Digital Editions
Newsletters
Subscribe
Digital Editions
Newsletters
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Art of Luxury
Adventures with Van Gogh
Art market
Museums & heritage
Exhibitions
Books
Podcasts
Columns
Art of Luxury
Adventures with Van Gogh
Exhibitions
feature

With works by Munch and Mamma Andersson, the British Museum reveals the darkness of Nordic noir

The survey brings together more than 150 works by 100 different artists for a peek behind the clichés of apparently idyllic Nordic life

Matthew Holman
8 October 2025
Share
Swedish artist Mamma Andersson’s woodcut The Fallow Deer (2016) Reproduced by permission of the artist; © The Trustees of the British Museum