[…] Veteran artist Rúrí received the Honorary Award for her long-standing contribution to Icelandic visual art. “Rúrí has stood guard for over half a century, never letting viewers fall asleep on her watch. In surveying Rúrí’s vast career and scrutinising both major and minor themes in her practice, what becomes clear is a remarkable sense of continuity: her older works continue to come alive — and to lead independent lives — regardless of the passage of time,” reads the press release of the Icelandic Art Center. Last year, the Grapevine interviewed Rúrí about her exhibition Tíma Mát at the town’s newly opened feminist gallery SIND. Read the interview here. …