Reykjavík City Council has revealed plans to convert an old fishmeal factory on Grandi harbour area into a new venue for contemporary art, reports Vísir. The Living Art Museum, Gallery Kling og Bang, and artist Ólafur Elíasson’s studio and exhibition space will be located in the building. A seafood restaurant is also scheduled to open on the building’s ground floor. Seafood company HB Grandi will finance and oversee the transformation.
“The building will become Reykjavík’s most exciting cultural destination,” said mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson.
The building, known as the Marchall-house (Marshall-húsið), was financed with money Iceland received through the Marshall Plan in 1948. The Marshall Plan was an American initiative in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European countries after World War II. Iceland served as the Allies’ mid-Atlantic military base during the war.
Reykjavík City Council has revealed plans to convert an old fishmeal factory on Grandi harbour area into a new venue for contemporary art, reports Vísir. The Living Art Museum, Gallery Kling og Bang, and artist Ólafur Elíasson’s studio and exhibition space will be located in the building. A seafood restaurant is also scheduled to open on the building’s ground floor. Seafood company HB Grandi will finance and oversee the transformation.
“The building will become Reykjavík’s most exciting cultural destination,” said mayor Dagur B. Eggertsson.
The building, known as the Marchall-house (Marshall-húsið), was financed with money Iceland received through the Marshall Plan in 1948. The Marshall Plan was an American initiative in which the United States gave economic support to help rebuild European countries after World War II. Iceland served as the Allies’ mid-Atlantic military base during the war.
