Climate activists have targeted Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece The Scream at an Oslo museum, Norwegian police said. Two people attempted to glue themselves to the artwork while a third filmed the pair, Norwegian news agency NTB said.
The famous painting – which depicts a waif-like figure appearing to scream – was undamaged while glue residue was found on its glass mount. Police said officers were called to the National Museum of Norway on Friday (November 11) and had three people under “control”.
The room where the glass-protected painting is exhibited was “emptied of the public and closed” and will reopen as soon as possible, the museum said. The rest of the venue remained open.
