Opening 30 May at 18:00
The National Gallery of Iceland presents an exhibition of Björk, the visionary musician
whose work keeps pushing conventional boundaries, interweaving art, nature, and
technology with restless experimentation.
Three songs are presented at the museum on a theatrical scale for the first time–two elegiac works, composed and arranged by Björk in honour of her mother, are accompanied by a new work derived from the artist’s forthcoming album.
Ancestress reckons with the cyclical nature of life. Set in a remote valley in Iceland, the
lamentation is staged as a ritualistic procession of musicians and dancers.
Sorrowful Soil is a 9-part choral work – a requiem where canon-like melodies tumble
amongst 3 groups of singers in a polychoral way. Thirty speakers each transmit a single voice from the Hamrahlíð choir, conducted by Þorgerður Ingólfsdóttir.
The exhibition is presented alongside
Metamorphlings, an exhibition of James Merry, Björk's long-time collaborator, in the fourth and last gallery of the museum.
Metamorphlings
National Gallery of Iceland, Fríkirkjuvegur 7, 101 Reykjavík Directions
Thu 02.07.2026 10:00
Artist:
Björk
Curator:
Pari Stave
Organised By Listasafn Íslands
Sponsored By Genelec
Björk
Curator:
Pari Stave
Organised By Listasafn Íslands
Sponsored By Genelec
Performers
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BjörkThrough her eclectic avant-garde pop infused with electronica, Björk (born November 21st, 1965) has become an international icon with her intelligent, forward-thinking music that frequently defies expectation.