Shoplifter per l’Islanda

E’ nota come Shoplifter ma il suo vero nome è Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, islandese che vive a New York e che rappresenterà l’Islanda alla prossima Biennale di Venezia, fonte Grapevine   " Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir, who works under the nom-du-guerre Shoplifter, has been announced as Iceland’s representative at the 58th Venice Biennial art fair, to be held in 2019. This prestigious event sees countries around the world put forward a single artist to represent them every two years in a sprawling exhibition series that receives over 500,000 visitors each time.

“I’m really happy about this,” said Hrafnhildur, at the announcement event. “It’s like getting to the Olympics of art. The Icelandic Pavilion always draws attention, and I do not intend to change that....  "