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70 Years Of Erró, Now In Hafnarhúsið
This Saturday a retrospective exhibition, which celebrates seventy years of Erró’s career, was opened at the Reykjavik Art Museum in Hafnarhúsið. The exhibition bears the name of ‘Sprengikraftur Myndlistar’ which translates to: ‘Explosive Power of Art’, and it is the most extensive…
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Culture Pick: Gilbert & George At Hafnarhús
Hafnarhús is hosting an extensive overview of Gilbert & George’s boundary-breaking artwork this summer. Perhaps two of the most influential contemporary artists of the last five decades, the duo are known for their pioneering performance pieces, bold photo-based graphics and anti-elitist “Art…
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Meet The Venues: Where You’ll Be Hanging Out At Iceland Airwaves 2018
Iceland Airwaves has taken many forms over its twenty years, from being a concert in an airport hangar, to a gritty 101 party, to a grown-up week-long festival with Harpa as it’s clean ‘n’ tidy hub. 2018 sees slight return to the…
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Grapevine’s Best Of 2017: Best Art Museum
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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A Guide To Fashionable Reykjavík
The guide for each and every fashionista, looking to spend a fashionable day in the city. The places to eat, drink and shop for the most fabulous Icelandic designs. Kaffifélagið Skólavörðustígur 10 A real fashion guru can’t function without a double cappuccino.…
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Today At The Reykjavík Dance Festival: Thursday, August 27
Much to the delight of dance enthusiasts, the August 2015 Reykjavík Dance Festival (RDF) kicked off yesterday. This past November, February and May, RDF created a platform for great performances spread out over several weeks at a time, but this is the…
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Kunstschlager: Young And Playfully Creative
These days, it’s not uncommon to see recent art school graduates finding strength in numbers and opening a studio together—it is unusual, however, to find them still running years later. This makes the Kunstschlager collective particularly unique. In the span of three…
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Opening Today: ‘Still Life’
“Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.” So says Ferris Bueller, fictional protoyuppy and sociopath. One good thing about still life, though, is that it doesn’t move at all, so…
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Cory Arcangel Brings Cutting-Edge Digital Art To Reykjavík
Acclaimed American artist Cory Arcangel will open his solo show today at Hafnarhusið. His exhibition, entitled All The Small Things, consists of reworked versions of his “greatest hits” of the last fifteen years, combined with a new series of adapted foam pool…
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Trance With Me
It probably goes without saying that most everyone who came to Hafnarhúsið tonight was either coming to see Gus Gus, or intended to do so but petered out of energy after the first couple acts. This is easily forgivable, considering the line-up…