Spanish Flu

painting of a wan man in dark seated against a wall
Nothing As Before: How Epidemics have Changed Art
With a new initiative, Statens Museum for Kunst invites you on a tour through the museum's collection and tells the story of how epidemics over time have affected and changed both the world and art.
Edvard Munch, The Scream, 1893 painting of a wavy figure with hands raised to face and mouth open screaming in front of a fiery sky
New Breakthrough Could Help Save Munch's “The Scream”

For years an invisible culprit has been eating away at one of the most famous paintings in the world.…

Alfred Stieglitz photograph portrait of Georgia O’Keeffe in a hat
Georgia O'Keeffe and Alfred Stieglitz: Love and Art Amidst the Spanish Flu
In 1918 the Spanish Flu ravaged the world. But it was also in 1918 that Alfred Stieglitz was afflicted by love and began his nude photographs of Georgia O’Keeffe.