{"id":1974269,"date":"2026-06-03T17:11:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974269"},"modified":"2026-06-03T17:11:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:11:06","slug":"inside-bjorks-monumental-museum-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1974269","title":{"rendered":"Inside Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s Monumental Museum Takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-post-body col\">\n<div class=\"row post-body\">\n<aside class=\"post-body-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-upper\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-category d-none d-lg-block\">\n<p>    Art\n                                                                                                    <\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-published d-none d-lg-block\">\n                                                                                                                    <time>Jun 3, 2026<\/time><\/p><\/div>\n<ul class=\"post-body-sidebar-hype-comments-container list-unstyled d-none d-lg-block\">\n<li>\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.3K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n                                                                                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-sm-inline text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p>            <span class=\"bookmark-icon\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmark-svg\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-author d-none d-lg-block\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p>        <span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider d-none d-lg-block\">\n<div class=\"post-body-sidebar-share d-none d-lg-block\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<article class=\"post-body-article\">\n<div class=\"post-gallery-container portrait inner-media\" data-group-cells=\"2\">\n<div class=\"gallery-container post-gallery-contain\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Inside Bj\u00f6rk\u2019s Monumental Museum Takeover\">\n<div class=\"hb-gallery before-booted full-screen-enabled  \" data-images=\"[{&quot;image&quot;:{&quot;description&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;image_caption&quot;:&quot;Photo: Viu00f0ar Logi \/ Bju00f6rk&quot;,&quot;small&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-1.jpg?w=480&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;medium&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-1.jpg?w=720&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;large&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-1.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;xlarge&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;,&quot;full&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-1.jpg?w=1440&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&quot;},&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/image\/2026\/06\/03\/bjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-1.jpg&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Bju00f6rk &apos;Echolalia&apos; 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at National Museum of Iceland Art Artworks\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">2 of 3<\/span><span class=\"sprite-gallery-expand\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit self-self\">Photo: Bj\u00f6rk<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-cell portrait\" data-gallery-index=\"3\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-2-3\">\n<p>                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"carousel-cell-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-3.jpg?q=90&amp;w=800&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" width=\"1666\" height=\"2500\" alt=\"Bj\u00f6rk &apos;Echolalia&apos; at National Museum of Iceland Art Artworks\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">3 of 3<\/span><span class=\"sprite-gallery-expand\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit \">Photo: Bj\u00f6rk<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\">\n                                                    <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Jun 3, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.3K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"bookmark-icon\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmark-svg\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>From <em>Debut<\/em> to <em>Nature Manifesto<\/em>, Bj\u00f6rk never misses and she\u2019s only getting better with time. After a surprise appearance at the Venice Biennale in a head-to-toe fiberglass fit, the avant-garde artist-songstress returns to her homeland a massive museum takeover (and solar eclipse rave) at the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Bottega Veneta, the show, titled <em>Echolalia,<\/em> brings together three monumental installations: two immersive reworks of songs from her <em>Fossera<\/em> era, alongside an exclusive preview of <span>\u201c<\/span>Nerve Bloom,\u201d a new track from her upcoming album.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<p><!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;art&quot;,&quot;exhibitions&quot;,&quot;bjork&quot;,&quot;james-merry&quot;,&quot;reykjavik&quot;,&quot;national-museum-of-iceland&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6731051,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAncestress\u201d and \u201cSorrowful Soil,\u201d both drawn from her 2022 album, take shape as deeply personal audiovisual works created in memory of her mother, environmental activist Hildur R\u00fana Hauksd\u00f3ttir. In the first piece, the artist reckons with grief, ancestry and the cyclical nature of life amid a remote Icelandic valley, complete with musicians and dancers. The latter, a nine-part choral installation, is captured through an oval-shaped aperture \u2014 fields of molten lava spew and bend beneath an elegiac, thirty-speaker sonic environment.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZCnLaCjVbk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Bjo\u0308rk (@bjork)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe show also offers an exclusive sneak peek into her highly anticipated 2027 album, with the its third piece, \u201cNerve Bloom.\u201d The album is set to release in 2027, though the title and further details are yet to come. \u201cI wanted to merge old things with tech, giving it soul and a meaning,\u201d she said on the work in a recent post. \u201cPainting and computer programming can co-exist, encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <em>Echolalia,<\/em> the museum has unveiled a companion exhibition, <em>Metamorphlings,<\/em> which focuses in on the singer\u2019s long-time creative relationship with James Merry, the embroiderer behind her most iconic, otherworldly looks. Over 80 masks Merry\u2019s created with and for the artist will be on view.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Echolalia<\/em> and <em>Metamorphlings<\/em> are now on view in Reykjav\u00edk through September 19. As part of the <em>Echolalia<\/em> festivities, Bj\u00f6rk will be hosting a one-day total-darkness rave on the August 12 solar eclipse featuring performances by herself, Arca, Ronja and more. Head to the museum\u2019s website for more information.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Gallery of Iceland<\/strong><br \/>\nSu\u00f0urgata 41,<br \/>\n102 Reykjav\u00edk,<br \/>\nIceland<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6731092\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>The Chilling Seduction of Micha\u00ebl Borremans\u2019 \u2018French Paintings\u2019\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6730334\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Mexico\u2019s Women Artisans Hit the Pitch in the adidas x Someone Somewhere Third Kit Collection\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6732470\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Prada Unveils &#8220;Satellites II&#8221; With Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima at Hotel Chelsea\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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Her work spotlights stories, people and moments powering art\u2019s new league, from icons to underground legends. Her formal background in anthropology informs a curious, cross-cultural eye for art where it\u2019s least expected. Since joining Hypebeast in 2024, where she spearheads art-related content, she\u2019s contributed hundreds of articles, including industry news, features and interviews, alongside serving as lead curator for \u2018Under the Same Sky,\u2019 Hypeart\u2019s 2026 exhibition with Bonhams.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"sponsored-content row\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-clipper\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-inner\">\n            <!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_BTF_AFTERCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-article adunit sticky-post aftercontent\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_BTF_AFTERCONTENT\" 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National Museum of Iceland Art Artworks\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">1 of 3<\/span><span class=\"sprite-gallery-expand\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit self-self\">Photo: Vi\u00f0ar Logi \/ Bj\u00f6rk<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-cell portrait\" data-gallery-index=\"2\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-2-3\">\n<p>                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"carousel-cell-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=800&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" width=\"1666\" 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src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-3.jpg?q=90&amp;w=800&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" width=\"1666\" height=\"2500\" alt=\"Bj\u00f6rk &apos;Echolalia&apos; at National Museum of Iceland Art Artworks\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">3 of 3<\/span><span class=\"sprite-gallery-expand\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit \">Photo: Bj\u00f6rk<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\">\n                                                    <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Jun 3, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.3K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span 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After a surprise appearance at the Venice Biennale in a head-to-toe fiberglass fit, the avant-garde artist-songstress returns to her homeland a massive museum takeover (and solar eclipse rave) at the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Bottega Veneta, the show, titled <em>Echolalia,<\/em> brings together three monumental installations: two immersive reworks of songs from her <em>Fossera<\/em> era, alongside an exclusive preview of <span>\u201c<\/span>Nerve Bloom,\u201d a new track from her upcoming album.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<p><!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;art&quot;,&quot;exhibitions&quot;,&quot;bjork&quot;,&quot;james-merry&quot;,&quot;reykjavik&quot;,&quot;national-museum-of-iceland&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6731051,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAncestress\u201d and \u201cSorrowful Soil,\u201d both drawn from her 2022 album, take shape as deeply personal audiovisual works created in memory of her mother, environmental activist Hildur R\u00fana Hauksd\u00f3ttir. In the first piece, the artist reckons with grief, ancestry and the cyclical nature of life amid a remote Icelandic valley, complete with musicians and dancers. The latter, a nine-part choral installation, is captured through an oval-shaped aperture \u2014 fields of molten lava spew and bend beneath an elegiac, thirty-speaker sonic environment.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZCnLaCjVbk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Bjo\u0308rk (@bjork)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe show also offers an exclusive sneak peek into her highly anticipated 2027 album, with the its third piece, \u201cNerve Bloom.\u201d The album is set to release in 2027, though the title and further details are yet to come. \u201cI wanted to merge old things with tech, giving it soul and a meaning,\u201d she said on the work in a recent post. \u201cPainting and computer programming can co-exist, encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <em>Echolalia,<\/em> the museum has unveiled a companion exhibition, <em>Metamorphlings,<\/em> which focuses in on the singer\u2019s long-time creative relationship with James Merry, the embroiderer behind her most iconic, otherworldly looks. Over 80 masks Merry\u2019s created with and for the artist will be on view.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Echolalia<\/em> and <em>Metamorphlings<\/em> are now on view in Reykjav\u00edk through September 19. As part of the <em>Echolalia<\/em> festivities, Bj\u00f6rk will be hosting a one-day total-darkness rave on the August 12 solar eclipse featuring performances by herself, Arca, Ronja and more. Head to the museum\u2019s website for more information.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Gallery of Iceland<\/strong><br \/>\nSu\u00f0urgata 41,<br \/>\n102 Reykjav\u00edk,<br \/>\nIceland<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6731092\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>The Chilling Seduction of Micha\u00ebl Borremans\u2019 \u2018French Paintings\u2019\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6730334\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Mexico\u2019s Women Artisans Hit the Pitch in the adidas x Someone Somewhere Third Kit Collection\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6732470\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Prada Unveils &#8220;Satellites II&#8221; With Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima at Hotel Chelsea\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. 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Her work spotlights stories, people and moments powering art\u2019s new league, from icons to underground legends. Her formal background in anthropology informs a curious, cross-cultural eye for art where it\u2019s least expected. Since joining Hypebeast in 2024, where she spearheads art-related content, she\u2019s contributed hundreds of articles, including industry news, features and interviews, alongside serving as lead curator for \u2018Under the Same Sky,\u2019 Hypeart\u2019s 2026 exhibition with Bonhams.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"sponsored-content row\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-clipper\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-inner\">\n            <!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_BTF_AFTERCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-article adunit sticky-post aftercontent\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_BTF_AFTERCONTENT\" 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National Museum of Iceland Art Artworks\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">1 of 3<\/span><span class=\"sprite-gallery-expand\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit self-self\">Photo: Vi\u00f0ar Logi \/ Bj\u00f6rk<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"carousel-cell portrait\" data-gallery-index=\"2\" role=\"listitem\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-inner-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"carousel-cell-image-wrapper annotation-container fixed-ratio-2-3\">\n<p>                                                                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"carousel-cell-image\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-2.jpg?q=90&amp;w=800&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" width=\"1666\" 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src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-3.jpg?q=90&amp;w=800&amp;cbr=1&amp;fit=max\" width=\"1666\" height=\"2500\" alt=\"Bj\u00f6rk &apos;Echolalia&apos; at National Museum of Iceland Art Artworks\"><\/p><\/div>\n<p>                        <span class=\"gallery-image-index\"><span class=\"image-index \" aria-live=\"polite\">3 of 3<\/span><span class=\"sprite-gallery-expand\"><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"gallery-meta-container credit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"credit \">Photo: Bj\u00f6rk<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"post-body-top-bar\" class=\"post-body-top-bar d-block d-lg-none\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-share-meta-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-meta\">\n                                                    <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-category\"><\/p>\n<p>    Art<br \/>\n                                                    <\/span><br \/>\n                                                                <span class=\"post-body-top-bar-published\"><br \/>\n                                                                <time>Jun 3, 2026<\/time><\/p>\n<p>                                                    <\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-top-bar-hype-comments-container \">\n<p>                <span class=\"hype-count grey\"><br \/>\n             1.3K<br \/>\n    <\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\">\n                    <span>Views<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                                                                <span class=\"disqus-comment-count\"><span class=\"icon icon-comment\"><\/span><span>0<\/span><span>\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"d-none d-none text\">Comments<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-tooltip\" role=\"tooltip\"><span>Comments<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"floating-arrow\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>            <span class=\"bookmark-icon\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"bookmark-svg\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"text\">Save<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content\">\n<p>From <em>Debut<\/em> to <em>Nature Manifesto<\/em>, Bj\u00f6rk never misses and she\u2019s only getting better with time. After a surprise appearance at the Venice Biennale in a head-to-toe fiberglass fit, the avant-garde artist-songstress returns to her homeland a massive museum takeover (and solar eclipse rave) at the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Bottega Veneta, the show, titled <em>Echolalia,<\/em> brings together three monumental installations: two immersive reworks of songs from her <em>Fossera<\/em> era, alongside an exclusive preview of <span>\u201c<\/span>Nerve Bloom,\u201d a new track from her upcoming album.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<p><!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;art&quot;,&quot;exhibitions&quot;,&quot;bjork&quot;,&quot;james-merry&quot;,&quot;reykjavik&quot;,&quot;national-museum-of-iceland&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6731051,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAncestress\u201d and \u201cSorrowful Soil,\u201d both drawn from her 2022 album, take shape as deeply personal audiovisual works created in memory of her mother, environmental activist Hildur R\u00fana Hauksd\u00f3ttir. In the first piece, the artist reckons with grief, ancestry and the cyclical nature of life amid a remote Icelandic valley, complete with musicians and dancers. The latter, a nine-part choral installation, is captured through an oval-shaped aperture \u2014 fields of molten lava spew and bend beneath an elegiac, thirty-speaker sonic environment.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZCnLaCjVbk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Bjo\u0308rk (@bjork)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe show also offers an exclusive sneak peek into her highly anticipated 2027 album, with the its third piece, \u201cNerve Bloom.\u201d The album is set to release in 2027, though the title and further details are yet to come. \u201cI wanted to merge old things with tech, giving it soul and a meaning,\u201d she said on the work in a recent post. \u201cPainting and computer programming can co-exist, encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <em>Echolalia,<\/em> the museum has unveiled a companion exhibition, <em>Metamorphlings,<\/em> which focuses in on the singer\u2019s long-time creative relationship with James Merry, the embroiderer behind her most iconic, otherworldly looks. Over 80 masks Merry\u2019s created with and for the artist will be on view.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Echolalia<\/em> and <em>Metamorphlings<\/em> are now on view in Reykjav\u00edk through September 19. As part of the <em>Echolalia<\/em> festivities, Bj\u00f6rk will be hosting a one-day total-darkness rave on the August 12 solar eclipse featuring performances by herself, Arca, Ronja and more. Head to the museum\u2019s website for more information.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Gallery of Iceland<\/strong><br \/>\nSu\u00f0urgata 41,<br \/>\n102 Reykjav\u00edk,<br \/>\nIceland<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<footer>\n<div class=\"related-stories-main-wrapper\">\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<div class=\"stories-container\" data-layer-list-name=\"related_stories\" data-layer-list-offset=\"0\" data-layer-list-child-selector=\".story-item\">\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6731092\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>The Chilling Seduction of Micha\u00ebl Borremans\u2019 \u2018French Paintings\u2019\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6730334\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Mexico\u2019s Women Artisans Hit the Pitch in the adidas x Someone Somewhere Third Kit Collection\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<div class=\"story-item\" data-layer-item-id=\"6732470\" data-layer-item-blog-id=\"1\" data-layer-item-type=\"post\">\n                                                                            <span>&gt;<\/span>Prada Unveils &#8220;Satellites II&#8221; With Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima at Hotel Chelsea\n                                                                        <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-email-signup-wrapper impression-tracker\">\n<h3>We got you covered. Don\u2019t miss out on the latest news by signing up for our newsletters.<\/h3>\n<div class=\"widget-newsletter-form\">\n<div class=\"hb-input-group\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"errors\">\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"terms\">By subscribing, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p>        <span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    Bj\u00f6rkExhibitionsjames merryReykjav\u00edkNational Museum of Iceland\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"teads-adcall\"><\/div>\n<div data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_BTF_POLL\" class=\"adunit ad-poll\" data-freestar-ad=\"__1x1 __2x2\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;category&quot;,&quot;ros&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;bjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;adPosition&quot;:[&quot;bottom&quot;],&quot;sortable&quot;:&quot;false&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<section class=\"post__body__author_info\">\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__inner\">\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F05%2Ferin-300.jpg?w=100&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max\" alt=\"Erin Ikeuchi\" class=\"post__body__author_info__avatar\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__body\">\n<p>                    Erin Ikeuchi<\/p>\n<p>                                    <span class=\"post__body__author_info__title\">Editor, Hypeart<\/span>\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post__body__author_info__bio_wrapper\">\n<p class=\"post__body__author_info__bio\">Erin Ikeuchi is a New York-based writer focused on the intersection of contemporary art and culture. Her work spotlights stories, people and moments powering art\u2019s new league, from icons to underground legends. Her formal background in anthropology informs a curious, cross-cultural eye for art where it\u2019s least expected. Since joining Hypebeast in 2024, where she spearheads art-related content, she\u2019s contributed hundreds of articles, including industry news, features and interviews, alongside serving as lead curator for \u2018Under the Same Sky,\u2019 Hypeart\u2019s 2026 exhibition with Bonhams.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"sponsored-content row\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-clipper\">\n<div class=\"aftercontent-inner\">\n            <!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_BTF_AFTERCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-article adunit sticky-post aftercontent\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_BTF_AFTERCONTENT\" 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After a surprise appearance at the Venice Biennale in a head-to-toe fiberglass fit, the avant-garde artist-songstress returns to her homeland a massive museum takeover (and solar eclipse rave) at the National Gallery of Iceland in Reykjavik.<\/p>\n<p>Presented by Bottega Veneta, the show, titled <em>Echolalia,<\/em> brings together three monumental installations: two immersive reworks of songs from her <em>Fossera<\/em> era, alongside an exclusive preview of <span>\u201c<\/span>Nerve Bloom,\u201d a new track from her upcoming album.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"inner-container\">\n<div class=\"inner-content\">\n<div class=\"adunit-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"in-content-ad-outer\">\n<p><!-- Tag ID: HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT --><\/p>\n<div class=\"adunit in-content lazy-load no-init\" data-freestar-ad=\"__300x250\" data-adunit=\"HBENGLOB_ATF_INCONTENT\" data-targeting=\"{&quot;HBSiteLoc&quot;:[&quot;ros&quot;,&quot;article&quot;],&quot;HBSiteCat&quot;:[&quot;art&quot;,&quot;exhibitions&quot;,&quot;bjork&quot;,&quot;james-merry&quot;,&quot;reykjavik&quot;,&quot;national-museum-of-iceland&quot;],&quot;HBSitePage&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;HBSiteLang&quot;:&quot;en&quot;,&quot;country&quot;:&quot;ro&quot;,&quot;region&quot;:&quot;emea&quot;,&quot;subRegion&quot;:&quot;europe&quot;,&quot;HBArticle&quot;:6731051,&quot;HBBlacklist&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cAncestress\u201d and \u201cSorrowful Soil,\u201d both drawn from her 2022 album, take shape as deeply personal audiovisual works created in memory of her mother, environmental activist Hildur R\u00fana Hauksd\u00f3ttir. In the first piece, the artist reckons with grief, ancestry and the cyclical nature of life amid a remote Icelandic valley, complete with musicians and dancers. The latter, a nine-part choral installation, is captured through an oval-shaped aperture \u2014 fields of molten lava spew and bend beneath an elegiac, thirty-speaker sonic environment.\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media bypass\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZCnLaCjVbk\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p>A post shared by Bjo\u0308rk (@bjork)\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\nThe show also offers an exclusive sneak peek into her highly anticipated 2027 album, with the its third piece, \u201cNerve Bloom.\u201d The album is set to release in 2027, though the title and further details are yet to come. \u201cI wanted to merge old things with tech, giving it soul and a meaning,\u201d she said on the work in a recent post. \u201cPainting and computer programming can co-exist, encouraging each other to bloom even further towards a mutual world.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>In addition to <em>Echolalia,<\/em> the museum has unveiled a companion exhibition, <em>Metamorphlings,<\/em> which focuses in on the singer\u2019s long-time creative relationship with James Merry, the embroiderer behind her most iconic, otherworldly looks. Over 80 masks Merry\u2019s created with and for the artist will be on view.\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Echolalia<\/em> and <em>Metamorphlings<\/em> are now on view in Reykjav\u00edk through September 19. As part of the <em>Echolalia<\/em> festivities, Bj\u00f6rk will be hosting a one-day total-darkness rave on the August 12 solar eclipse featuring performances by herself, Arca, Ronja and more. Head to the museum\u2019s website for more information.\n<\/p>\n<p><strong>National Gallery of Iceland<\/strong><br \/>\nSu\u00f0urgata 41,<br \/>\n102 Reykjav\u00edk,<br \/>\nIceland<\/p>\n<div class=\"show-article\">\n<p>                                                            Read Full Article<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-author d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider share-divider\">\n<h6>Text By<\/h6>\n<p>        <span class=\"author-name\">Erin Ikeuchi<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-share d-block d-lg-none\">\n<hr class=\"sidebar-divider\">\n<h6>Share this article<\/h6>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"post-body-content-tags\">\n<div class=\"body collapsed\">\n<p>    Bj\u00f6rkExhibitionsjames merryReykjav\u00edkNational Museum of Iceland\n                                                            <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/hypebeast.com\/2026\/6\/bjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/image-cdn.hypb.st\/https%3A%2F%2Fhypebeast.com%2Fimage%2F2026%2F06%2F03%2Fbjork-echolalia-museum-iceland-exhibition-tw.jpg?w=1080&amp;cbr=1&amp;q=90&amp;fit=max&#8221;] Art Jun 3, 2026 1.3K Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save Text By Erin Ikeuchi Share this article 1 of 3 Photo: Vi\u00f0ar Logi \/ Bj\u00f6rk 2 of 3 Photo: Bj\u00f6rk 3 of 3 Photo: Bj\u00f6rk Art Jun 3, 2026 1.3K Views 0\u00a0Comments Comments Save From Debut to Nature Manifesto, Bj\u00f6rk never misses and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[226,39],"class_list":["post-1974269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-crawlmanager","tag-hypebeast-com"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1974269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1974269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1974269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1974269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}