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on Erró’s use of heroes from the world
of comic strip
Feb 7 – Apr 27
Silence
Curator JBK Ransu has commis-
sioned four well-known visual artists,
Finnbogi Pétursson, Finnur Arnar Ar-
narson, Haraldur Jónsson and Harpa
Árnadóttir, to create an exhibition
which revolves around silence.
Mar 13 – Apr 27
Mutes – Speechless Kernels
Photographic exhibition by Sigurður
Guðmundsson
Mar 13 – Apr 27
D8: Exhibition by Gunnhildur Hauks-
dóttir
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Open Daily 10–17
Free entrance.
Jan 5 – Apr 6
Jóhannes Sveinsson Kjarval – From the
Museum’s Collection.
Jan 26 – Apr 6
Selected sculptures by Nína Sæmund-
son (1892-1965) from the Reykjavik Art
Museum’s collection.
Jan 26. – Apr 6
Mikines – A Retrospective
A retrospective of the work of the
distinguished Faroese painter Samuel
Joensen-Mikines.
Sep. 8 – Apr 6
Architecture at Eyelevel.
Curated by Guja Dögg Hauksdóttir.
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Grandagarður 8
www.sjominjasafn.is
Closed for renovations.
Reykjavík Museum
(Árbæjarsafn)
Kistuhylur 4
Open daily from 10–17
www.arbaejarsafn.is
Current exhibitions:
Building Techniques in Reykjavík
1840-1940; Disco and Punk – Differ-
ent cultures?; Christmas is Coming;
History of Reykjavík – from farm to
city; Memories of a House; Living and
Playing
The Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
Grófarhús, Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor
Weekdays 12–19
Sat–Sun 13–17
Free entrance
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Feb 14 – Apr 8
Memories in Photographs
Photographs by Guðmundur W Vil-
hjálmssom
Feb 23 – May 25
Places - From a Visual Diary (1988 –
2008)
Photographs by Einar Falur Ingólfsson
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Open Tue–Sun 14–17
Permanent exhibition:
Works of sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson.
Start Art / Art Shop
Laugavegur 12b
Tue-Sat 13 – 17
Free entrance
www.startart.is
Mar 6 - Apr 2
Exhibitions by Rósa Sigrún Jónsdóttir,
Hildur Margrétardóttir, Peter Anderson
and Edda Þórey Kristfinnsdóttir.
Apr 3 – Apr 30
Exhibitions by Mary Ellen Croteau,
Rafn Hafnfjörð and Aðalheiður Skar-
phéðinsdóttir.
Outside Reykjavík
Hafnarborg
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Mon.–Sun. 11–17
www.hafnarborg.is
Gljúfrasteinn
– Halldór Laxness museum
270 Mosfellsbær
Open daily except Mondays from
10–17.
Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg, Kópavogur
Open daily 11–17 except Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
Feb 23 – Mar 16
Press photos of the Year 2007
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 1–15, Borgarnes
Opening hours: May to Sep 10–20; Sep
to May 11–17.
www.landnam.is
Permanent exhibitions:
The Settlement of Iceland: The Saga of
Egill Skalla-Grímsson
Current theatre productions:
Brák – a monologue by Brynhildur
Gudjonsdottir
Mr. Skallagrímsson – a monologue by
Benedikt Erlingsson
Suðsuðvestur
Hafnargata 22, Keflavík
Thu.–Fri. 16–18
Sat.–Sun. 14–17
www.sudsudvestur.is
Mar 1 – Mar 30
Illusion’s Palace
Eyrún Aigurðardóttir 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
columns containing water gathered
from Iceland’s glaciers and glacial
rivers.
Sandgerði Museum
Gerðavegur 1, Sandgerði.
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An exhibition by photographer Einar
Falur Ingólfsson is currently on display
at the Reykjavík Museum of Photogra-
phy. Entitled ‘Places – From a Visual
Diary 1988 to 2008’ the exhibition fea-
tures the photographer’s diary for the
past two decades where the entries are
recorded with a camera rather than
a pen. As a photojournalist, Ingólfs-
son has travelled extensively around
the world and the collection of pho-
tographs document a broad range of
places, people and events the world
over.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography,
Tryggvagata 15 (6th floor)
Februart 23 – May 25
Photographic Diary
Art