Criticism in Iceland after Arts funding halved
Iceland’s parliament has approved a proposal that would halve the budget it funds for the arts project’s national body, Mynlistarsjodur. In 2013, Myndlistarsjodur received 45m krona from the...
View ArticleElectronic Intimacy – International Video Art on TV
Its Time for a Second Round of Night Transmissions For a two-week period, during the typically unprogrammed hours at the end of the major local television station’s evening broadcast, video art will be...
View ArticleRagnar Kjartansson – Solo show in the Barbican Centre
Ragnar Kjartansson has built his career upon bold and spirited experiments across media. Working simultaneously as an artist and a musician, Ragnar considers himself primarily a performance artist...
View ArticleEternal Echoes: Homage to Kjarval – Dance happening inspired by Kjarval
There is an event in Kjarvalstaðir in Reykjavik that is not to be missed this coming Friday. The Iceland Dance Company presents a happening, directed by duo Erna Ómarsdóttir and Valdimar Jóhannsson in...
View ArticleYoko Ono gets “A Single Plum, Floating in Perfume, Served In a Mans Hat”...
Icelandic artist Ragnar Kjartansson took the opportunity to jest when asked to participate in Yoko Ono’s art exhibition in Reykjavik Art Museum, one of three which opened last week. The show in...
View ArticleArtist Ragnar Kjartansson among the twelve awarded the Order of the Falcon on...
President Guðni Th. Johannesson, awarded twelve individuals the Order of the Falcon in an annual ceremony at the presidential residency Bessastadir yesterday. Six men and six women received the Order...
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