Iceland’s representative at the Venice Biennale 2022, Sigurður Guðjónsson, opens a large-scale installation at the Factory in Hjalteyri. The exhibition is titled “Conductive Path” and takes over the entire 2000 …
Recently Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir relocated to Berlin from Reykjavík for a one-year residency at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. The Icelandic Art Center and Künstlerhaus Bethanien have since 2020 collaborated on granting Icelandic …
Morse code, minerals and mythologies collide in Anna´s practice Read More »
Máret Ánne Sara Gutted – Gávogálši, 2022. Background: Ale suova sielu sáiget, 2022. If there ever was a perfect time for Indigenous voices to be heard at the Venice Biennale, it would …
Yuki Kihara, Spirit of the ancestors watching (After Gauguin), 2020. For the first time in its 121 year history, women outnumber male artists in the main halls of the Venice …
Non-binary & non-gender-conforming manifestations at la biennale arte 2022 Read More »
Lavinia Schulz and Walter Holdt, Maskinfigur, 1924 The International Art Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia 2022 is titled The Milk of Dreams and is curated by Cecilia Alemani. The …
Marianna Simnett, The Severed Tail, 2022. In today’s art world, many artworks and exhibitions rely heavily on texts to guide their audience. When one reads the blurb accompanying a book …
The Relevance and Influence of Wall Texts in Art Exhibitions Read More »
Britta Marakat-Labba, Finished Drilled, 2021 As I walked through the exhibitions and pavilions at the 59th edition of the international art exhibition in Venice, I noticed a strong theme decisively …
Social structures examined at the Venice Biennale 2022 Read More »
Francis Alÿs, The Nature of the Game (installation view), 1999 – 2022. In recent decades fine arts has become more open to various art mediums, much like cinema which can …
Films at the 59th Biennale: Fit for the White Cube or the Silver Screen? Read More »
Photo: Edda Pétursdóttir | Interview by Ruby Reding Having moved through the music and art worlds of Iceland and Berlin as a curator, art director and a performer, Gudny Gudmundsdottir …
Interview by: Ruby Reding | Photos: Courtesy of the gallery. Ragnheiður Sigurðardóttir Bjarnarson and Snaebjorn Brynjarsson are the magic couple behind Midpunkt, a gallery in the basement of an old …
Interview by: Ruby Reding | Photos: Leifur Wilberg. A collaboration between Sigurður Atli Sigurðsson and Olga Lilja Ólafsdóttir, Y Gallery opened in June this year in a disused gas station …
Interview by: Ruby Reding | Photos: Courtesy of the gallery. We interviewed the four artists behind OPEN gallery, Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, Örn Alexander Ámundason, Una Margrét Árnadóttir and Arnar Ásgeirsson, as …
