Hannes Lárusson
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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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Reykjavík Arts Festival: Fresh Like Peppermint
Described as a “three-headed giant of sorts,” new performance art ‘Peppermint’ is set to take place during the highly anticipated Reykjavík Arts Festival in June. Curated by Erling T.V. Klingenberg, Elísabet Brynhildardóttir and Selma Hreggviðsdóttir, it comprises three performances, each by a…
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Beauty And Its Discontents
Rather than summarise 2014’s debates in brief, as the end of the year approaches, I want to pay due attention to one particular dispute ignored by this column until now. It actually started in 2011 and has to do with, as it…