Happening Today: ‘Tura Ya Moya’ Take Over The Nordic House
A day of connecting to place hosted by The Nordic House and their current exhibit, the travelling container project Anersaaq. The day begins at 17:00 with a workshop in the [&helli
Artist Talk: Graphic Designer Helga Dögg Ólafsdóttir
Recently graduated from the Iceland Academy of The Arts, Helga Dögg has been busy this summer, working on designs for the 2016 Reykjavík SlutWalk as well as freelancing on variou
Happening Tonight: Icetralia Comedy Show
A promising evening with “Icetralia,” back on stage and taping LIVE. The two comedians, Jonathan Duffy from Australia Icelandic local Hugleikur Dagsson, will tell you
Moving Matter: Cycles and stillness with Eva Ísleifsdóttir and Sindri Leifsson
Eva Ísleifsdóttir enters Gerðarsafn a little soggy from the mist. She tears off her raincoat and meets me on the north end of the museum space, where her half of […]
Íshús: A Thriving Creative Community In Hafnarfjörður
Hafnarfjörður’s Íshús is an imposing white seafront warehouse with its name emblazoned neatly across its front in marine blue paint. It stands out amongst the other industria
Rúnar Helgi Vignisson: “The Mountains Wrote My Books”
In an interview with the Icelandic Literature Center, you suggest that the Icelandic population finds short fiction to be an inferior form. Do you feel that short fiction is becomi
A Tale Of Two Sweaters: The Wearable Art Of Ýr Jóhannsdóttir
In the Ekkisens basement gallery on Bergstaðastræti, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir sits organising a large pile of colourful sweaters that will form her solo exhibition, entitled ‘Sweate
Artist Talk: Björn Steinar Blumenstein, Product Designer
Since his graduation from the Iceland Academy of the Arts, where he studied product design, Björn Steinar Blumenstein has been working in Sjávarklasinn with a group of designers
Expect The Unexpected: Everybody’s Spectacular
Reykjavík Dance Festival and Lókal join forces to create the annual contemporary performance festival Everybody’s Spectacular. Artists from all around the world come together t
Capturing Things At Different Angle: Karin Sander
Karin Sander’s artworks may seem extremely disparate at first glance, bringing together works that seem very distant from one another: vegetables nailed to a wall, or enlarged ph
Rewriting The History Of Húsavík
How an artist is ensuring the women of Húsavík won’t be forgotten Húsavík has made its mark on the tourist map, thanks to being the whale-watching capital of Iceland. While [
Artist Talk: Páll Ivan frá Eiðum
The prolific Páll Ivan frá Eiðum makes paintings and music, characterised alike by his unique wit. His colourful paintings vary from life-sized to hand-sized and can be purchase
Happening Now: ‘The World Is An Enigma’ At Verksmiðjan á Hjalteyri
Pierre Coulibeuf, a French visual artist and filmmaker, exhibits four magical video installations focusing on the often opaque relationship between an individual and the world. The
Opening Thursday: ‘Elemental’ At Listastofan
‘Elemental’ is a multimedia installation by Aishling Muller consisting of photography, video projection and sculptural work related to the natural world. ‘Elemental’ transp
Happening Now: ‘KEEPERS’ At The Museum Of Design And Applied Art
Ever wonder how things end up in a museum’s collection, or how curators decide which objects are worth preserving? In the latest exhibition from the Museum of Design and Applied
Combating Cynicism On Rockall
What if you could start over, and build a new society from the ground up? That’s the central question posed by the Travelling Embassy of Rockall, a new art installation […
Artist Of The Week: Kristín Dóra
Kristín Dóra is a visual artist studying at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. She recently returned from an exchange program in Sweden, garnering attention for her outspoken windo
The Festival That Never Sleeps: LungA 2016
Welcome to the seventeenth LungA art festival, located in the beautiful Seyðisfjörður. LungA aims to bring together people from all around the world for a week of creating, part
“Spaceship Mitschdóttir” Standing Gloriously In The Westfjörds
German environmental concept artist Michael Thomas spent ten beautiful days in the Westfjords building installations with flotsam. The three huge sculptures—the largest almost ei
Out Of The Darkness: Samantha Shay Delves Inwards To Reach Outwards
It took a few weeks to find a good time to talk to Samantha Shay. In the heart of the Icelandic summer, the long days and pink nights bring out […]
Starting Today: ‘Slices Of Life’ At Icelandic Printmakers Association
Anita Jensen crosses geographical and artistic boundaries in her latest exhibition at the Icelandic Printmakers Association. In ‘物の哀れ (mono no aware) / Slices of Life,’