Jay A. Clarke, Rothman Family Curator, Art Institute of Chicago, introduces Edvard Munch: Trembling Earth, the first exhibition in the United States to reveal how Munch (Norwegian, 1863–1944) animated nature to convey meaning. The exhibition features approximately eighty paintings, prints, and drawings, organized thematically to reinforce how Munch used nature to express human psychology, celebrate farming practice and garden cultivation, and question the mysteries of the forest as Norway faced industrialization.

Free.

Image: Edvard Munch, Self Portrait with Palette (detail), 1926, oil on canvas. Private collection, © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York