Mystery of the Scream. In August 2004, two armed and masked robbers pulled off a stunning daylight robbery when they entered the Edvard Munch museum in Oslo and pulled The Scream and Madonna off the walls in front of stunned visitors and carried them out of the museum. Although suspects have been identified, no charges have been filed, no arrests have been made, and the paintings remain missing. Last week, the museum gift shop began selling a children's board game called Mystery of the Scream where players assume the roles of art thief and police. Not everyone was amused. Kaare Berntsen, artistic director of Oslo's Kaare Berntsen Gallery, said "In principle I find it a bit in bad taste to make a game out of the theft of The Scream." Yesterday, bowing to pressure from the Norweigan government, the museum pulled the game from the shelves.
posted by three blind mice on Oct 27, 2005 - 15 comments