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The Silliness of Men: Hlandvættir
ArtArtist Guðmundur Thoroddsen explores new avenues with beautiful wood carvings, sculptures and ink drawings dealing with the delicate matter of manhood and its rituals.
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Waterfalls in All Their Facets
ArtIceland might be known as the land of fire and ice, but water is also an essential part of its unique nature—the island’s numerous and various waterfalls are among its most fascinating symbols....
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Ólöf Nordal's Skeletons in the Closet of History
ArtIf you think that there is no apparent link between anthropometry, colonialism, the Icelandic sagas and Nazism, the exhibition Musée Islandique by Ólöf Nordal at the National Gallery of Iceland...
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Mats 1956-1978
ArtThis exhibition currently on show at Reykjavík Museum of Photography showcases some of photographer Mats Wibe Lund’s early work, known in Iceland for documenting some of the profound changes and...
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On the Road of Life with Kristinn Harðarson
ArtIn his exhibition Mæting/Transit at Gerðarsafn the Icelandic artist Kristinn Harðarson (b.1955), has over the past 20 years collected accounts of trivial events, encounters with regular people and...
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The Storytelling of Dan Perjovschi
ArtRomanian artist Dan Perjovschi’s his stick figures are far more than a mere mockery of society—they are, in his words, an archive of the global “homogenization of culture,” as a result of the rapid...
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On Art, Books and Women: Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir
ArtI saw the iconic work of the Icelandic veteran graphic artist Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir (b.1933) for the very first time at The Reykjavik Art Museum, Kjarvalsstaðir, in a historic exhibition about the...
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Against the Restraints of Gravity
ArtWhen I headed to Hafnarborg to see the installation Gravity by the Icelandic artist Björk Viggósdóttir (b.1982), I didn’t know anything about her previous works. In her row of white swings against...
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The Beauty of Photojournalism
ArtThe annual photo exhibition of the Icelandic Press Photographers Association at the Kópavogur Art Museum, Gerðarsafn, is simply a must-see for everyone, regardless whether you are a local or...
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Students Reinvent the Past
ArtInterwined at the Einar Jónsson Museum is a group exhibition by the first Master students (Class of 2014) from the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The site-specific 21st century artworks delightfully...
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The Visual Power of Words
ArtThanks to technology, the physical connection between language and craft has become outdated, and the exhibition ART="TEXT=ART at Hafnarborg is a nostalgic celebration of the handmade,...
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Reinventing Existence without End
ArtThe Icelandic artist Eiríkur Smith (b.1925), a resident of Hafnarfjörður, donated in 1990 over 300 works to Hafnarborg. The exhibition Existence, 1968-1982 is the fourth in the ongoing series...
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Going Multidimensional/III and IV
ArtSculpture/sculpture, the title of a new series of exhibitions taking place at Gerðarsafn.
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