Climate activists in Norway tried to stick to Edvard Munch’s 1893 painting “The Scream” at a museum in Oslo on Friday.
Norwegian police said two people tried to stick to the famous painting while a third person filmed them. “The Scream” was in a frame protected by glass, preventing any damage from being done.
While the paint was not damaged, glue residue could be seen on the glass mount.
Video of people trying to stick to the glass frame shows one person yelling “I scream for people dying.”
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People look at Edvard Munch’s “The Scream” at the National Gallery in Oslo, Norway, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2019. On Friday, Nov. 11, 2022, activists from the organization ”Stopp oljeletinga” (Stop Oil Exploration) attempted to to stick to the picture frame.
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“I scream when lawmakers ignore science,” another person yelled.
The individuals are from the Norwegian group “Stopp oljeletinga,” which means Stop Oil Exploration, and said they “wanted to put pressure on lawmakers to stop oil exploration.”
This is not the first time that climate activists have tried to stick their hands to the paintings.
On November 5, climate activists in Spain went to the Prado museum in Madrid and tried to stick their hands on several paintings by Francisco de Goya.
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A police vehicle is parked outside the National Museum where activists from the organization ”Stopp Oljeletinga” tried to stick themselves to the frame of Munch’s painting ‘The Scream’, in Oslo, Norway, Friday, November 11, 2022.
(Stian Lysberg Solum/NTB Scanpix via AP)
The activists stuck their hands to the paints and painted “+1.5 C” on the museum wall.
In a statement, the museum said the paintings were not damaged and condemned the activity.
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Activists stick to Goya’s “Las Majas” in protest against the climate emergency
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“We condemn the use of the museum as a venue for political protest of any kind,” the statement read.
The Associated Press and Julia Musto of Fox News contributed to this report.
