COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Two climate activists tried to glue themselves to Edvard Munch’s 1893 masterpiece “The Scream” at an Oslo museum Friday.
Activists from the Norway environmental group Stopp oljeletinga (Stop Oil Exploration) were apprehended by security guards before they could follow through with their plan, according to ARTNews.
“The glue didn’t stick this time. But we won’t give in until the government meets our demands. We want to live,” activists posted on the group’s social media account.
A video obtained by The Associated Press showed museum guards holding two activists, with one shouting “I scream for people dying.” Another shouted “I scream when lawmakers ignore science” as someone shielded “The Scream.”
A third activist, who was filming the event, was also intercepted.
The museum said that the room where the glass-protected painting is exhibited “was emptied of the public and closed.” Police said there was glue residue on the glass mount.
This is the latest in a string of similar protests at European museums.
In October, two protestors wearing “Just Stop Oil” t-shirts opened two cans of Heinz Tomato Soup and hurled it at one of Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers paintings at the National Gallery.
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A similar protest happened in Berlin when a group of climate protestors threw mashed potatoes at Monet’s 1890 oil-on-canvas masterpiece “Meules.”
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Also in October, two Belgian activists targeted Johannes Vermeer’s “Girl with a Pearl Earring” in a Dutch museum. They were sentenced to two months in prison, according to AP.