Hafþór Yngvason
“Dialog(s)” is a physical conversation. Community members are invited to initiate a connection with a seated individual by raising an eyebrow or a hand or wiggling their ears. “Dialog(s)” is part of “Emerging Suite,” a trio of community dance pieces conceived by Pam Kuntz, Artistic Director of…
Donald Judd’s “Untitled 1982,” a cornerstone piece of Western Washington University’s renowned Outdoor Sculpture Collection, is returning to campus on Oct. 29 after more than five years in storage and nearly $200,000 in restoration work.
Judd, who died in 1994, was a minimalist sculptor…
New York City artist Sarah Sze will be on the campus of Western Washington University on May 8 to dedicate her newest work, “Split Stone (Northwest),” as the piece joins the university’s acclaimed Outdoor Sculpture Collection, joining important works from such artists as Richard Serra, Isamu…
Formerly director of Reykjavik Art Museum in Iceland and of public art in Cambridge, Mass., Hafthor Yngvason arrived in Bellingham in 2015. Since then, he has had a measurable impact on the quality, security, protection and restoration of the 33…
In September, Hafþór Yngvason, director of the Reykjavik Art Museum in Iceland, will start as the director of Western Washington University's Western Gallery and Public Art Collection.
The Western Gallery director is the principal curator of the university's visual art…