Dark arts: how night inspires great painters

Whether it’s the night terrors of Edvard Munch or the shadowy holy light of Dutch nativity scenes, northern European artists have long found their voice in the dark – as the Towner Art Gallery’s latest show exploresThe nights are drawing in. Autumn evenings are getting duskier, mistier, cooler. Early mornings are darker. Soon we’ll be living large parts of our lives under a nocturnal cloak.As the dark deepens it unleashes imagination and stories of ghosts and witches; dre