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  • Witchcraft and Hypnagogia in Hildur Yeoman’s World of Fashion

    Witchcraft and Hypnagogia in Hildur Yeoman’s World of Fashion

    Having dressed Reykjavík’s residents in patterned designs and jeweled finery for the past several years, Hildur Yeoman has slowly but steadily become one of Iceland’s leading fashion designers. We met the designer in her workshop as she was putting the finishing touches…

  • Open Now: ‘Kingdom: Flora, Fauna, Fable’

    Open Now: ‘Kingdom: Flora, Fauna, Fable’

    Historically, art has emphasized human interest as it pertains to earth and our surroundings. The new survey ‘Kingdom: Flora, Fauna, Fable’ aims to juxtapose various artworks, old and new, to emphasize the distinctive ways artists relate to and portray nature. The exhibition…

  • So What’s This Changing Flora I Keep Hearing About?

    So What’s This Changing Flora I Keep Hearing About?

    In an interview with Icelandic state radio, RÚV, Þóra Ellen Þórhallsdóttir, professor of botany at the University of Iceland, said that the flora of Iceland was going through “much faster changes than previous generations of Icelanders have seen, with the exception of…