Author: Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir
Winners Of The The Reykjavík Grapevine Design Awards 2016 Revealed
As you may have noticed from our DesignMarch special in our new issue, Icelandic design is thriving. With this in…
Opening Today: ‘Blind Date’ At Gerðarsafn
It’s tempting to imagine artwork coming alive in the storage rooms of museums where they are kept for years after…
Opening Today: ‘Double Bind’ At Nýló
This exhibition’s purpose is to restore a sense of political freedom in private psychological practises on personal failure. The artists…
The Resurrection Of Jesus Christ And Chocolate
It was brought to my attention by walking through Krónan and seeing an Easter egg on the shelf that the…
Photos Of The Week: #GVpics Instagram Contest
Dear Instagrammers, photographers and readers. Thank you for all of your wonderful submissions in our #GVpics Instagram contest. It is…
Sólon, And Thanks For All The Fish!
by Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir and York Underwood
Hrefna: We visited Sólon on a particularly ordinary Wednesday afternoon. The place felt familiar. Maybe because I pass it every…
Kitchen & Wine For A Good Ol’ Time
by Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir and York Underwood
Hrefna: I feel like Kitchen & Wine is the kind of place where I’ll be lunching on the regular once…
Our Favourite #GVpics From This Week
We at the Grapevine have had a blast looking at all the photographs that have been tagged with the #GVpics…
Sónar Society: Faces Of Friday Night
The energy at Harpa last night was magnetic. Dancing at SonarHall to Oneohtrix Point Never was crowded and sweaty in…
Sónar Society: Meet Some Faces From The Festival
Last night’s Sónar was amazing! Reykjavíkurdætur, Angel Haze, and dancing in SonarComplex made for an electric experience and a great…
The Best Of Iceland On Instagram: This Week’s #GVpics
What a week! We experienced some stormy weather, northern lights, and Icelandic daily life in the freezing cold—all of which…
Karó: Newcomer Of The Year
Karó is an exciting new artist who popped onto our radar last autumn with the release of the single “Silhouette.”…
Ongoing Now: Winter Lights Festival
Iceland may still be frozen, but the days are getting longer, and the time of the annual celebration of the…
Download This! “Kirkjusandur” By Asdfhg.
asdfhg.’s “Kirkjusandur (óður til strætó nr. 12)” (in English, “Kirkjusandur, ode to bus 12”) is our dreamlike track of the…
#GVpics – This Weeks Winner Of The Instagram Contest
We were so excited going through all of the beautiful, weird and amazing pictures posted under the hashtag #GVpics this…
Opening Today: Photography Graduate Exhibition
Graduates from the School of Photography in Iceland will celebrate their graduation by exhibiting their final photography projects. Their projects…
PREMIERE: Pocket Disco’s First Track & Music Video
Grapevine is proud to present the new magnificent musical duo, Pocket Disco. Salóme R. Gunnarsdóttir and Steindór Grétar Jónsson decided…
#GVpics Instagram Contest Is Back!
We’re kick-starting this year with a weekly Instagram competition. The rules are simple: bring out your smartphones and photograph whatever…
Give Trash Another Chance
by Rebecca Conway and Hrefna Björg Gylfadóttir
Everyone wants to recycle. Especially in 2016. It was your New Year’s resolution, remember? Sure you do. But, it can…
Happening Today: Melancolia Perpetualis
Beloved Icelandic composer Haukur Tómasson has written a piece made specifically with bass singer Kristinn Sigmundsson in mind. The collection…
Meet asdfhg., The Accidental Musician
When the 2015 Kraumur nominations were announced, one name stood out among the usual suspects because frankly, no one knew who on…
Opening Today: The Icelandic Photography Festival
The Icelandic Photography Festival is upon us for the third time, and this year it focuses on photo-books. The programme includes exhibitions,…
Happening Tonight : Mammút And X-Heart
The dark and moody pop-rock quintet Mammút bring their sonic witchcraft to Húrra. They had a busy 2015 after signing…
PHOTOS: Moses Hightower Soothes The Crowd At Húrra
The only certain way to unwind after the holidays was to catch Moses Hightower performing at Húrra on the first post…
Jumping Out Of 2015 And Running Into 2016!
ÍR is hosting its annual New Year’s Eve run December 31 at noon, sharp. Last year there were over 1.200…