Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye at the Tate Modern A month after Edvard Munch's The Scream broke all records at auction, the Tate is prepares to open Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye, which explores the life of "illness, madness and death" that spawned the artist's uniquely dark visions. ABOVE: Munch's "Self-Portrait with Hat (Right Profile) at Ekely," 1931 Picture: © Munch Museum