23-08-2023 17:35 via artnews.com

London’s National Gallery ‘Resolves’ Incident Involving Man Who Scaled its Roof

It wasn’t a kinetic sculpture or performance piece: a man, clad in a grey tracksuit, climbed onto the roof of the National Gallery in London yesterday afternoon, wandering its length and—to the alarm of passerby and museum employees—dangling his legs off its edge. The museum swiftly shuttered its doors and canceled its programming as police attempted to make contact with the individual. According to a statement from the National Gallery posted to its social media channels this
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