Baskasetur
Djúpavík 6, 524 Djúpavík
About
The Basque Centre exhibition was opened 20 September 2025, as part of a 32 months project co-funded by Creative Europe.
The exhibition will take place in one of the factory's tanks, and the special nature of the exhibition space gives great potential for interesting visual presentation. The exhibition will be in the top tank, while the other two tanks and the factory will continue to be used for occasional art events.
The history of the Icelandic and Basque nations up to modern times will be traced with the main focus on common interfaces, e.g. struggle for independence, the focus of both nations on the protection of their mother tongue, and not least the position of two small nations among the great nations of Europe.
The idea of the exhibition is to juxtapose these two nations together, to find common ground in their history and conditions from the eighth century to the present day by focusing on Basque cultural heritage in Iceland, Spain and France.
