Ólafur Elíasson
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Fine Art And Flow: Þula Gallery Spreads Its Wings
The work of the gallerist is an opaque craft. They are the people who help artists navigate the tricky terrain of the industry — networking and dealmaking, detail-wrangling and logistics, hand-holding, hustling, and a lot more besides. They need to have a…
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A Hyperlocal Feast: SOE Kitchen Adds Colour To The Reykjavík Restaurant Scene
Something interesting is happening on Grandi this summer. Victoria Elíasdóttir, who formerly ran the successful Dóttir in Berlin, is the chef at the helm of the SOE Kitchen food laboratory and cafeteria venture. She and her brother, Ólafur Elíasson, have moved their…
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SOE Kitchen: Ólafur Elíasson and Victoria Elíasdóttir Fuse Dining With Art
Soft grey light pours in through the high rectangular windows of The Marshall House from the overcast eastern sky. The house is waking up, yawning in oxygen, as a small team of workers buzz around. In the corner, siblings Ólafur Elíasson and…
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IKEA And Ólafur Elíasson Team Up For Solar-Powered Gadgets
The acclaimed Danish-Icelandic artist will be collaborating with IKEA for his solar power project, Little Sun, in the hopes it might help people live off the grid, or at least reduce their energy consumption. Quartz reports that Ólafur popped by IKEA headquarters…
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Ólafur Elíasson & Victoria Elíasdóttir Bring SOE Kitchen Project To Reykjavík
Ólafur Elíasson’s famous SOE Kitchen is making its way to Iceland as a 3 month pop-up project. Known for its colourful and playful dishes, communal seating arrangements, and organic and vegetarian cuisine, the SOE Kitchen in Berlin at Ólafur Elíasson’s studio has…
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Buy Shit: Little Sun, Reyka Vodka, Sóley Toiletries & More
Don’t take your momma a rubbish stuffed puffin from Iceland! Get her one of these beautiful things instead. And maybe one for yourself. Vík Prjónsdóttir Scarf Vík Prjónsdóttir is a fashion house making unusual, distinctive scarves from machine-knitted Icelandic wool. They come…
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Top Icelandic Artists To Combine Forces Under One Roof
Some of Iceland’s most influential artists will soon move under the same roof in West Reykjavík. Fréttatíminn reports that the Living Art Museum, Kling & Bang and Ólafur Elíasson will soon be moving into the so-called “Marshall House” in the West Reykjavík…
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Icelandic Artist Installing Glacial “Ice Watch” In Paris
Danish-Icelandic artist, Ólafur Elíasson, will be shipping melting glacier ice to Paris to be displayed at the Place de Pantheon during the United Nations Conference on Climate Change. The Ice Watch, as it is called, is a memorial to the rapidly melting Arctic…
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Everything Under The Little Sun
Internationally renowned artist Ólafur Elíasson has always been a fan of a spectacle. Whether he’s pumping tens of thousands of litres of water out of New York’s East River to form waterfalls, painting the rivers of Japan fluorescent green, or designing the…