him to Voldemort and Skeletor. One - John Candlish - laughed: 'If you do see him, don't walk toward the light.' Just wait for the ambulance and pray that they will rekindle your heart.'

Edvard Munch's painting in the barn was hidden from Nazis. Scream Scream was auctioned for nearly £17 million

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 2, 2023
A huge painting by Edvard Munch (inset) that was hidden from the Nazis in a barn with a version of The Scream has sold at a London auction for over £17 million. The 13ft long work, titled 'Dance on the Beach,' (main image), belonged to Norwegian shipowner Thomas Olsen, who hung it in the first class lounge of a passenger liner that sailed between Oslo and Newcastle. Olsen, who lost his homeland in 1940, cut it down and smashed it in a barn deep in a Norwegian forest to discourage the Nazis from finding it.

At a grey tracksuit, Vanessa Feltz' ex Ben Ofoedu appears relaxed

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 20, 2023
Ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu stepped out to the Julien Macdonald show at London Fashion Week on Sunday, Vanessa Feltz's ex-fiancé Ben Ofoedu came out a casual figure. Under his black jacket, the singer, 50, wore a white hoodie, his top matching a pair of tracksuit bottoms in the same shade. Ben's top featured a print of what seemed to be the 1893 painting The Scream by Norwegian artist Edvard Munch on the front, but there was also the word'silence' on Ben's clothes, where there would have been a screaming man in the original composition.

In the skies over Scotland, rare'mother of pearl' clouds appear

www.dailymail.co.uk, January 31, 2023
Tiny ice particles are responsible for the mother of pearl clouds, also known as nacreous clouds. These tiny particles dispersed light in a different way, which is what gives the distinct 'pearly' appearance. Such hues are reminiscent of those that appear from a thin layer of oil on top of water - an effect called iridescence. Photographers from Aberdeenshire, the Highlands, and Moray have captured the stunning formations this week.