Reykjavík Grapevine - 02.06.2006, Síða 16

101 GALLERÍ
Hverfisgata
Opening hours: Thu.-Sat. 13-17
21.04-03.06.2006
Steingrímur Eyfjörð
03.06.2006-22.07.2006
Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Sigtún
Opening hours: 10-16 every day
Permanent Exhibition:
The Man and Material
A retrospective exhibition of works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson
THE EINAR JÓNSSON
MUSEUM
Eiríksgata
http://www.skulptur.is
Opening hours: Sat.-Sun. 14-17
Permanent exhibition of the sculptor
Einar Jónsson
THE CULTURE HOUSE
Hverfisgata 15
Opening hours: 11-17 every day.
Permanent exhibitions:
Medieval Manuscripts, The National Mu-
seum – as it was and The Library Room.
22.04.05 - into the summer
An ode dwelt – Snorri Hjartarson 1906-
2006.
GERðUBERG
CULTURAL CENTRE
Gerðuberg 3-5, 111 Reykjavík
06.05-10.09.2006
Sculptures by Guðjón Stefán Kristinns-
son. Materials include driftwood, rock,
glass and turf.
06.05-10.09.2006
Acrylic portraits by Jón Ólafsson.
06.05-10.09.2006
Paintings by Ketill Larsen.
I8 GALLERÍ
Klapparstígur
Open Thu.-Sat. 13-17 and by appointment
19.05.06-01.07.06
Upstairs: Finnbogi Pétursson
Downstairs: Twelve female artists
GALLERÍ ANIMA
Ingólfsstræti 8
Open Fridays 12-17
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
Free entrance
26.05.2006-18.06.2006
Erla Þórarinsdóttir
THE REyKJAVÍK MUSEUM
OF PHOTOGRAPHy
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Workdays: 12-19
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
Free admission
01.06.05 – 24.09.05
Photography by Andrés Kolbeinsson.
DWARF GALLERy
Grundarstígur 21
http://this.is/birta/
Opening hours vary.
Free entrance
GyLLINHæð
Art academy exhibition space
Laugavegur 23
Open Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Students from the second year of the
Academy.
KJARVALSSTAðIR
REyKJAVÍK MUSEUM
Flókagata
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Open every day 10-17
02.04-05.06.2006
Ilia og Emilia Kabakov
Joseph Kosuth
Installations In memory of H.C. Andersen

08.04-03.12.2006
Let’s Look at Art: A series of exhibitions
especially designed for children.
16.06-03.09.2006
Works from the Reykjavík Art Museum’s
collection
KLING & BANG GALLERÍ
Laugavegur 23
www.this.is/klingandbang
Open Thu.-Sun. 14-18
Free entrance
13.05-11.06.2006
Hannes Lárusson
Ubo Roi meets Humpty Dumpty (in
Iceland)
13.05-11.06.2006
Downstairs
Helgi Þórsson
ASÍ ART MUSEUM
Freyjugata 41
Open every day 13-17; closed on Mondays
Free entrance
03.06.2006-25.06.2006
Huginn Þór Arason and Unnar Örn
Jónasson
THE NATIONAL GALLERy
Fríkirkjuvegur
www.listasafn.is
Opening hours: Tue.-Sun. 11-17
Free entrance
12.05-25.06.2006
Birgir Andrésson, retrospective
Steingrímur Eyfjörð, retrospective
08.07-10.09.2006
Landscape and Folklore (from the Natio-
nal Gallery of Iceland collection)
14.05-11.06.2006
Animals in Reykjavík: a photographic
collaboration by Bryndís Sæbjörnsdóttir
and Mark Wilson.
HAFNARHÚS
REyKJAVÍK MUSEUM
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Open every day 10-17

09.06.2006-20.08.2006
Carnegie Art Awards 2006
09.06.2006-22.10.2006
The Erro Collection: Graphic Works
THE NATIONAL MUSEUM
Suðurgata 41
www.natmus.is
Opening hours: daily 10-17
Temporary Exhibitions:
The National Gallery of Photography:
Roots of the “Rúntur”
The Arc Hall:
Invisible women in Icelandic art
Research Exhibitions:
Archaeological research and Iceland’s
new view of history
Permanent Exhibitions
The Making of a Nation
NORDIC HOUSE
Open 12-17; closed on Mondays
NæSTI BAR
Ingólfsstræti 1a
Regular exhibitions by local artists
LIVING ART MUSEUM
www.nylo.is
Open Wed.-Sun. 13-17
Free entrance
14.05-10.06.2006
The Supremes - 19 artists from outside of
Iceland, along with five Icelandic artists.
GALLERy 100 DEGREES
Bæjarháls 1
http://www.or.is/Forsida/Gallery100/
Open Mon.-Fri.: 8:30-16:00
Open Sat.-Sun.: 13-17
14.05-01.07.2006
The Supremes - 19 artists from outside of
Iceland, along with five Icelandic artists.
11.05-03.06.2005
Finnbogi Pétursson
SAFN
www.safn.is
Open Wed.-Fri. 14-18
Sat.-Sun. 14-17
Free entrance
13.05-11.06.2006
Ceal Floyer
Karin Sander
GALLERy FOLD
Rauðarárstígur 14-16
www.myndlist.is
Open Mon-Fri.: 10:00-18:00
Sat.: 11:00-16:00
Sun.: 14:00-16:00
27.05.2006-11.06.2006
Bragi Ásgeirsson
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON
MUSEUM
Laugarnestangi 70, Reykjavík
http://www.lso.is/
The Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum exhibits
works by the Icelandic sculptor Sigurjón
Ólafsson.
GEL GALLERÍ
Hverfisgata 37, 101 Reykjavík
19.05-05.06.2006
“A Model for the Treeman” by Belgian
artist Dirk Leroux
GALLERy BOREAS
Baldursgata 11, 101 Reykjavík
www.galleryboreas.com
TURPENTINE
www.turpentine.is
Open Tue.-Fri. 12-18
Sat. 11-16
13.05-11.06.2006
Nína Tryggvadóttir
HALLGRÍMSKIRKJA
Entrance Hall
03.06.05-24.08.05
Works by Ásgerður Búadóttir.
PHOTOGRAPHy IN THE
STREETS OF DOWNTOWN
REyKJAVÍK
The Reykjavík Museum of Photography
is celebrating its 25th anniversary with
a photographic retrospective scattered
around the city center. The theme is a
general look back at the past century of life
in the capital. Most of the photographs are
on display in Lækjartorg, Austurvöllur and
Fógetagarður.
OUTSIDE REyKJAVÍK:
Hafnarfjörður:
HAFNARBORG
www.hafnarborg.is
Open 11-17, every day but Tuesdays.
03.06-03.07.2006
Örn Þorsteinsson “Kvika úr búri - sculp-
tures”
SUðSUðVESTUR
Hafnagata 22
230 Reykjanesbær
http://www.sudsudvestur.is/
27.05-18.06.2006
Þórunn Hjartardóttir
Akureyri:
GALLERÍ +
Brekkugata 35
(Closed for the summer, may re-open in
August)
JÓNAS VIðAR GALLERy
Opening hours: Fri.-Sat. 13-18
AKUREyRI ART MUSEUM
http://www.listasafn.akureyri.is/
Open from 12-17. Closed on Mondays.
06.05-25.06.2006
Homesick
A series of exhibitions in four countries.
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TV
The Oprah Winfrey Show
The queen of daytime TV doesn’t seem to
ever run out of steam. Her show will have
its twentieth anniversary this September
and her viewer ratings are still amongst the
strongest in the world. Laugh and cry along
with Oprah and her loyal hoard of emo-
tionally stunted housewives, as they tackle
such diverse topics as: Tom Cruise’s new
love, sexual abuse in the Catholic church,
movie and book reviews, drug abuse and
how to start your own business with noth-
ing more than a waffle iron and a book
that costs $19.95 from Oprah’s online gift
shop. She also gives her audience members
the occasional set of diamond earrings or
keys to a brand new car – completing her
ascent to the status of the world’s most
perfect person. On the negative side, she
is responsible for bringing us Dr. Phil, and
as we all know he is an unholy apparition
from the innermost depths of the inferno
of hell itself. GHJ
Wednesdays, 20:50; Stöð 2
Project Runway
Heidi Klum has long had a remarkable
talent for smiling and looking cute, but
now she’s begun showcasing her unrivalled
skills as a television presenter in front of
the entire world. In this fashion-themed
reality show (and who is really going to
keep reading after that sentence opener?)
she is the judge and jury and decides who
of a number of young designers has the
proverbial ‘it’ that is needed to make it in
the fashion world. Remarkably now in its
second season, this thing is already way
overdue for cancellation – so see it while
you can. Or not. GHJ
Wednesdays, 20:25; RÚV
The Fairytaler
A series of fairly well-produced animated
adaptations of Hans Christian Andersen’s
classic fairy tales. The series was made to
celebrate his 200th birthday in 2004, and
uses a narrative style that has been updated
to suit present-day audiences. If your kids
aren’t familiar with the classics of children’s
literature and prefer to sit transfixed in
front of Shrek and LazyTown, this is
one way to introduce them to Andersen’s
mastery. GHJ
Fridays, 18:00; RÚV
The West Wing
This series about life in the oval office is
now entering its seventh season in Iceland.
Martin Sheen is still in office, everyone still
spends most of their time power-walking
down corridors while arguing about world
affairs and press relations and suffice to
say, it seems like we can expect more of the
same. That is, until elections finally come
around… GHJ
Wednesdays, 23:05; RÚV
2vær
Little is known of this mysterious show:
legends tell of women combining hair and
make-up in magnificently bland nordic
ways and grinning so wide and vacantly
that turning down the brightness in your
set may be in order if you actually feel
motivated to taint your electronics with
this bilge. But if you are held in rapture by
the concept of two women “discovering
new perspectives on ordinary, yet fascinat-
ing things” (quite possibly the least potent
concept for a TV show in the history of the
known universe), allow us to spare you the
repugnance and horror by providing this:
A way to watch 2vær without even owning
a television set. Simply close your eyes and
picture youself on a 53-hour plane ride
with a middle-of-the-row seat between
a ceaselessly coughing old man trying to
recount trivial events from the last family
reunion he went on and a devastatingly
flatulent mother clutching an infant that
alternates between vomiting and crying. SE
Fridays, 18:00, Skjár 1
Music Videos
If you’re one of those crazy people who get
up before four in the afternoon, you may
have caught a glimpse of what Sirkus and
Skjár 1 like to do when you’re not supposed
to be watching: Playing music videos. Ideal
for those with a limited attention span,
they usually play a very random mixture of
any videos they can get their hands on, and
are decidedly neglectful of those who might
be curious as to who it is they’re watching-
- the videos rarely have no titles. This can
provide for a very surreal kind of quiz game
between you and a friend. Try to guess
which band it is without ever knowing if
you had the right answer. SE
Every night between 03:00 – 15:00 (approxi-
mately), Skjár 1 & Sirkus
Sambíóin - Kringlan
Mission Impossible: III
17:30, 22:00, 22:40
American Dreamz
17:45, 20:00, 22:00
The Shaggy Dog
16:00
Scary Movie 4
20:10, 22:20
Sambíóin – Álfabakki
American Dreamz
15:30, 17:45, 20:00, 22:20
The Da Vinci Code
15:00, 18:00, 21:00, 22:45
The Da Vinci Code (VIP)
15:00, 18:00, 21:00
Shaggy Dog
16:00, 18:00
Mission: Impossible III
15:30, 18:00, 20:30, 22:30
Scary Movie 4
16:00, 18:00
Háskólabíó
The Da Vinci Code
16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Mission Impossible III
17:00, 20:00, 22:00
Shaggy Dog
18:00, 20:00
Sambíóin – Akureyri
The Shaggy Dog
18:00, 20:00
Mission Impossible III
17:40, 20:00, 22:20
Scary Movie 4
22:00
Sambíóin – Keflavík
American Dreamz
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Shaggy Dog
18:00
Mission Impossible: III
20:00, 22:20
Laugarásbíó
X-Men 3
16:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:20
The Da Vinci Code
17:00, 20:00, 22:50
Bandidas
18:00, 22:20
Inside Man
20:00
Regnboginn
The Da Vinci Code
18:00, 21:00
Bandidas
20:00, 22:20
Little Red Riding Hood
18:00
Prime
17:45, 20:00, 22:15
Smárabíó
X-Men 3
17:40, 20:00, 22:20
The Da Vinci Code
16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 20:00, 22:00, 23:00
The Da Vinci Code (Luxury)
17:00, 20:00, 23:00
Cry Wolf
22:00
Little Red Riding Hood
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
Ice Age 2 (original English-language
version)
16:00
Borgarbíó
X-Men 3
18:00, 20:00, 22:00
The Da Vinci Code
17:00, 20:00, 23:00
RADIO
Rás 1
Government radio station often featur-
ing talk shows, radio soap operas, and
traditional music.
Rás 2
More progressive government radio sta-
tion, featuring a variety of music as well as
news discussion programmes.
Bylgjan (98.9 FM)
Light pop music.
Útvarp Saga (99.4 FM)
Iceland’s oldies station, featuring both Ice-
landic and foreign music from decades past.
Talstöðin (90.9 FM)
Talk radio station, in Icelandic.
Létt 96.7 (96.7 FM)
Office pop, easy listening.
FM 957 (95.7 FM)
One of the “hnakkistöðvar,” playing pop-
rock geared towards urban clubbing youth.
XFM (91.9FM)
Iceland’s rock station, often playing cut-
ting-edge releases.
Lindin (102.9 FM)
Christian broadcasting station, available all
over the country.
Kántríbær (100.7 FM)
Iceland’s country music station, still going
strong from Skagafjörður since 1992.
Visit www.kvikmyndir.is for regularly
updates on new films and showing
times.
The X-Men are coming to the big
screen. Again. All your favourites from
the first two movies are back, and so
are the incredibly derivative plotlines.
Once again examining issues of racism
and alienation, the third instalment of
the series focuses on the discovery of a
‘cure’ for the mutations that afflict our
superhero (and super-villain) friends.
Who will choose to forsake the powers
destiny gave them in order to conform
to a normal life and raise a family? Who
will ultimately... No, sorry, I can’t write
this crap. Go see it if you need to kill
time, but don’t expect Fellini. GHJ
X-Men 3
Hugh Grant thinks Americans are
funny, and he thinks reality television
is funny, and he thinks the American
president is funny. He also laughed his
ass off through Schindler’s List. Which
is not to say that Hugh Grant, or his
product, American Dreamz, is complete
shit just because its concept and actors
are daft and superficial. The script, writ-
ten in less time than the movie poster
text, is the reason the movie sucks so
bad. BC
American Dreamz
www.gljufrasteinn.is
Take one overrated bestseller, add an ac-
claimed actor who is more or less a guar-
antee of box office success, stir lightly
with controversy over a low flame and
serve to an eager audience that wouldn’t
know literature or historic accuracy if
they were impaled on it by an evil priest.
We haven’t seen it, actually, and we
don’t want to. In this case the thought
of a movie managing to be worse than
the paltry book it was based on is simply
so unfathomable as to make the mere
thought painful. Hate mail from Dan
Brown fans is respectfully declined,
however. Try someonewhogivesadamn@
davincicode.com. GHJ
The Da Vinci Code