Climate activists tried to glue themselves to Edvard Munch's masterpiece
"The Scream" in Oslo on Friday to protest against
Norway's oil
industry, but guards intervened and the artwork was undamaged, police said.
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"We are at the National Museum after a report from guards there. They
have taken control of three people, two of whom tried to glue themselves to a
painting", police wrote on Twitter.
"They did not succeed, but there are traces of glue on the glass case.
No reports of damage to the painting."
The iconic painting from 1893, now a symbol of existential angst, depicts a
humanlike figure standing on a bridge, clutching its head in apparent horror
against the backdrop of a swirling sky.
The organisation Stop Oil Exploration told Tidens and, a Norwegian culture
magazine, that its intention was to "snap people out of their apathy"
in order to "arrive at the conversation we want to have".
Norway is the biggest oil producer in Western Europe.
Protesters have targeted numerous priceless pieces of art in museums across
Europe in recent weeks to protest the lack of action against climate
change.
Dozens of the world's top museums issued a joint declaration on Thursday
saying environmental activists who attack paintings "severely
underestimate" the damage that could be caused.
Scientists told the UN climate summit in Egypt on Friday that carbon dioxide
emissions from fossil fuels, the main driver of climate change, are on track to
rise one percent in 2022 to reach an all-time high.
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