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# Overheard at The Scream
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/overheard-at-the-scream/
- Published: 2012-11-19T20:58:35.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:01:55.000Z
- Description: Smartphone pics aren't the only source of social media buzz circulating around Edvard Munch's "The Scream, currently at MoMA. The chatter on Twitter is pretty funny, intriguing, and sometimes revealing, even if some of it is not directly related (but funny nonetheless).
- Author: Hrag Vartanian
- Tags: Opinion, Edvard Munch, MoMA, Overheard in the Art World, The Scream, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 06:51 (2012, 2013, part 1)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-18-at-11-27-52-pm1.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-18 at 11.27.52 PM")](https://twitter.com/rywo%5F/status/267711725032337408?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[Smartphone pics](https://hyperallergic.com/momas-hilariously-bizarre-silent-screams/) aren’t the only source of social media buzz circulating around Edvard Munch’s “The Scream, currently at MoMA. The chatter on Twitter is pretty funny, intriguing, and sometimes revealing, even if some of it is not directly related (but funny nonetheless).

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/268582836657852416.png "268582836657852416")](https://twitter.com/an%5Fpenguin/status/268582836657852416?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-05-46-am.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.05.46 AM")](https://twitter.com/%5FQueenTae%5F/status/267364167558766592?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-06-54-am.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.06.54 AM")](https://twitter.com/archipiratae/status/268222287206043648?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-07-28-am.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.07.28 AM")](https://twitter.com/OlareeBee/status/267697968176590848?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-49-30-am.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.49.30 AM")](https://twitter.com/prydwen3/status/266442657285410816?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-08-07-am.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.08.07 AM")](https://twitter.com/Chaotician/status/267118041786097664?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-11-44-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.11.44 PM")](https://twitter.com/acegoulet/status/269818443610607618?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-20-34-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.20.34 PM")](https://twitter.com/Jahaan%5FM/status/270101383859040256?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-12-59-24-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 12.59.24 PM")](https://twitter.com/KingOf%5FClass/status/269930792703115264?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-3-12-50-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 3.12.50 PM")](https://twitter.com/VAJIAJIA/status/268101878091489280?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screaming-at-moma-031.jpg "screaming-at-moma-03")](https://twitter.com/pablitasan/status/267374523354062848?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-3-11-13-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 3.11.13 PM")](https://twitter.com/HuffPostArts/status/268411668655128576?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-3-13-40-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 3.13.40 PM")](https://twitter.com/ChronsOfNon/status/268081823643475968?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-3-27-24-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 3.27.24 PM")](https://twitter.com/FcoToscano/status/269874287484235776?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/51/f8/51f871d8-b6be-4a73-b958-0ca4fff0110a/content/images/hyperallergic-newspack-s3-amazonaws-com/uploads/2012/11/screen-shot-2012-11-19-at-3-06-12-pm.png "Screen Shot 2012-11-19 at 3.06.12 PM")](https://twitter.com/thepaintedwrd/status/268553543374475264?ref=hyperallergic.com)

[Edvard Munch: The Scream](http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/exhibitions/1330?ref=hyperallergic.com) *is on view at the Museum of Modern Art (11 West 53rd Street, Midtown, Manhattan) through April 29, 2013.*