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The Mirror has no Imagination
Kristján Björn Þórðarson exhibition.
This is the first exhibition at Gal-
lery Kling & Bang’s new location on
Hverfisgata 42. Everyone is welcome to
celebrate the opening on March 8. The
party starts at 17:00.
Gallery Turpentine
Ingólfsstræti 5
Tue–Fri 12–18
Sat 11–16
www.turpentine.is
Mar 7 – Mar 22
Bernd Koberling exhibition
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Gerðuberg 3–5
Mon–Thu 11–17
Wed 11–21
Thu–Fri 11–17
Sat–Sun 13–16
www.gerduberg.is
Mar 4 – Apr 20
A Date with Collectors III
All of the pieces exhibited are con-
nected with music in one way or
another
Mar 4 – Apr 20
Boginn gallery: a Vision of Seven
Lands
Artist María Loftsdóttir exhibits water-
colour paintings
Hitt Húsið - Gallery Tukt
Pósthússtræti 3-5
www.hitthusid.is
Mar 4 – Mar 12
Enchanted Trees
Exhibition by Jonny King
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue–Fri 11–17
Sat 13–17 and by appointment
www.i8.is
Feb 28 – Mar 29
Exhibition by Egill Sæbjörnsson.
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed, Fri–Sun 13–17
Thu 13–22
www.nylo.is
Feb 2 – May 2
Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir exhibition
The Lost Horse Gallery
Skólastræti 1
Open on weekends from 13- 19 and by
appointment on weekdays.
www.this.is/subaqua/losthorse.html
Mar 8 – Mar 31
Paul LaJeunesse exhibition. LaJeu-
nesse is an American artist who
primarily works with painting and
realism. He has studied landscape
painting and exhibits a collection of
pen and ink paintings of Icelandic
landscapes.
The National Film Archive of
Iceland
Hvaleyrarbraut 13
www.kvikmyndasafn.is
The National Film Archive of Iceland
screens old movie classics and mas-
terpieces twice a week for 500 ISK per
ticket.
The National Gallery of Iceland
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue–Sun 11–17
Free Entrance
www.listasafn.is
Feb 23 – May 1
La Duré
Group exhibition featuring Emmanu-
elle Antille, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir and
Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir. The artists
pay tribute to duration, the inner
experience of time, in their varied and
dissimilar approaches.
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10–17
natmus.is/
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Nation
Feb 8 – May 4
Two-thousand-and-eight
Photographer Vera Pálsdóttir exhibits
fashion photographs
Feb 8 – May 4
Exhibition based on Æsa Sigurjóns-
dóttir’s research on Icelandic fashion
from 1860 to 1960.
Oct 20 – May 2
Ancient carved piney-boards found
around the farm Bjarnastaðahlíð in
Skagafjörður.
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue–Sun 12–17
www.nordice.is/
Mar 8 – Apr 6
Nordic Thoughts from Mexico
Trine Ellitsgaard exhibition
The Numismatic Museum
Kalkofnsvegur 1
Open Mon–Fri 13:30–15:30.
Free admission.
Permanent exhibition:
The Central Bank of Iceland and the
National Museum of Iceland jointly
operate a numismatic collection con-
sisting of Icelandic notes and coins.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10–17
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture
Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10–16
Free entrance.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Current exhibition:
The Shape of Line
A new retrospective of works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson. The exhibition
focuses on abstract works from 1945
onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10–17 and on Thursdays
from 10 - 22
Free Entrance.
Feb 7 – Apr 27
Superheroes
Erró exhibition curated by Ólöf K.
Sigurðardóttir. The exhibition focuses
B4 | Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 03 2008 | Listings
Due to demolition plans on Laugaveg-
ur, the artist run gallery Kling & Bang
has been homeless for the past few
months. The many art lovers that have
flocked with anticipation to every Kling
& Bang openings in the past can cheer
up again, as the gallery has relocated
at Hverfisgata and will open their new
premises on March 8. Artist Kristján
Björn Þórðarson gets the pleasure to
bless the new location with an open-
ing exhibition. Entitled ‘The Mirror
has no Imagination,’ the exhibition is
described as a journey through the Na-
tional Park of the human spirit and the
walking paths of the mind. The open-
ing will be celebrated this Saturday and
everyone is welcome. The party starts
at 17:00.
Gallery Kling & Bang, Hverfisgata 42
March 8 – April 5
Kling & Bang Returns
Art
Upcoming concerts
tickets sold at www.sinfonia.is
or tel. 545 2500
All concerts take place in Háskólabíó.
fl group is the main sponsor of
the iceland symphony orchestra
THURSDAY, MARCH 13TH @ 7:30 PM
Conductor ::: Johannes Fritzsch
Soloists ::: Dorothee Jansen and Terje Stensvold
Choir ::: Söngsveitin Fílharmónía
Choir master ::: Magnús Ragnarsson
Bohuslav Martinu ::: Memorial to Lidice
Johannes Brahms ::: Ein Deutsches Requiem
SATURDAY, MARCH 29TH @ 14 PM
Conductor ::: Bernharður Wilkinson
Aaron Copland ::: Fanfare for the Common Man
Ludwig van Beethoven ::: Symphony nr. 5, 1st mvt
Maurice Ravel ::: Bolero
Sigvaldi Kaldalóns ::: A ride through the highlands
THURSDAY, APRIL 3RD @ 7:30 PM
Conductor ::: Carlos Kalmar
Soloist ::: Robert Levin
Antonín Dvorák ::: Othello, overture op. 93
Ludwig van Beethoven ::: Piano Concerto nr. 3
Richard Strauss ::: Don Quixote, op. 35
FRIDAY, APRIL 4TH @ 9 PM
a concert / party for young people
Beethoven ::: Piano Concerto nr. 3
THURSDAY, APRIL 10TH @ 7:30 PM
Conductor ::: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Soloists ::: Joan Rodgers (more to be announced)
The Reykjavík Opera Choir
Choir master ::: Garðar Cortes
Ludwig van Beethoven ::: Missa solemnis
easter concert
maximus musicus
- a family concert
a very special
guest
now listen!
a late masterpiece
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