Team

Reykjavík Arts Festival is a non-profit arts institution which main purpose is to organize a biennial arts festival. It is led by an artistic director appointed by the festival board of directors, whose three members, in turn, are appointed by the Minister of Culture, the Mayor of Reykjavík and the Council of Representatives. The Festival is financed by the government and city council, box office income and private sponsors. It is presided over by the Minister of Culture and the Mayor of Reykjavík on a rotating basis.

Programme advisory committee for RAF 2026

Adolf Smári Unnarsson

Embla Guðrúnar Ágústsdóttir

Bergur Þórisson

Una Björg Magnúsdóttir

Yuliana Palacios

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Patron

President of Iceland, Mrs. Halla Tómasdóttir

Honorary President

Vladimir Ashke­nazy

Chairman of the Board of Representatives

Heiða Björg Hilmisdóttir, Mayor of Reykjavík

Vice-Chairman of the Board of Representatives

Logi Einarsson, Minister of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education