New work by Jessica Auer and Zuhaitz Akizu in Skaftfell’s West Wall gallery in the bistro. Join us for the opening reception on June 17, 17:00 – 19:00. Everyone is welcome! The exhibition continues until October 25, 2019. Some 400 years ago, Icelandic scholar and poet Jón lærði Guðmundsson (1574–1651) created a series of over 20 drawings of whales that could be found in Icelandic waters. Exactly how he could distinguish each whale from another remains a mystery, but one can imagine that his knowledge was linked to the whaling activities of his time. Inspired by Jón lærði’s sketches and the […]
