Björk to Preview New Album With Gallery Installation at Reykjavik Arts Festival 2026
The museum collaboration with James Merry centers on Fossora-inspired tributes to her late mother.
Overview
- Reykjavik’s National Gallery of Iceland will host Echolalia from May 30, 2026, with three immersive installations spread across the venue.
- The third, as-yet-unnamed piece is described as a new work based on music from her forthcoming album, which remains in development.
- Reykjavik Arts Festival says the first hall will feature an installation with music emerging from the upcoming album, inviting guests into the project’s next chapter.
- Ancestress and Sorrowful Soil take their names from tracks on 2022’s Fossora and were created as tributes to Björk’s mother, Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir.
- James Merry’s parallel exhibition presents more than 80 mask-led works, the Metamorphlings, tracing his artistic evolution over the past decade.