Norwegian police said two people tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to Edvard Munchs 1893 masterpiece The Scream 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 National Museum of Norway and had three people under their control. 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 was emptied of the public and closed, and will reopen as soon as possible. The rest of museum remained open.
Police said there was glue residue on the glass mount.
Environmental activists from the Norwegian organization Stopp oljeletinga Norwegian for Stop Oil Exploration were behind the told stunt, saying they wanted to pressure lawmakers into stopping oil exploration. 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.
Two Belgian activists who targeted Johannes Vermeers Girl with a Pearl Earring in a Dutch museum in October were sentenced to two months in prison. The painting was not damaged and was returned to its wall a day later.
Earlier this month, climate protesters threw mashed potatoes at a Claude Monet painting in a German museum and a similar protest happened in London, where protesters threw soup over Vincent van Goghs Sunflowers at the National Gallery. In both those cases, the paintings also were not damaged.
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