Icelandic Art Center — Out There
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The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Museum: Summer exhibition & rethinking art outside of the cultural mainstream
In this episode of Icelandic Art Center’s Out there podcast we speak with artists Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir and Unnar Örn, who are board members at Safnasafnið, The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum. The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum was founde
HK Rannversson: Queen of Hearts, Numbers, Places and Art Theory in Iceland
In this episode of Icelandic Art Centers Out there podcast we spoke to the curator Heiar Kri Rannversson who has been keeping busy with a few exhibitions recently opened locally in Iceland. We discuss the exhibition spring that has sprung in Iceland wi
Amanda Riffo: On Elastic Stress, House of Purkinje, Chromatography & Rather Expansive
Artist Amanda Riffo joins us to discuss newly receiving the 2024 Icelandic Art Prize Artist of the Year award, exhibitions, projects, residencies and creative coincidences. Amanda received the award based on her exhibition House of Purkinje, her first maj
Icelandic Art Prize 2024 Nominations: Artist of the Year & Motivational Award review with Tinna Guðmundsdóttir
Artist and project manager of the Icelandic Art Prize Tinna Gumundsdttir joins us to discuss the nominations for the 2024 Icelandic Art Prize. In this overview episode, we detour from our usual format, and take some time to review the artists, and the e
Egill Sæbjörnsson: On Magma, Mankind, Object Species, his Infinite Friends of the Universe and current solo exhibit at the National Gallery of Iceland.
Artist Egill Sbjrnsson joins Becky & Tinna to discuss his solo exhibit at the National Gallery of Iceland titled Egill Sbjrnsson and Infinite Friends of the Universe. In the exhibition, Egill invites an infinite number of friends to join in an ins
Null Island: Artist Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir on her art in current mid-career retrospective at Kjarvalsstaðir, Reykjavík Art Museum
In this episode we meet artist Hekla Dgg Jnsdttir @hekladoggjonsdottir to discuss her current mid-career retrospective at Reykjavk Art Museum Kjarvalsstair @reykjavikartmuseum, an ongoing series of exhibitions that aims to draw attention to and cel
Sequences live programme with Tereza Eyrún Hofová
In this episode of Icelandic Art Centers podcast Out There Tereza Eyrn Hofov does a take over of the podcast and talks to Teo Ala-Ruona, Johhan Rosenberg and Netti Nganen. Tera was assisting Sequences Art Festival production being a part of an inter
Art, the world and power with artist Ragnar Kjartansson
Artist Ragnar Kjartansson joins us in this episode and we travel along the spectrum of emotions including love and understanding, fear satire and fakery. Ragnar shares stories about art for theater, the role of fiction, feminism and pushing things to the
For Those Who Couldn’t Cross the Sea: Curator Elham Fakouri and Sabina Westerholm, Director at the Nordic House.
In this episode we critically unpack For Those Who Couldnt Cross the Sea with curator Elham Fakouri and Sabina Westerholm, Director of the Nordic House. We discuss exhibition themes, the unique position of the Nordic House within the Icelandic art world
Sigurður Guðmundsson - From ARS LONGA contemporary art museum (est. 2021) to influential SÚM group (est. 1969)
In this episode we speak with Sigurur Gumundsson, Artist and co-founder of the international contemporary art museum ARS LONGA, initiated with r Vigfsson & Ineke Gumundsson in 2021 and based in Djpivogur. We talk about the upcoming summer show