Group exhibition

National Gallery of Iceland, Reykjavík

31.01 - 10.05.2026

The collection of the National Gallery of Iceland contains many outstanding works of art—some of them significant gifts from artists—representing a period of meaningful artistic exchange between Icelandic and international artists who shared theoretical and aesthetic concerns. Shown here, alongside important loans from Reykjavík-based collections, the works in this exhibition call attention to a remarkable chapter in the development of art in Iceland, marked by the convergence of artists associated with the land art, conceptual art, and minimalist movements from the 1960s to the early 2000s. Inevitably, these movements took on their own texture in Iceland, with the country’s geography and local materials shaping the work. While the exhibition is by no means a comprehensive survey, the relationships between the works convey formal and poetic resonances.

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