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What the Reykjavík Arts Festival Can Tell Us About the Future of the Interdisciplinary Biennial

Here, interdisciplinarity is both a programming strategy and a vision for how art might function in society: participatory, interconnected and embedded in everyday life.

By Chenoa Baker

In the Icelandic Pavilion, Ásta Fanney Sigurðardóttir’s Mythmaking Takes Its Most Fluid Form

"Imagination is such a source of intense power, and we can use it as a starting point to create a new world. I really fiercely believe that," the artist told Observer.

By Elisa Carollo

17 Can’t-Miss Places to See This Year’s Northern Lights

Solar Cycle 25 is hitting its chaotic peak, turning the aurora into a global spectacle and pushing once-sleepy outposts, dark-sky parks and Arctic hotels into full-blown sky-chasing mode.

By Paul Jebara