Author: Richard P. Foley
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Diving Into Metamorphosis
“We wanted to take the legends of the sea up to the surface with us, not just to show fashion…
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Reykjavík Runway
Assistants Of FashionReykjavík Runway, Iceland’s first fashion consultancy, has provided a fantastic design competition with a twist: where a group…
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Metaphors To Save You At Sea
When the unpredictability and trepidation of the sea becomes symbolic for a nation’s political saga, it’s not bewildering that several…
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A Lost Horse Found In Reykjadam
The Lost Horse Gallery has moved from the old converted stable at Skólastræti 1 and found a new home on…
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The Kids Are Doing It For Themselves…
A revival has occurred in artist run spaces after the closing of many exciting galleries such as the Dwarf Gallery,…
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Playing Around in the Bed of Roses
“Life isn’t just a game- it’s also a bed of roses…” is an odd title for an exhibition, although when…
Fiction Conflicting With Reality
I spent the day at the Kópavogur Museum of Natural History with artist Sigurrós Svava Ólafsdóttir as she explained the…
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What Will We Remember?
The annual Iceland Academy of The Arts show at Kjarvalsstaðir was another diverse range of innovative designs and artwork, divided…
A Reconstruction of Thoughts
“Parallax,” by the artist Elín Hansdóttir, will be showing at the Reykjavík Art Museum until the 19th of May. The…
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Ipseity – Abeyance
As part of the Northern Lights Festival, the Nordic House has been hosting the group exhibition “Ipseity- Abeyance”. The exhibition…
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Seething Kraum
The popular Icelandic design shop, Kraum, was opened in 2007, a collaborative effort of some 30 designers to produce a…
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Bus 51 To Hveragerði – An Exciting New Option In Travel
Since the 2nd of January, the city bus company Strætó has provided the towns of Hveragerði and Selfoss with a…
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The Scandinavian
The Scandinavian and its modern interpretation of traditional Nordic recipes are bound to become a small tourist haven, not to…
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Make food not bombs
An alternative restaurant every Saturday between 1pm and 5pm would be “Make food not Bombs” which for the past few…
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How To Look Fabulous in a Financial Depression
Inevitably times will be harder for the people of Iceland. It seems the only appropriate thing to do is to…