Austrian museum skews paintings to reflect climate change

Vienna's Leopold Museum said that 15 paintings will be slightly skewed until June 26 as part of the action titled 'A Few Degrees More (Will Turn The World Into An Uncomfortable Place)'. They include works by Gustave Courbet, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Photo: Leopold Museum

A Vienna museum is hanging some of its paintings at an angle to reflect the possible effects of climate change on the landscapes they depict.

The Austrian capital's Leopold Museum said that 15 paintings will be slightly skewed until June 26 as part of the action titled A Few Degrees More (Will Turn The World Into An Uncomfortable Place). They include works by Gustave Courbet, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.