A failed attack on Edvard Munch’s masterpiece, Norway’s most famous painting
Copenhagen.- The Norwegian police reported this on Friday That climate activists tried in vain to stick to Edvard Munch’s masterpiece the scream, In 1893, in Oslo. The famous painting, which shows a throbbing, screaming skeletal figure, was unharmed. This alerted the security agents Norway’s National Museum “Under control” of three suspects. A third person filmed the pair as they tried pin for the painting, informs the Norwegian news agency NTB.
The organization indicated in the room where the painting was shown, protected by glass, was “removed from the public” and immediately closed without visiting visitor activities in the rest of the museum.
The police reported finding glue residue on the glass frame. A video of the incident shared on social media showed guards holding hands with terrorists, one of whom shouted: “I’m screaming for people to die!” And another: «I scream when legislators ignore science!» in front of the painting.
The saga of vandalism of works of art in Europe could not add its tenth case. Various groups follow the same pattern: This time in the Norwegian organization Stopp Oljeletinga, which is called Stop oljeleting i Norge, that the activists are behind protests and that they wanted to “put pressure on legislators to stop oil exploration.” Norway is a major producer of gas and oil extracted from the seabed.
“We are running a campaign against The scream Because it is probably the best-known painting in Norway, says Astrid Remm, spokeswoman for the Norwegian protest group, to the Associated Press. “It’s a lot of similar acts in Europe and it’s clear to do something that no other act has achieved: get a very large amount of coverage and press.”
Munch joins the list of victims he leads with several paintings attacked in different cities Vincent van Gogh; Da Vinci’s work, MonetVermeer and Goya also met accidents and stickers in Italy, Germany, Holland and Rome.
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