COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) 鈥 Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to Edvard Munch鈥檚 1893 masterpiece 鈥淭he Scream鈥 at an Oslo museum and no harm was reported to the painting of a waif-like figure appearing to scream.
Police said they were alerted by the 香港六合彩挂牌资料 Museum of Norway and had three people under their 鈥渃ontrol.鈥 A third person filmed the pair that tried to affix to the painting, Norwegian news agency NTB said.
The museum said that the room where the glass-protected painting is exhibited 鈥渨as emptied of the public and closed,鈥 and will reopen as soon as possible. The rest of museum remained open.
Police said there was glue residue on the glass mount.
A video of the incident showed museum guards holding two activists, with one shouting "I scream for people dying." Another shouted 鈥淚 scream when lawmakers ignore science鈥 as someone shielded 鈥淭he Scream.鈥
Environmental activists from the Norwegian organization 鈥淪topp oljeletinga鈥 鈥 Norwegian for Stop Oil Exploration 鈥 were behind the stunt, saying they 鈥渨anted to pressure lawmakers into stopping oil exploration.鈥 Norway is a major producer of offshore oil and gas.
It was the latest episode in which climate activists have targeted famous paintings in European museums.
鈥淲e are campaigning against 鈥楽cream鈥 because it is perhaps Norway鈥檚 most famous painting,鈥 Astrid Rem, a spokesperson for the Norwegian group, told The Associated Press. 鈥淭here 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.鈥
Two Belgian activists who targeted Johannes Vermeer鈥檚 in a Dutch museum in October were sentenced to two months in prison. The painting wasn't damaged and was returned to its wall a day later.
Earlier this month, at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum and a similar protest happened in London, where over Vincent van Gogh鈥檚 鈥淪unflowers鈥 at the 香港六合彩挂牌资料 Gallery. In both those cases, the paintings also weren't damaged.
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