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Come Into Exxistenz: Freyja Eilíf Opens A Museum Of Perceptive Art
Exxistenz is located at Bergstaðastræti 25B, Reykjavík “Perceptive art is made out of the integration of reality with hand movements whose intentions recreate reality,” gallery director Freyja Eilíf explains. “The intention I have for Exxistenz is that it will be a creation…
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Fancies: Freyja Eilíf
Fancies is a Grapevine series where we highlight an individual with supreme style. Our latest subject is Freyja Eilíf (32), who is a visual artist and the director of Ekkisens Art Space. today’s look Wearing: Spúútnik shoes that I bought in the year…
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City Guide: The Reykjavík Underground
As repeat visitors to Reykjavík often remark, the Laugavegur strip has evolved into an open-topped puffin mall over recent years. So: where the cool kids at? Concerts Reykjavík’s underground music scene is thriving. If you enjoy noisy guitars, shouting, or weird experiments,…
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The Weekend Edit: 5 Things To Do In Reykjavik This Weekend
With the infamous Easter cold spell finally behind us, we are certainly entitled to a lovely sunny weekend. Whether you choose to spend it out and about in the countryside or drinking your weight in Guinness and hitting the town, we’ve compiled a…
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Ritual Magic And The Esoteric World: Freyja Eilíf’s Search For The Art God
Icelandic artist Freyja Eilíf graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2014, opening the Ekkisens gallery in the basement of her grandparents’ house on Bergstaðastræti soon after. Over three years later, Ekkisens has a monthly exhibition programme, and has become…
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Diana Forever: Celebrating 20 Years Since The Death Of An Icon
20 years ago, internationally beloved Lady Diana lost her life in a tragic “car accident” in Paris. Her glamorous lifestyle, relentless charity work and turbulent love life have cemented Princess Di as a mythical figure in the public’s collective conscious. She may…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Art Gallery
Everyone who comes to Iceland is pretty keen make the most of their time here, and whether that means a week of carefree holiday meandering or a laser-guided approach to finding the best stuff, a couple of insider tips are always useful.…
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Be Still, My Beating Art: A Guide To Reykjavík’s Small Galleries
There are plenty of routes to get familiar with a city’s cultural scene, but some are easier than others. Easy: talk to locals. Hard: learn Icelandic. Easy: read the Grapevine. Hard: plow your way through the OG fad series, the Icelandic sagas.…
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A Tale Of Two Sweaters: The Wearable Art Of Ýr Jóhannsdóttir
In the Ekkisens basement gallery on Bergstaðastræti, Ýr Jóhannsdóttir sits organising a large pile of colourful sweaters that will form her solo exhibition, entitled ‘Sweater Story.’ From within the stack of folded yarn, some features are visible jutting out: an embroidered hand…
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The Penny-pincher’s Guide To Spending A Day In Reykjavík
So you want to see a bit of Iceland but also be able to afford your ticket back home? No, that’s not the most dramatic request we’ve ever heard. We’ll make it happen. Einar Jónsson’s Sculpture Garden What better way to start…
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Space Exploration: An Interview With The Ekkisens Gallery
Ekkisens is a small art gallery hidden away in the basement of a normal-looking downtown house on Bergstaðastræti. After crossing the lawn, a discreet doorway leads to a small series of rooms that still bear the marks of their former use as…
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Opening Today: ‘Courage, Don’t Leave Me’
The exhibition ‘Courage, don’t leave me’ is the first solo exhibition from Victor Guzman, and tackles immigration and the refugee crisis. He projects—in a narrative way—his own experiences as a ten-year-old immigrant integrating into a small Norwegian town. With this exhibit he…
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ArtMass: Art As Religion And Religion As Art
Katrín Inga Jónsdóttir Hjördísardóttir has been performing her ArtMass in various spaces and on multiple occasions since 2009. The latest space to host three performances of ArtMass is the Ekkisens gallery. Consisting of art psalms and sermons, the piece offers guests the…
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So What’s This “Controversial” Art In City Hall I Keep Hearing About?
Reykjavík’s City Hall currently hosts a large exhibit celebrating the hundred year anniversary of women’s right to vote in Iceland. This exhibit includes a feminist art show, ‘Kynleikar’ (“Genderplay”) by fourteen young artists, curated by a downtown gallery called Ekkisens. Some of…