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Icelandic artist Haukur Halldórsson to auction off his entire works
Much loved Icelandic artist Haukur Halldórsson is set to auction off his entire collection of paintings and mixed-media work at his workshop in Straumur, on the outskirts of Reykjavík. After the...
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Swedish authorities investigate holocaust ashes artist
An artist that reportedly mixed the ashes of holocaust victims with paint is under investigation by Swedish police. Watercolour painter Carl Michael von Hausswolff told the media that he collected the...
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New photography book offers unique perspective of Iceland
New photography book on Iceland, TWO IN ONE, offers a unique perspective on the country capturing the charms of two very different seasons from one viewpoint. TWO IN ONE is comprised of photographs,...
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Rapper Kanye West seen wearing Icelandic Flickr image
Superstar rapper Kanye West was seen wearing a T-shirt with a picture taken from the Flickr account of Icelander Katrín Þóra Bragadóttir. The amateur photographer intends to press charges as she wasn’t...
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Opinion: Stöðvarfjörður’s survival through art
American-writer, Delaney Nolan, recently travelled to the east of Iceland to spend time in Stöðvarfjörður, where she discovered an expansive world of art and culture amongst a village on the fringes of...
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Controversial art exhibit removed at Danish police museum
A police museum in the Danish capital has removed a controversial art exhibit following complaints from families of the victims depicted. The work, which features impressionist portraits of 12 females...
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Stone found in English Channel could be Icelandic ‘sunstone’
A crystal recovered from a shipwreck in the English Channel may turn out to be the fabled ‘sunstone’ said to be used by the Vikings. According to ancient folklore, the Vikings used a crystal called...
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Artists stand united against war in exhibition
A new exhibition at the Holstebro museum called KRIG, KUNST OG DANMARK (War, Art and Denmark) aims to shake the average Dane out of complacency and examine the bloody truths of war through the realms...
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Danes protest Helsingør Holger Danske statue sale
Locals and politicians alike are protesting the sale of a statue of one of Denmark’s most famous folk heroes, Holger Danske, to foreign art collectors. The two tonne statue in question is one of three...
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New Munch museum gets green light
After years of wrangling, Oslo politicians have reached agreement on establishing a new museum to house Edvard Munch’s masterpieces. Spaniard Juan Herreros, won the competition for the best design for...
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New Resistance Museum plan has feathers ruffled
Following the arson attack that damaged the Resistance Museum in April new plans for the exhibits have raised controversy, as the curators move away from exclusively presenting the history of the...
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Retrospective Yoko Ono exhibition launches in Denmark
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in the Danish city of Humlebæk has launched a retrospective exhibition to recognise the star, who turned 80 earlier in the year. The exhibition, Yoko Ono Half-A-Wind,...
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TREE / Difficulty of Freedom / Freedom of Difficulty 12.09.2013 – 26.09.2013
Press release: TREE / Difficulty of Freedom / Freedom of Difficulty, an art exhibition by Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir (IS), Carin Ellberg (SE), Erla S. Haraldsdóttir (IS), Steingrímur Eyfjörd (IS),...
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Icelandic and Russian presidents to meet at Arctic forum
Icelandic President ólafur Ragnar Grímsson is set to meet Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin later this week at the The Arctic – Territory of Dialogue forum, revealed Putin’s aide Yury Ushakov. At the...
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Stockholm Film Festival: Ai Weiwei named as judge
Chinese dissident Ai Weiwei has been chosen as one of the judges for the Stockholm Film Festival despite the fact he is not expected to be allowed to attend the event in person. The artist, who has his...
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Nature Picture of the Year won by ‘Swallowed Alive’
A photograph entitled Swallowed Alive has been named as the 2013 Picture of the Year. The photograph, which was taken by Finn Jukka-Pekka Tikkanen, shows what the cameraman said was either a grass or a...
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Swedish house speaker removes bare breasts painting
The deputy speaker of Riksdag in Sweden has removed a painting featuring a bare-breasted woman from the parliament’s dining room wall. The picture, named Juno, was painted by renowned baroque artist G...
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Cooper & Gorfer announced as curators of Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014 exhibition
Renowned mixed-media artists Cooper & Gorfer have been announced as the curators of the Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014 exhibition, a platform to promote West Nordic fashion designers. Cooper &...
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Renowned trend forcasters David Shah and Christine Boland to keynote at NFB...
NFB SUMMIT 2014, in conjunction with Nordic Fashion Biennale 2014, has announced that the renowned trend forcasters, David Shah and Christine Boland, will be giving keynotes about trend predictions in...
View ArticleConstruction begins on Norwegian National Museum
A new National Museum in the Norwegian capital Oslo, which is the largest cultural building being built in Europe at present, is now under construction. The museum’s director Audun Eckhoff said they...
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