Fire playing with ice

Earth split under the Vatnajökull glacier today. We can see the smoke though we are not close. It was rising 20 km into the sky. Later in the evening there were spectacular lightnings in the smoke though we could not catch them.

The Reykjavík Academy

This weekend The Reykjavík Academy had a meeting at Eyvindartunga. They enjoyed the warmth of the old farm and we look forward to further collaboration with them in the future. The Reykjavík Academy (RA) is a non-profit institution for independent scholars in the...

Treasure hunters

Andreas Kaiser, David Snoo Wilson and Annie Abdalla leave for home in Germany, UK and Canada. We thank all of them for staying with us. Hlín Agnarsdóttir is leaving for Reykjavík after 4 months at Gullkistan! She connected everything together – because she...

Outdoors exhibition

“Everything is beautiful” is an exhibition of prints from Þórarinn B. Þorláksson’s (1867-1924) paintings. There are six stands, all placed outdoors around the Heradsskolinn schoolhouse and they will be there for the next year. These artists are with...

Everything was so beautiful!

August 14th was definitely the highlight of our fantastic summer at Gullkistan. The seminar gave the 40 guests a new insight into so many things about Laugarvatn. We openend an outdoor exhibition with six prints of paintings by Þórarinn B. Þorláksson who loved...