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Skólavörðustígur 15
Mon.–Fri. 10–18, Sat. 11–16
Jul 6–Sep 1
Collage by artist and musician Sigríður
Níelsdóttir
Artótek
Tryggvagata 15
Mon. 10–21, Tue.–Thu. 10–19, Fri.
11–19, Sat. and Sun. 13–17
www.sim.is/Index/Islenska/Artotek
ASÍ Art Museum
Freyjugata 41
Tue.–Sun. 13–17
Free Entrance
Jun 30–Aug 26
Summer exhibition from the museum
collection
Sep 1–Sep 23
Inclusion
Hildur Bjarnadóttir exhibition
Auga fyrir Auga
Hverfisgata 35
Open Thu.–Fri. 15–19, Sat.–Sun. 14–17
Current exhibition:
One Year at Sirkus
Jóhann Kjartansson photo exhibition
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Eiríksgata
Tue.–Sun. 14–17
www.skulptur.is
Permanent exhibition:
The work of sculptor Einar Jónsson
The Culture House
Hverfisgata 15
Open daily 11–17
www.thjodmenning.is
Permanent exhibitions:
Medieval Manuscripts; The National
Museum – as it was; The Library Room;
The Road to Zion; Berlin Excursion
Current exhibition:
Surtsey – Genesis
The exhibition traces the emergence
and evolution of the island Surtsey
until the present day and predicts
its geographical and ecological
development over the next 120 years.
Dwarf Gallery
Grundarstígur 21
Opening Hours: Fri. and Sat. 18–20
www.this.is/birta
Current exhibition:
Storytime
Exhibition by Norwegian artist-duo
aiPotu
Gallery Ágúst
Baldursgata 12
Wed.–Sat. 12–17
www.galleriagust.is
Aug 11–Sep 22
Fenómena
Opening exhibition: Ásdís Sif
Gunnarsdóttir and Rakel Bernie.
Drawings, photographs, video-art and
3D.
Gallery Fold
Rauðarárstígur 14–16
Mon.–Fri. 10–18
Sat. 11–16
Sun. 14–16
www.myndlist.is
Aug 18–Sep 2
Paintings by Haraldur Bilson
Aug 18–Aug 26
Drawings by Halldór Pétursson
Aug 18–Aug 26
Kristján Davíðsson exhibition
Gallery Tukt
Pósthússtræti 3–5
www.hitthusid.is
Aug 18–Aug 30
Viktoría Tsvetaeva exhibition
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue.–Fri. 12–18
Sat. 11–16
www.turpentine.is
Current exhibition:
Oil paintings by Karólína Lárusdóttir
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Gerðuberg 3–5
Mon.–Thu. 11–17
Wed. 11–21
Thu.–Fri. 11–17
Sat.–Sun. 13–16
www.gerduberg.is
May 5–Sep 9
Paintings by Ágúst Jónsson
May 12–Sep 9
Kvenfólk / Women
Erró exhibition
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue.–Fri. 11–17
Sat. 13–17 and by appointment
www.i8.is
Jul 12–Aug 25
Magnús Pálsson exhibition
Jul 12–Aug 25
Unnur Mjöll S. Leifsdóttir exhibition
Kling & Bang Gallery
Laugavegur 23
Thu.–Sun. 14–18
Free Entrance
www.this.is/klingandbang
Aug 11–Sep 2
Prayer on the Threshold
Páll Banine exhibition
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed., Fri.–Sun. 13–17
Thu. 13–22
www.nylo.is/
Sep 1–Sep 19
No Way Out
Group exhibition featuring artists
Benjamin Merris, Davíð Örn
Halldórsson, Guðmundur Thoroddsson,
Jolin Avelluto, Karri Kuoppala, Muriel
Laesser, Ragnar Jónasson and Timo
Vaittinen.
The Lost Horse Gallery
Skólastræti 1
From Aug 31
Gallery Opening Exhibition
Paintings, sculptures and videos by
Gabriella Friðriksdóttir, Jón Sæmundur,
Davíð Örn, Hafstein and Alexander
Zaklynsky
The National Gallery of Iceland
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue.–Sun. 11–17
Free Entrance
www.listasafn.is
Jul 21–Oct 10
Alas-Nature!
The National Gallery of Iceland’s
summer exhibition featuring works by
more than 50 artists, including High
Plane by Katrín Sigurðardóttir. Her
work is a widely acclaimed installation
for its revolutionary viewpoint in which
the landscape is laid out horizontally
on a table.
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10–17
natmus.is/
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Nation
May 5–Aug 24
As seen by the visitor
Hans Viingard Friis photo exhibition
May 5–Aug 24
Sent to the countryside
Photo exhibition
May 19–Sep 30
Ways in Between
Andrá exhibition: Installations by
Guðbjörg Lind Jónsdóttir, Guðrún
Kristjánsdóttir and Kristín Jónsdóttir.
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue.–Sun. 12–17
www.nordice.is/
Aug 18–Aug 26
Art from kindergartens
Reyfi festival: Artworks from
kindergartens in 101 Reykjavík.
Aug 18–Aug 26
Nordic Modern Architecture
Reyfi festival: An exhibition presenting
modern architecture by gathering
four well known Scandinavian
photographers who specialize in taking
photographs of architecture.
Aug 18–Aug 26
Form.ax
Reyfi festival: Ålandic design featuring
the works of over 30 designers
The Numismatic Museum
Kalkofnsvegur 1
Open Mon.–Fri. 13:30–15:30.
Free admittance.
Permanent exhibition:
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The Reykjavík Jazz Festival will con-
clude its four-day programme on Sep-
tember 1. Musician and composer
Samúel Jón Samúelsson (also known
as Sammi from Jagúar) was brought in
to take on the tough task of cooking
something extra special for the grand-
finale. He brought together a mix of
curious acts that will perform at club
NASA on Saturday night. The event
got the juicy title ‘Club Sandwich’ and
features Finnish multi-talented musi-
cian Jimi Tenor, funk-master Samúel
Jón Samúelsson along with his Big-
Band, DJ Lucky and U.S. afro-beat
travel ensemble Antibalas.
With a new album out, the night’s
headliners, New York based experi-
mental afro-beat influenced funk
group Antibalas are stepping their
feet on Icelandic ground for the first
time. Founded in 1998, the band has
grown in size and sound through
the years and today counts between
eleven and fourteen members, play-
ing everything from guitar and drums
to trumpets, percussions, and electric
piano.
“Using the revolutionary blueprint
of afrobeat as a launching pad, the
members weave a rich tapestry of
latin, jazz, classical, funk and soul into
their horn-driven mix. The result is si-
multaneously polyrhythmic and politi-
cal, independent and contagious, and
the reason why many have credited
the band for introducing afro-beat’s
framework to a new generation,”
reads their Myspace page.
Antibalas has released nine studio
recordings and appeared internation-
ally on over a dozen afro-beat and
funk compilations. For the past few
years the band has managed to play
over 100 concerts a year, inside small
jazz-clubs as well as at large venues,
and have brought the rhythmic aftro-
beat music to a huge crowd of music-
lovers at festivals such as Glastonbury
and Coachella.
The concerts start at 22:00 and
tickets cost 4,000 ISK
NASA, Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Afrobeat-influenced Funk
NASA – September 1
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Music
12 Tónar record shop
Skólavörðustígur 15
Fri 24.08 Ólöf Arnalds in concert, starts
at 17:00
Austurbær
Snorrabraut 37
Thu 30.08 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Eivör
Pálsdóttir and Reykjavík Bigband. Starts
at 20:00.
Bar 11
Laugavegur 11
Fri 24.08 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 25.08 DJ Aron
Fri 31.08 DJ Óli Dóri
Sat 01.09 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Fri 07.09 DJ Gulli Ósóma
Sat 08.09 DJ Óli Dóri
Barinn
Laugavegur 22
Fri 24.08 DJ Yamaho (1 floor) / DJ Míó
(2 floor)
Sat 25.08 Dansa Meira (1 floor) / DJ Óli
Hjörtur & DJ Nick (2 floor)
Fri 31.08 DJ Maggi Legó 8 1 floor) / DJ
Kvikindi ( 2 floor)
Sat 01.09 DJ Skeletor and DJ Baktus (1
floor) / DJ Ísar Logi (2 floor)
Thu 06.09 Breakbeat night
Fri 07.09 DJ Símon (1 floor) / DJ Don
Disco (2 floor)
Sat 08.09 DJ Margeir (1 floor) / DJ Ben
Jasmin (2 floor)
Café París
Austurstræti 14
Fri 24.08 DJ Börkur / DJ Lucky
Sat 25.08 DJ Börkur / DJ Lucky
Fri 31.08 DJ Börkur / DJ Lucky
Sat 01.09 DJ Börkur / DJ Lucky
Fri 07.09 DJ Börkur / DJ Lucky
Sat 08.09 DJ Börkur / DJ Lucky
Domo
Þingholtsstræti 5
Wed 29.08 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Jerry
Bergonzi Eyþór Gunnarssonarson’s
band. Starts at 22:00.
Thu 30.08 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Jerry
Bergonzi Eyþór Gunnarssonarson’s
band. Starts at 22:00.
Gaukurinn
Tryggvagata 22
Fri 24.08 Dalton in concert. Starts at
23:00
Fri 31.08 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Björn
Thoroddsen’s Jazz & Blues Extrava-
ganza. Starts at 22:00.
Grand Rokk
Smiðjustígur 6
Thu 06.09 Jethro Tull Night
Hellirinn
Hólmaslóð 2
Fri 07.09 Spanish Thrash-rock band
MoHo in concert. Opening acts are
Dust Cap, Drep and Severed Crotch.
Starts at 22:00.
Hressó
Austurstræti 20
Fri 24.08 Dalton, 23:00 / DJ Bjarni
Sat 25.08 Gotti & Eisi, 23:00 / DJ Bjarni
Thu 30.08 Troubadours Böddi and
Danni
Fri 31.08 Tepokarnir jazz band / DJ
Maggi
Sat 01.09 Pub-lic in concert / DJ Maggi
Thu 06.08 Troubadours Böddi and
Danni
Fri 07.09 Tepokarnir jazz band / DJ
Maggi
Sat 08.09 Pub-lic / DJ Bjarni
Iðnó
Vonarstræti 3
Thu 30.08 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Land
& Sea – Pianist Agnar Már Magnússon
and band.
Fri 31.08 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Blue
Songs/Blue Shadows – Sigurður Flosa-
son and guests
Jómfrúin
Lækjargata 4
Sat 01.09 Reykjavík Jazz Festival: Egill
Benedikt Hreinsson with band. Starts
at 15:00
Kaffibarinn
Bergstaðastræti 1
Fri 24.08 DJ Magic
Sat 25.08 DJ Lazer
Thu 30.08 DJ Thor
Fri 31.08 DJ Thor
Sat 01.09 DJ Thor
Thu 06.09 DJ Maggi Legó
Fri 07.09 Lovefingers and Captain Kirk
DJ set / Jack Schidt DJ set
Laugardalshöll
Engjavegur 8
Sun 02.09 Norah Jones concert (Sold
out)
Sun 08.09 Chris Cornell in concert
NASA
Thorvaldsenstræti 2
Sat 25.08 Flex Music presents: DJ
Celebration featuring Groovebox, Big-
room, Plugg’d Barcode and Party Zone,
Techno.is and Flex Music DJ’s. Starts at
23:00 and costs 1500 ISK.
Sat 01.09 Reykjavík Jazz Festival:
Festival’s Grand Finale directed by
Samúel Jón Samúelsson. Guests of the
night are Jimi Tenor and the Afrobeat-
band Antibalas from New York.
Sun 08.09 90s Party with Curver and
Kiki Ow
Nordic House
– Culture Festival Reyfi
Sturlugata 5
Fri 24.08 Budam / Ólöf Arnalds / Jens
Lekman
Sat 25.08 Megas / Kati Matti / Elín
Eyþórsdóttir / Minä Rakastan Sinua Elvis
Sun 26.08 KK / Vox Borealis / Narodna
Musika
Organ
Hafnarstræti 1-3
Fri 24.08 DJ Andrea Jóns
Sat 25.08 The Musik Zoo in concert.
Thu 30.08 Jan Mayen release concert
Fri 31.08 Vonbrigði and Drep in concert
Sat 01.09 Sprengjuhöllin concert
Wed 05.09 VilHelm release concert
Thu 06.09 MoHo from Spain in concert
Fri 07.09 Singapore Sling concert
Sat 08.09 Hiphop.is event
Prikið
Bankastræti 12
Fri 24.08 Troubadour Jude / DJ Óli
Hjörtur
Sat 25.08 DJ Danni Deluxe
Wed 29.08 DJ Playmobile
Thu 30.08 DJ Andri
Fri 31.08 Troubadour Jude / DJ Rósa
Sat 01.09 DJ Benni B-Ruff
Q-bar
Ingólfsstræti 3
Fri 24.08 DJ Kvikindi
Sat 25.08 DJ Peter Parker
Wed 29.08 DJ Amma
Thu 30.08 Dive De La Rósa
Fri 31.08 Lifestyles of the Rich and
Famous Champagne Party with DJ
Nicholas Brittain (USA)
Sat 01.09 DJ Óli / DJ Gísli Galdur
Thu 06.09 Egner & Impulse
Fri 07.09 Fairyboy & Manny. White
Party Theme Night
Sirkus
Klapparstígur 30
Fri 24.08 DJ Tóti trans
Sat 25.08 DJ Casanova
Wed 29.08 DJ Jonni
Thu 30.08 DJ Jason
Fri 31.08 DJ Margeir featuring MC
Jósefína
Sat 01.09 DJ Árni $veins
Wed 05.08 Stereo Hypnosis release con-
cert. Opening act is Product 8 featuring
Snorri Ásmundsson / DJ Einar Sonic
Thu 06.09 DJ Kap10 Kurt
Fri 07.09 DJ Maggi Legó
Sat 08.09 DJ Lazer
Museums & Galleries
101 Gallery
Hverfisgata 18
Thu.–Sat. 14–17 and by appointment
www.101hotel.is/101hotel/101gallery/
Jul 28–Sep 1
Bermuda Love Triangle – The Story of
Dr. Son and Mr. Bates
Helgi Þórsson and Morgan Betz
exhibition
12 Tónar
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A curious exhibition, displaying
new works by Norwegian artist-duo
aiPotu, opens at the Dwarf Gallery
on August 25. aiPotu is no ordinary
art collective. Created by two art-
ists, Andreas Siqueland and Anders
Kjellesvik, the duo has travelled Eu-
rope and Scandinavia together since
2004, searched for inspiration by
visiting large cities and small villages,
and realised a series of site-specific
art pieces along the way.
“Through a series of sculptural
interventions in the public space,
we aim to make visual statements
that can inspire to a new dialogue
regarding art and its use in creating
new forms of local awareness. Our
interventions are never repeated
and always made with materials
available in the place we visit. The
journeys are inspired by the great
explorers of the unknown” their
website reads.
The projects mostly focus on
the never-ending trip crossing the
European continent and the Nor-
dic countries. Their transportation,
a mid-70s RV, has brought them
to Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Copen-
hagen, Milan, Bratislava and Oslo,
among others, and served as a home
and studio in the meantime.
Their extensive CV includes
various travel projects. During the
International Art Festival in Bergen
they, for example, turned the small
van into a hotel to help the many
travellers flocking to the city to find
a roof over their head. They have put
on a performance in the Swiss Alps
and built a dimensioned football
goal in Italy. They have even pub-
lished a travel book which contains
documentation of aiPotu projects
and articles written by people they
have met during the journey.
Entitled ‘Storytime’, aiPotu’s
exhibition inside the Dwarf Gallery
opens this Saturday at 19:00. Guests
can savour light refreshments, on
the house, at the opening. It’s worth
mentioning that the Dwarf Gallery
isn’t open on daily basis. Scheduled
dates at this point are August 25,
August 31 and September 1 from
18:00–20:00.
Gallery Dwarf, Grundarstígur 21
aiPotu’s Travel Project
Gallery Dwarf – From August 25
The international floating book fair
‘Logos II’, is currently docked down
by the Reykjavík harbour, open for
everyone until August 29. The ship
has crossed oceans for the past 17
years and its crew, consisting of
Christian volunteers from over 40
countries, has so far brought litera-
ture to over nine million visitors in
81 different countries. The selection
of books on board covers 4,000 dif-
ferent titles.
From 14:00 to 20:00 on August
25, the International Day of Logos II
will be celebrated with a programme
featuring cultural displays, perfor-
mances and a bouncing castle out-
side. The public can meet the crew,
explore the ship and the library and
afterwards, enjoy a cup at the café
inside.

The Book Fair is open Tue–Sat from
10:00 to 22:00 and Sun–Mon from
14:00 to 22:00. Entrance is free.
Bookship by the Harbour
Old Harbour – Aug 15 - Aug 29
On September 1, an exhibition featur-
ing the works of Hildur Bjarnadóttir
will open at the ASÍ Art Museum. Bjar-
nadóttir graduated with a Master’s
degree in Fine Arts from the Pratt
Institute in New York in 1997 and
has since participated in numerous
exhibitions in Iceland and abroad.
Entitled ‘Inclusion,’ her solo exhi-
bition at the ASÍ Art Museum consists
of selected works where she focuses
on the fundamentals of visual art and
handcraft traditions. She re-presents
the traditions of painting and draw-
ing, at the same time she examines
women’s’ handcraft of previous ages.
The outcome are works that seem to
reflect minimalism but, upon a closer
look, have a wider reference.
The Museum is open every day
except Mondays from 13:00 to 17:00
and entrance is free.
ASÍ Art Museum, Freyjugata 41
Visual Art and Handcraft
ASÍ Art Museum – Sept 1 - Sep 29
TICKETS AT
A Reykjavík based group of three
female artists, The Icelandic Love
Corporation (Gjörningaklúbburinn in
the native tongue), was established
in 1996. Currently based in Reykjavík,
the collaborative crew has travelled
the world and displayed their curious
projects both locally and internation-
ally. For more than a decade Sig-
rún Hrólfsdóttir, Jóní Jónsdóttir and
Eirún Sigurðardóttir have grabbed
attention by presenting intriguing
videos, installations, photographs,
sculptures and performances that
often involve public interaction and
influenced local performance artists
in the meantime.
On August 31, the three artists
will invade the downtown Reykjavík
Art Museum (located by the har-
bour) with an exhibition featuring
works from the Corporation’s first
decade, mixed with some new works
especially made for this event. What
kind of a creative mix The Icelandic
Love Corporation plans to present
this time around remains a mystery
until the opening day but expect to
see and witness something extraor-
dinary.
Reykjavík Art Museum (Hafnarhús),
Tryggvagata 17.
The Icelandic Love Corporation
Reykjavík Art Museum – Aug 31 - Oct 10
TICKETS AT
Norah Jones Concert
Laugardalshöll – September 2
On September 2, American songbird
Norah Jones, backed by her Hand-
some Band, will perform her first
Icelandic concert ever, taking place
at Laugardalshöll. Local fans of hers
have waited with anticipation for
the event ever since rumours about
her planned visit started spreading.
Only a limited numbers of seats were
available and tickets sold out in a
matter of minutes.
Norah Jones’s stardom quickly
rose sky-high when her debut,
‘Come Away With Me’ was released
in 2002. The album won five Gram-
mys, earned massive critical praise
and a steadily growing fanbase.
In January this year, she released
her third album, ‘Not Too Late’ on
Blue Note records, featuring per-
sonal bluesy country-pop tunes, all
of which are written or co-written
by her. Since July, she has been busy
touring Europe, but her international
tour kicked off with three shows in
Paris. Her concerts usually feature
well-known hits mixed with new
material, so old and new idolaters,
who were lucky enough to get a
ticket, should be in for a treat.
The concerts start at 20:00.