Art and Music

Exhibition 1 March—24 August 2025

Music has tones, and visual art has colour tones. We use the term ‘compose’ about paintings and pieces of music alike. A ‘suite’ can be a series of artworks or a set of musical pieces composed around the same theme. Language itself has many overlaps between visual art and music. This exhibition explores various dialogues and exchanges between visual art and music.

Art and Music is an adapted version of the exhibition Tónar í list, curated by and shown at Listasavn Føroya (The National Gallery of the Faroe Islands) in 2023–24. The exhibition focuses particularly on the interplay between visual art and music within the Faroese cultural scene.

Music is, and has long been, a source of inspiration for countless artists and their production of works. Similarly, numerous musical pieces have been inspired by visual art. Visual art has also played a central role in the creation of album covers and music videos.

The exhibition presents works of visual art that engage in direct and indirect dialogues with music. It also showcases works by practitioners who are both musicians and visual artists, as well as works where the distinction between the two art forms becomes impossible to uphold.

Participating artists
Hansina Iversen / Margrethe Odgaard og Teitur / Heðin Ziska Davidsen / Guðrið Poulsen / Jóna Rasmussen / Vigdis Petersen / Olivur við Neyst / Astri Luihn / Ingálvur av Reyni / William Heinesen / Heiðrik á Heygum / & Bartal og Maria Tórgarð / Rammatik

In the catalogue you can find short texts about each of the exhibited art work.

The exhibition is supported by the Knud Højgaards Fond, Overretssagfører L. Zeuthens Mindelegat and Dr. Margrethes & Prins Henriks Fond.

 
Top-illustration: Excerpt from William Heinesen's "Spælimenninir i Hoydølum" (paper cut, 1977)