Outsider Art at the Beak of Iceland
If you see the shape of Iceland resembling a feathery chicken facing Greenland, the beak poking into the North Atlantic in the remote West Fjords
We jubilados (Spanish for retirees) are constantly on the lookout for art: in galleries, on the street and in the wild.
If you see the shape of Iceland resembling a feathery chicken facing Greenland, the beak poking into the North Atlantic in the remote West Fjords
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Herring used to be called Iceland’s “silver of the sea,” the country’s gold, the island’s platinum, its “diamonds of the deep.” At one time, the
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Each of us harbours a landscape we long to return to. For many, that place is Fogo Island. Who wouldn’t want to return and hike
Looking at art in the street or on gallery walls in Mexico City and Oaxaca, we couldn’t help but notice the predominance of playful images
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