Hreinn Fridfinnsson

Icelandic | 1943 - 2024

Hreinn Fridfinnsson was an Icelandic Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1943. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús have featured Hreinn Fridfinnsson's work in the past.Hreinn Fridfinnsson's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 30 USD to 19,048 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2018 the record price for this artist at auction is 19,048 USD for A FOLDED STAR, sold at Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris in 2022. Hreinn Fridfinnsson has been featured in articles for e-flux, Berlin Art Link Magazine and ArtDaily. The most recent article is Hreinn Fridfinnsson (1943–2024) written for ARTFORUM in March 2024. The artist died in 2024.

Artist's alternative names: Hreinn Friðfinnsson

At Auction

Notable Lots

”So far”. ,1976

By Hreinn Fridfinnsson

Wind ,2000

By Hreinn Fridfinnsson

+13%

above mid-estimate

House Project

By Hreinn Fridfinnsson

+5%

above mid-estimate

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled (More or Less) - Hreinn Fridfinnsson

Untitled (More or Less) ,2010

By Hreinn Fridfinnsson

Christie's Amsterdam

Lítilræ∂i, Bagatelle - Hreinn Fridfinnsson

Lítilræ∂i, Bagatelle ,1989

By Hreinn Fridfinnsson

-4%

below mid-estimate

Stockholms Auction House

A FOLDED STAR ,1983

By Hreinn Fridfinnsson

+1922%

above mid-estimate

Cornette de Saint Cyr Paris

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Past Exhibitions

Hreinn Friðfinnsson: From Time - To Time

Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús

Reykjavík | Iceland

Sep 21,2024 - Jan 12,2025

La Vie Devant Soi

Galerie Papillon

3e | Paris | France

Aug 31,2024 - Oct 30,2024

Absences, mues et macules

Meessen De Clercq

Brussels | Belgium

Sep 06,2024 - Oct 26,2024

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Articles

The Art World This Week: Sotheby's London Evening Sale Earns $129m, Guy Wildenstein Found Guilty, Newly Discovered JMW Turner Watercolor Hits Auction, and More

MutualArt 07/03/2024

Everything you need to know about the most important headlines from the world of art in the last seven days

Hreinn Fridfinnsson (1943–2024)

ARTFORUM 06/03/2024

Icelandic Conceptual artist Hreinn Friðfinnsson, known for his playful, poetic works incorporating everyday objects, has died at the age of eighty-one.

détour

e-flux 01/08/2023

détour presents selected works from the collection of the Frac Bretagne in Rennes, France.

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Coverage

“ ..Fridfinnsson gained prominence as a leading figure of the Icelandic avant-garde after co-founding the artist group SUM in 1965... ”
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Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm

“ ..Hreinn Friðfinnsson is one of Iceland’s leading conceptual artists... ”
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Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève

“ ..Although there is a consistency of theme and a common emotional thread to Hreinn Friðfinnsson’s art, the media that he employs are remarkably varied in scale and substance, from photography, drawings and... ”
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Centre d'Art Contemporain Genève