The simple truth about The Scream, auctioned yesterday at Sotheby's New York for a record $120 million for those of you who missed it, is that it illustates just how much surplus capital there is ...

Edvard Munch’s The Scream may be one of the most recognizable images in art history, but the British Museum thinks most people have got it all wrong. The figure isn’t screaming—he’s ...

It is one of the most iconic images in art – described as the Mona Lisa of its time. But Edvard Munch's painting, The Scream, is also one of the most disturbing and enduringly mysterious.

Edvard Munch's masterpiece The Scream is expected to fetch record sums at auction. Why are such agonised, visceral works of art so highly sought-after?

NEW YORK — 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 ...