
Watch an audio slideshow of how traditional Icelandic rhubarb stew is made. Rhubarb is one of the few vegetables that grows effortlessly in Iceland and for that reason it used to be a highly-valued addition to the traditional diet of fish and lamb.
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The exhibition Grow Lucky by Irene Ósk Bermudez opens in Mosfellsbær Art Gallery today, running through March 2. She merges videos, sculptures, sound art, sketches and installations, creating a world on the border of reality and fiction.
From Grow Lucky.
Last weekend Zoom Out, a salon exhibition from Reykjavík Art Museum’s collection, opened at Kjarvalsstaðir.
There, artworks in a variety of media will be shown in a constantly-changing display over a three-month period, until May 20.
The exhibition hall will be in state of a perpetual flux, as art handlers constantly install new works and remove others, even as visitors roam through the gallery space.
The photo series Found/Dot by Paula Prats is currently on display at the Reykjavík Museum of Photography. Each item in the series consists of two pictures, a snapshot from the 1960s and a recent self-portrait. The exhibition runs through March 26.
In i8 Gallery, Seascape by Ragna Róbertsdóttir will be running through March 9. Characterized by ambiguities of time and place, her works consist of natural materials from the sea, including shells, gathered at the beach of Arnarfjörður, the West Fjords.
On February 16, the exhibition Lucksmith by Eirún Sigurðardóttir of the Icelandic Love Corporation, which is inspired by gender studies, will open at the ASÍ Art Museum, running through March 10.
Currently running at the museum is Part of a Part of a Part: Episodes I-III by Bjarki Bragason, where questions of time and history are manifested in sculptures, photographic installations and videos. It closes on February 10.
This weekend, museums in the capital are celebrating the Winter Lights Festival.
Click here to read more about the festival.
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Icelandic mountaineer Ingólfur Geir Gissurarson made it up the summit of the world’s highest mountain, Everest at 8,848 meters, by the South East Ridge at 1 am Icelandic time last night. At 50, he is the fifth and oldest Icelander to make the climb.
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The Identification Committee of the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police is working on the identification of a body swept up on the beach at Kaldbaksvík in Strandir, the eastern West Fjords, on Saturday. The body was found by travelers in the area.
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Outgoing Prime Minister of Iceland Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir stated that The Simpsons episode which was dedicated to Iceland and premiered on Sunday had definitely served as good promotion for the country.
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The party council of the Independence Party and central committee of the Progressive Party have been called to separate meetings tonight to discuss the planned coalition of the two parties in Iceland’s next government.
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The 2013 April-May issue of Iceland Review & Atlantica has been released. Packed with informative and entertaining stories, highlights include an interview with outgoing Prime Minister Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir and the people who know her best, a photo essay of ice caves in Europe’s largest glacier and a colorful feature on life in the West Fjords.
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The 11th Reykjavík Shorts & Docs. Catch it while it lasts!
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