London - DJkit is proud to announce the arrival of Akai’s long-awaited Advance 25, Advance 49, and Advance 61 – premium, professional products promising unprecedented virtual instrument control. Having set out to smash the barrier between hardware and software to create a uniquely seamless and flawless digital DJ experience, Akai ... Read More...
Culture, Music & the Arts
Are you a problem solver? Help the Nordic capitals solve a real challenge! The Nordic countries are facing an increasing demand for innovative solutions and technologies for the elderly and disabled. For the very first time, the five Nordic capitals are addressing this issue together by launching a joint competition to ... Read More...
Last week Icenews covered news about the CEO of Icepharma in relation to charges from the Office of the Special Prosecutor, we also covered the first Iceland football championship by Stjarnan FC after a dramatic football summer and more. Below are the highlights of last weeks news: Late penalty secures Icelandic ... Read More...
A new tourism experience, featuring a multitude of high-definition videos, is set to highlight Iceland’s Westfjords as part of a new three-year marketing project between the Reykjavik based production company, Tjarnargatan, and various Iceland-based partners. The project will be showcasing a digital dream trip around the Westfjords in northwestern Iceland, which ... Read More...
It has been announced that 153 grants have been awarded over the past 21 years by Valitor Trust, a trust fund set up by Valitor in order to help promote cultural and social activities in Iceland. Funding from Valitor Trust is awarded twice a year following a selection process from an ... Read More...
The opening of “Drawings +”, a new exhibition by Swedish artist Andreas Toriseva, will be taking place today at Kaffistofan in Reykjavik, Iceland. In his new work, artist Andreas Toriseva offers the viewer a delicate touch where the steadiness of the hand meets the solemnity of the mind. Big drawings and ... Read More...
Tjarnargatan, an Iceland-based media production company, teamed up with Reykja Vodka to present Band in a Box, an event which took place just before Iceland Airwaves music festival 2013. Band in a Box, which was held at Hressingarskálinn in downtown Reykjavík on October 29th, involved three Icelandic bands – Ultra Mega ... Read More...
Artists Auður Ómarsdóttir and Snorri Ásmundsson will be participating in the international arts festival, La Calaca (www.lacalacafestival.org) in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on October 31st – November 3rd 2013. The artists were invited to take part in the festival now being held for the second time. The festival takes place around the ... Read More...
French artist Anne Herzog will present a solo project titled Under the Volcano at Gallerí Fold art gallery in Reykjavík, Iceland. The exhibit is set to run from 14 September to 29 September 2013. Anne Herzog (b.1984) received an MFA in cinema from the University Pantheon Sorbonne and an MFA from ... Read More...
100 International and National Artists across 17 Galleries to be part of this Season, in addition to the Luxury Art Auction and a new addition Berserk. Bangalore, India, August 07, 2013 -- Art Bengaluru needs no introduction. What was started in 2010 as an attempt to increase art awareness in the ... Read More...
There's plenty to do in Shudehill, one of Manchester's most vibrant and varied districts. Manchester is famed for its cultural quarters - from the Northern Quarter, formerly the heart of the cloth trade, and now home to a broad range of independent businesses, to Canal Street with its colourful nightlife. 10818 ... Read More...