Reykjavík Grapevine - 18.05.2007, Síða 11

Music Art Films Events
onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10-17
From May 11
My Oz
Roni Horn retrospective
May 10 – Jun 17
Works by Sigurður Guðjónsson at the
D Gallery. The exhibition will include a
new film and sound installation.
May 10 – Aug 17
The Erró Collection
Works from the museum’s Erró coll-
ection: A further examination of the
diverse subjects and stages of Erró’s
artistic oeuvre.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Open Daily 10-17
February 10 – September 2
K-Þátturinn / The K-Factor
Jóhannes S. Kjarval retrospective.
May 19 – Aug 26
Kvika / Magma
Icelandic contemporary design
May 19 – Aug 26
The Spark – Design for Everyone
Design exhibition, with special educa-
tional programming
Reykjavík Museum
Kistuhylur 4
www.arbaejarsafn.is
The Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Weekdays 12-19
Sat.-Sun. 13-17
Free Entrance
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Until May 26
Swim and Steam
Damien Peyret exhibit displaying pola-
roids of people relaxing in Kópavogur
swimming pool and a screening of his
short film A Taxi for Reykjavík, made in
2001. (Pourquoi Pas? Festival)
Until May 26
Made in Iceland
Jo Duchene photo exhibition dis-
playing his documentary of private,
public, industrial and religious housing
in Iceland. (Pourquoi Pas? Festival)
May 15 – Jul 4
The Resistance Collection
Unnar Örn exhibition
Safn
Laugavegur 37
Wed.-Fri. 14-18
Sat.-Sun. 14-17
Free Entrance
www.safn.is
March 17 – May 21
Eden
Hugues Reip presents his installation
entitled Eden, featuring images of
flowers he has enlarged, printed and
mounted on a wooden structure.
(Pourquoi Pas? Festival)
March 17 – May 21
Jardin Vilayet
Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson photo exhi-
bition.
May 19 – Oct 20
Museum of the Surface / Desire Archi-
ve / Decay Complex
Unnar Örn J. Auðarson exhibition
May 19 – Jul 1
Quadro Pop
Davíð Örn Halldórsson exhibition
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Tue.-Sun. 14-17
Permanent exhibition:
The work of sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson
Start Art / Art Shop
Laugavegur 12b
www.startart.is
May 10 – May 28
MÍNÍ VOTT
Installations by Anna Eyjólfsdóttir, Rag-
nhildur Stefánsdóttir, Rúrí and Þórdís
Alda Sigurðardóttir.
Outside Reykjavík
Skaftfell
Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður
www.skaftfell.is
May 19 – May 23
An exhibition by the artists Finnur Ar-
nar, Jón Garðar Henryson and Þórarinn
Blöndal consisting of installations, 3D
and photographs. On the same occa-
sion, the first exhibition of the summer
on the West-wall opens showing the
collaboration of the Evil-Madness
duet, Helgi Þórsson and Sigtryggur
Berg Sigmarsson.
Gallery Klettur
Helluhraun 16, Hafnarfjörður
Open Sat. 10-14. At other times by
arrangement.
Hafnarborg
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Mon.-Sun. 11-17
www.hafnarborg.is
May 11 – Jun 24
New paintings by Temma Bell exhibi-
tion
May 11 – Jun 24
Paintings by Louisa Matthíasdóttir and
Leland Bell
May 11 – Jun 24
Installations by Ruth Boerefijn
Gljúfrasteinn
– Halldór Laxness museum
270 Mosfellsbær
Open daily except Mondays from
10-17.
Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg, Kópavogur
Open daily 11:00-17:00 except Mon-
days
www.gerdarsafn.is
May 5 – May 26
Stoned glass by Gerður Helgadóttir,
drawings by Barbara Árnadóttir and
Magnús Á. Árnason
The Icelandic Museum of Design
and Applied Art
Lyngás 7-9, 121 Garðabær
Opening hours: Tues. –Fri. 14-18; Sat.
and Sun. 16-18.
www.mudesa.org
Exhibitions devoted to Icelandic
design.
The Icelandic Settlement Centre
Brákarbraut 13-15, Borgarnes
Opening hours: May to September 10-
20; September to May 11-17.
www.landnam.is
Permanent exhibitions:
The Settlement of Iceland; The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson
Suðsuðvestur
Hafnargata 22, Keflavík
Thu.-Fri. 16-18
Sat.-Sun. 14-17
www.sudsudvestur.is
May 26 – Jun 17
Birgir Snæbjörn and J.B.K. Ransu
exhibition
Vatnasafn / Library of Water
Bókhlöðustígur 17, 340 Stykkishólmur
www.libraryofwater.is
Open daily from 11 – 17.
Permanent exhibition:
Roni Horn installation. She has
replaced stacks of books with glass co-
lumns containing water gathered from
Iceland’s glaciers and glacial rivers.
Sandgerði Museum
Gerðavegur 1, Sandgerði.
Until February 7, 2008
Polar Adventures
Exhibition on the life and work of the
French polar explorer, scientist and
doctor Jean-Baptiste Charcot.
Jónas Viðar Gallery
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Fri.-Sat. 13-18
www.jvs.is/jvgallery.htm
May 5 – May 27
Þorvaldur Þorsteinsson solo exhibit
Akureyri Art Museum
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Tue.-Sun. 12-17
www.listasafn.akureyri.is
May 5 – Jun 24
Rhythms of Life
Sculptures by Australian artist Andrew
Rogers
DaLí Gallery
Brekkugata 9, Akureyri
Mon.-Sat. 14-18
www.daligallery.blogspot.com
Current exhibition:
Paintings by Inga Björk Harðardóttir
GalleriBOX
Kaupvangstræti 10, Akureyri
www.galleribox.blogspot.com
Current exhibition:
Þórunn Eymundardóttir exhibition
Films
Fracture
Smárabíó, Borgarbíó Akureyri, Hás-
kólabíó
It’s a Boy Girl Thing
Smárabíó, Regnboginn, Borgarbíó
Akureyri
Spiderman 3
Smárabíó, Laugarásbíó, Regnboginn,
Borgarbíó Akureyri, Selfossbíó, Sam-
bíóin Álfabakka, Sambíóin Keflavík
Painted Veil
Regnboginn
Inland Empire
Regnboginn
Severance
Laugarásbíó
The Condemned
Laugarásbíó, Háskólabíó
Blades of Glory
Laugarásbíó, Sambíóin Kringlun-
ni, Sambíóin Álfabakka, Sambíóin
Akureyri
Shooter
Laugarásbíó, Selfossbíó, Sambíóin
Álfabakka
Das Leben der Anderen
Regnboginn
Next
Háskólabíó, Sambíóin Keflavík
Goal 2
Sambíóin Kringlunni, Sambíóin Aku-
reyri
The Reaping
Sambíóin Kringlunni, Sambíóin Álfa-
bakka
The Hoax
(May 25)
Pirates of the Caribbean:
At Worlds End
(May 25)
Reykjavík Shorts and Docs Festi-
val Tjarnarbíó (May 25 – 28)
Movie Theatres
Regnboginn, Hverfisgata 54
101 Reykjavík, Tel. 551-9000
Háskólabíó, Hagatorg
107 Reykjavík, Tel. 525-5400
Laugarásbíó, Laugarás
104 Reykjavík, Tel. 565-0118
Smárabíó, Smáralind
201 Kópavogur, Tel. 564-0000
Sambíóin, Álfabakki 8
109 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin, Kringlan 4-12
103 Reykjavík, Tel. 575-8900
Sambíóin Akureyri, Ráðhústorg
600 Akureyri, Tel. 461-4666
Nýja-Bíó, Hafnargata 33
230 Reykjanesbær, Tel. 421-1170
Selfossbíó, Eyrarvegur 2
800 Selfoss, Tel. 482-3007
Events
San Francisco Ballet
18.05 – 20.05 The San Francisco Ballet
is the oldest ballet company in the US.
Artistic Director Helgi Tómasson has
created a show specially designed for
an Icelandic audience, based on some
of the ballets Tómasson has choreo-
graphed for his company. In conjunc-
tion with this event, an exhibition of
Helgi Tómasson’s career and the San
Francisco Ballet’s history will open in
the foyer of the Reykjavik City Theatre
on May 16.
Reykjavík City Theatre, Listabraut 2.
Opera by Hafliði Hallgrímsson
18.05 Icelandic Symphony Orchestra
and eight solo singers perform Die
Wält der Zwischenfälle, an opera
by Hafliði Hallgrímsson. Described
by critics as an absurdist classic, the
opera has been staged in Vienna and
Lübeck. Its Icelandic premiere will take
place at Háskólabíó on May 18. The
concert starts at 19:30.
Háskólabíó Concert Hall, at Hagatorg.
Britain and Europe: The Emo-
tional Deficit
18.05 History professor Peter Hennes-
sy will lecture on Britain’s stand on
the merger in Europe. Hennessy is a
professor at the Queen Mary, Universi-
ty of London and among the most re-
spected scholars in Britain. The lecture
is open to everyone free of charge.
University of Iceland, Oddi room 101
from 12-13.
Festival of Nations
31.05 – 10.06 The annual arts and
cultural festival, The Bright Days, will
be held in the town of Hafnarfjörður
from May 31 to June 10 this year. One
of the events is a Multi-lingual Singing
Contest and the Intercultural Centre is
looking for contestants to participate
in the contest, which will take place in
the Hafnarfjörður Theatre on June 2.
If interested see www.ahus.is
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www.gljufrasteinn.is
The annual music festival Eyjafest will
take place at three different venues
in the Westmann Island from May
25 to 26. Don’t let a short flight to
the island keep you from the music
extravaganza as this years year’s line-
up is guaranteed to attract a mixed
crowd of pop and rock lovers who
can choose from an extensive list of
diverse participants, featuring both
popular as well as less known bands.
Among confirmed artists, in no spe-
cial order, are Jan Mayen, Nilfisk,
Foreign Monkeys, Weapons, Leaves,
Awful Truth, Johnny and the Rest,
Árni and Védís, Magnús Kuwahara,
Parallel Delusion, Hoffman, Jack Lon-
don, Coral, Motýl, Andrúm, Noise,
Envy of Nona, Wulfgang and Brain
Police. The party starts at club Prófas-
turinn on Friday night and won’t start
winding down before early Saturday
morning.
For more info see www.myspace.
com/eyjafest
Eyjafest 2007
Vestmannaeyjar – May 25 - 26