bits and pieces from the northern island.
Even among his readers, not everybody knows that Jorge Luis Borges had a deep fascination for Norse mythology. In his later years Borges was especially drawn to old nordic literature, and he wrote several compositions based on the works of Snorri Sturluson. The following poem is contained in the collection La moneda de hierro. Borges … Read the full article →
Reykjavík Arts Festival – Listahátíð í Reykjavík is starting tomorrow and it will be going through the first weekend of June. The festival, which is dedicated to all forms of artistic expression, from literature to performing and visual arts, is traditionally one of the main cultural events in Iceland. Its honorary President is Russian-Icelandic conductor … Read the full article →
The Reykjavík Art Museum is currently hosting at Kjarvalsstaðir the painting exhibition “My dreamland in the North – Karen Agnete Þórarinsson“. Danish painter Karen Agnete was born in Copenhagen in 1903 from a well-off family. She grew up in a creative and culturally stimulating environment and attended the Danish Art Academy in Copenhagen. In 1929 … Read the full article →
Reykjavík’s Menningarnótt is coming: this year the appointment is for the 20th of August. The first edition of this one-day festival dates back to 1996. This is the 16th year that Iceland’s capital is celebrating its Culture Night and the agenda is as usual very rich, counting over 100 different events for just a single … Read the full article →
After reading this entry on Iceland Review, I was really looking forward to the photography exhibition on Karl Christian Nielsen hosted by Reykjavik Museum of Photography. Karl Christian Nielsen was a man of the people and, for his time, a pioneer. He portrayed in several photographs the life and the places of Icelanders. Rarely the working … Read the full article →
Superior artists are not only extraordinarily gifted in their specific area of interest, they are also extremely skilled in the art of teasing. Björk is one of those artists capable of generating interest far beyond normally tolerated levels with each and every one of her feats. News and speculations have been circulating about Björk’s Biophilia … Read the full article →
Kira Kira and Graham Keegan, in collaboration with Hlaðan Artist Residency present: Undir Niðri, a sound installation. This special event will be running between July 24 and August 13 at Hlaðan, in the small town of Vogar, in south west Iceland. The roots of the collaboration behind Undir Niðri date back to 2008, when Kira Kira … Read the full article →
The fifth edition of Sequences Art Festival is about to start in Reykjavík. From the 1st to the 10th of April, several galleries, venues and cultural spaces and institutions around Iceland’s capital will host exhibitions, lectures and performances of various genres. As the name suggests, Sequences is an event whose main field of interest are … Read the full article →