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Events
Faroese Culture Festival
April 5
On April 5, a Faroese culture festival
takes place at the Reykjavík Art Muse-
um (Kjarvalsstaðir) from 14:00 – 18:00.
The festival is connected to the exhi-
bition by Faroese landscape painter
Mikines, which closes on April 6. The
programme includes a walk through
Mikines’s exhibition with art histo-
rian Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson, a concert
by Faroese trio Katrín Petersen, Leivi
Thomsen and Bjarki Meitel, food sam-
ples, a dance and puppet show for the
whole family and much more. For more
info see: www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
Reykjavík Art Museum (Kjarvalsstaðir),
at Flókagata
Reykjavík Documentary
Workshop
April 17 and 19
On April 17, respected director John Ap-
pel will lecture on how to write scripts
for documentaries. The lecture takes
place at the Reykjavík Art Museum
(Hafnarhúsið) and is organised by the
Reykjavík Documentary Workshop and
The Icelandic Film Makers Association.
A workshop designed specifically for
people in the movie business will be
held on April 19, also at Hafnarhúsið.
Entry is free for the lecture but partici-
pation in the workshop costs 8,000 ISK
and applications must be sent to info@
rdw.is before April 6. For more info see:
www.rdw.is
Reykjavík Art Museum, Tryggvagata 17
Reinventing Harbour Cities
April 25
CIA.is (Centre for Icelandic Art), in co-
operation with the Iceland Academy
of the Arts and Nordic House, has or-
ganised the conference ‘Reinventing
Harbour Cities: Urban Planning and
Art in Public Space’ (in English) aimed
at opening up discussion of urban de-
velopment and the role of art in pub-
lic spaces of harbour cities. A special
emphasis is placed on the role of art-
ists to help shape public space. The
development, privatisation and chang-
ing identities of harbour cities such as
Reykjavík present critical challenges
for urban planners as well as for artists
living and working within these cities.
Among speakers are Adriaan Geuze
(West 8, Rotterdam), James Corner
(Field Operations, New York), Jürgen
Bruns-Berentelg (HafenCity, Ham-
burg), Kjetil Thorsen (Snøhetta, Oslo),
Ólafur Elíasson (Berlin, Copenhagen),
Ute Meta Bauer (MIT, Cambridge) and
Vito Acconci (New York). The confer-
ence takes place at The Nordic House
on April 25 from 18:00 - 20:30 and May
10 from 10:00 – 17:00. For more info see:
www.cia.is/news/conference.htm
The Nordic House, Sturlugata 5
Equality and Diversity
April 25
A symposium on equality and diversity
will take place at the University of Ice-
land on April 25 from 13:00 – 17:00. The
symposium is hosted by the University
of Iceland’s Equal Rights Committee,
the Iceland University of Education’s
Equal Rights Committee and the Centre
for Women’s and Gender Studies at the
University of Iceland. Equality will be
discussed from various vantage points,
and the aim is to create a dialogue be-
tween scholars, students, administra-
tive staff and others interested in equal-
ity issues.
Askja, the Natural Sciences Building at
the University of Iceland
Israel-Palestine Cinema
First Tuesday of each month
The Iceland-Palestine Association
hosts a screening of films related to the
Israel-Palestine situation. The screen-
ings are at Café Cultura inside the Inter-
cultural Centre, at 20:00 the first Tues-
day of each month. For more info see:
www.palestina.is
The Intercultural Centre, Hverfisgata 8
Open House at the Intercultural
Centre
Every Friday night
The Intercultural Centre plays host to
intercultural meetings every Friday at
22:00. The concept is to bring foreign-
ers and Icelanders together, and to give
them the opportunity to get to know
other people and to share experiences.
The meetings feature plenty of activi-
ties that allow attendees to stir things
up into a nice cultural broth. Entrance
is free.
The Intercultural Centre, Hverfisgata
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Fashion at the Pharmacy
Music
Tonight, April 4, 10 students that make
up the second year in fashion design
at the Iceland Academy of the Arts
will celebrate springtime with a grand
fashions show at the newly renovated
downtown club Apótekið. This is an
annual event, perfect for the public to
view current designs and future fash-
ion trends while sampling some drinks
at the bar.
The show starts at 21:00 and ends
with a party, featuring glamrock five-
piece Grasrætur and DJ duo Ta!Ta!Ta!,
who will make sure everyone will
dance the night away. Fashion, music
and cocktails, a perfect Friday night
combo.
Apótekið, Austurstræti 16
Friday, April 4
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is T +354 590 1200 listasafn@reykjavik.is F +354 590 1201
Listasafn Reykjavíkur
Reykjavik Art Museum
Open daily 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Thursdays to 10 p.m.
Sigurður Guðmundsson
Mutes
Silence
Finnbogi Pétursson
Finnur Arnar Arnarson
Haraldur Jónsson
Harpa Árnadóttir
Curator JBK Ransú
Erró
Superheroes
D–8
Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir
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