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The Bunny And The Pig: An Interview With Anonymous Art Duo Panamaprent
“Um, can I ask, in lieu of your names, how would you like me to refer to you two?” I ask, tentatively. “The Bunny and The Pig,” The Pig states. I’m greeting two artists over Zoom, who are donning animal masks (one…
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Breathing Room: Iceland Begins The New Year With A Commercial Break
In the first few days of January, we’ve seen headline after headline of bad news from around the world: a tragic fire, war continuing to rage on the European continent, one country having set their eyes on another (or perhaps a few…
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Sequences Slows Down: The Real-Time Art Festival Invites You To Pause
Sequences Art Festival, the biennial festival celebrating its 12th edition this year, is a self-described “real-time festival.” Originally, this designated the festival’s focus on art that developed in real-time within the festival, or simply time-centric art. For the past several iterations, though,…
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A Collection Of Fleeting Moments: Lilja Birgisdóttir’s Exhibition Invites You To See The Unnoticed
It’s unusual to see Lilja Birgisdóttir outside Fischersund — the dark little house and wonderfully scented perfumery and art collective she runs with her siblings and family, where she’s often found greeting customers, offering homemade snaps, or emotionally reciting a poem. Today,…
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What Reality Is Made Of: Alicja Kwade Questions Everything We Think We Know
On a warm Thursday night, one corner of Tryggvagata is alive with chatter. Art students, collectors, museum professionals and at least one wayward classics professor have gathered outside i8 Gallery, along with a surprising number of art-sniffing dogs. The free drinks are…
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Sacred Spaces, Sacred Places: Icelandic Artists In Varanasi
“What happens when artists are transported to a studio far away from the comfort zone of the familiar?” This question lies at the heart of the project that brought Among Gods and Mortals: Icelandic Artists in Varanasi to life — an exhibition…
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Sæbraut Public Artwork Vandalised In “Politically Motivated” Act
The public artwork Partnership (Samband), which is on display on Sæbraut near Höfði in Reykjavík, has been vandalised in an “act of political motivation”, reports Vísir. In conversation with Vísir, Sigurður Trausti Traustason, Head of Collections and Research at the Reykjavík Art…
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Undoing The Romanticisation Of The Starving Artist
Examining the realities of making a living as a professional artist in Iceland Typical party conversation, any evening at random between 1997 and 2025: Random guest: So, what do you do for a living? Me: I’m a professional visual artist. Random guest:…
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Visual Arts Council Announces Nominees For Icelandic Art Prize
The Visual Arts Council has announced the list of nominees for the annual Icelandic Art Prize awards. The awards will be presented for the eighth time on March 20 in Iðnó. According to the Icelandic Art Centre, the awards aim to honour…
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Ásta Fanney To Represent Iceland At Venice Biennale 2026
The Icelandic Art Centre has announced artist Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir will represent Iceland at the 2026 Venice Biennale. Ásta is described as one of the foremost installation artists in Iceland, known for breaking the mould. In addition to her visual artistry, Ásta…
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Enfiladed Chambers of Dreams: Visiting the Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum in Akureyri
“Look for the statue of a giant man,” I told my passengers as we headed up Svalbarðseyri in Eyjafjörður, just across from Akureyri, being tailgated on the narrow highway while searching for the elusive left turn to our destination. The giant statue…
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The Paint Witch: Caitlin Ffrench’s Earthy Art
A single visit to Iceland can turn into something bigger. For some people, this country exerts a magnetic fascination that keeps them continually returning for years — or even decades. Caitlin Ffrench is one such person. A Canadian artist who first came…
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Art For Every Body: Listahátið í Reykjavík returns with an eye on accessibility and inclusivity
In the 54 years since its inception, Listahátið í Reykjavík (the Reykjavík Arts Festiva) has gone from being the gateway to the world for for Icelandic artists and culture to being among a set of highly acclaimed national events platforming every discipline…
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How (And Why) To Start Collecting Art
Art without a splurge: a myth or reality If you’re currently navigating a rental market crisis, while trying to keep whatever job you still have (with a big global employment crisis looming on the horizon), but want to start an art collection…
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Gallery Port’s Christmas Market Is Back!
Deck the halls with brand new artwork! Fa la la la la, la la la la! There are a few harbingers that Christmas has rolled into town once again. There’s the massive light-up Jólaköturinn prowling in Lækjartorg, the Olso tree taking up…
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The Long Walk To Hjalteyri
Being creative while reducing consumption In Hjalteyri is an old herring processing plant. Touted as the best in class during its years of operation from 1937 to 1966, the 1500 m2 space was given a new purpose in 2007 when it was…
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Unmasking The Burden Of Being A Woman
Júlíanna Ósk Hafberg embraces womanhood through intimate reflection It was the use of colour that initially attracted me to Júlíanna Ósk Hafberg’s work – shades of pink, turquoise and blue. Her art exudes a sense of softness, flow and lightness, or so…
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A Look Back at DesignMarch 2023
May 3 to 7 was a busy time for design lovers from all over Iceland as well as abroad. The annual design festival DesignMarch, despite being hosted in May, treated the attendees to an impressive array of events, exhibitions, performances and design…
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Sweater Weather, All Year Round
Ýrúrarí celebrates 10 years of turning sweaters into characters with a solo exhibition “It would fit well on your shirt. Just needing a nose,” says textile designer Ýr Jóhannsdóttir — perhaps better known as Ýrúrarí — as we meet at the Museum…
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365 Days Of Design
Looking ahead at Hanna Dís Whitehead’s year on the government payroll “I am in Höfn. To drive here (if the road is open hehehe) takes around six hours,” reads an email from Hanna Dís Whitehead in response to a request for a…
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DesignMarch Kicks Off Today
DesignMarch, a week-long celebration of all things design and innovation, has finally arrived. Despite the confusion with Icelandic calendars — it was summer just a week ago, but now we’re back to March — the festival has a plethora of events that…
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Grapevine Events: Prom, Christmas Rave, Skúli Sverrisson & Gustaf Ljunggren, And More!
Sure, Christmas is coming and all, but it’s far from being the only fun occasion on the cards this week. In fact, there’re so many things happening over the next few days that we didn’t have space to write about them all!…
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Velvet Terrorism Will Save The World
The opening of the Pussy Riot concert at the National Theatre is almost unbearably sad. When Putin was first appointed prime minister in late 1999 he was perceived by many as a breath of fresh air after the misery of the Yeltsin…