14. Edvard Munch, Take 2: Foiled Again!

Making mistakes in Paris in the rain, plus holy water on the Metro.

Edvard Munch at the Musée d’Orsay: “A Poem of Life, Love and Death.” September 21st 2022 to January 22nd 2023.

Today’s post was supposed to be a report from the big new Edvard Munch show at the Musée d’Orsay—but alas, it isn’t.

I tried to go and see it on Saturday, but by the time I got there in the afternoon, the museum was already so crowded that they …