COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian police stated two protesters tried in useless Friday to attach themselves to Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream” at an Oslo museum and no hurt was reported to the portray of a waif-like determine showing to scream.
Police stated they have been alerted by the National Museum of Norway and had three folks below their “control.” A 3rd particular person filmed the pair that attempted to affix to the portray, Norwegian information company NTB stated.
The museum stated that the room the place the glass-protected portray is exhibited “was emptied of the public and closed,” and can reopen as quickly as potential. The remainder of museum remained open.
Police stated there was glue residue on the glass mount.
A video of the incident confirmed museum guards holding two activists, with one shouting “I scream for people dying.” Another shouted “I scream when lawmakers ignore science” as somebody shielded “The Scream.”
Environmental activists from the Norwegian group “Stopp oljeletinga” — Norwegian for Stop Oil Exploration — have been behind the stunt, saying they “wanted to pressure lawmakers into stopping oil exploration.” Norway is a significant producer of offshore oil and fuel.
It was the newest episode during which local weather activists have focused well-known work in European museums.
“We are campaigning against ‘Scream’ because it is perhaps Norway’s most famous painting,” Astrid Rem, a spokesperson for the Norwegian group, advised The Associated Press. “There have been lots of similar actions around Europe. They have managed something that no other action has managed: achieve an extremely large amount of coverage and press.”
Two Belgian activists who focused Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in a Dutch museum in October have been sentenced to 2 months in jail. The portray wasn’t broken and was returned to its wall a day later.
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