Reykjavík Grapevine - 06.06.2008, Qupperneq 37

Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Gallery
Skúlagata 28
Open from Tuesday through Sunday
14-18
Current exhibition:
Magnús Tómasson, Pétur Már
Pétursson and Tolli
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture
Museum
Sigtún
Open daily 10–16
Free entrance.
www.listasafnreykjavikur.is
May 20 2004 – August 10 2008:
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.
May 15 – August 24
Hafnarhús - Experimental Marathon
Reykjavík: Hafnarhús turns into a
major laboratory where leading artists,
architects, film-makers, and scientists
will create an environment of
invention through various experiments
and performances (in English).
Curated by Hans Ulrich Obrist and
Ólafur Elíasson.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Kjarvalsstaðir
Flókagata
Open Daily 10–17
Free entrance.
18 May – 31 August
Dreams of the Sublime and Nowhere
in Contemporary Icelandic Art:
This exhibition includes many new
works of photography and video art
by Iceland’s most outstanding artists,
building on their disparate ideas about
nature as a phenomenon.
18 May – 20 July
Martha Schwartz - I Hate Nature/
Aluminati
18 May – 31 August
Where Am I?: An exhibition in which
children and adults can contemplate
their planet, their country, and the
landmarks of their environment.
18 May – 31 December
Jóhannes S. Kjarval – Key Works: The
current exhibition in Kjarvalsstaðir’s
east gallery features key works from
the museum’s collection along with
works on loan from the Labor Unions’
Art Gallery and from the collection
of Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir and
Þorvaldur Guðmundsson.
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Grandagarður 8
www.sjominjasafn.is
Current Exhibitions:
Living Museum by the Sea; Arterial
for Country and City; From Poverty to
Abundance; The Shark – Light and Life
Energy; Hidden Craftsman.
Reykjavík Museum
(Árbæjarsafn)
Kistuhylur 4
Open daily from 10–17
www.arbaejarsafn.is
Current exhibitions:
Building Techniques in Reykjavík
1840-1940; Disco and Punk – Different
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
May 31 – Aug 31
Skovbo – Exhibtion by Viggo
Mortensen
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Open Tue–Sun 14–17
Permanent exhibition:
Works of sculptor Sigurjón Ólafsson.
Outside Reykjavík
Hafnarborg
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Mon–Sun 11–17
www.hafnarborg.is
May 29 – July 21
Hundrað (Hundred) – Photographic
exhibition featuring photographs
spanning over Hafnarfjörðurs 100 year
history
June 1 – July 21
Hafnfirðingar – Photographic
exhibition by Árni Gunnlaugsson
focusing on long time inhabitants of
Hafnarfjörður
Kópavogur Art Museum
– Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg, Kópavogur
Open daily 11–17 except Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
May 17 – June 8
Tværogein (Twoandone): Exhibition
by Kristín Geirsdóttir, Ólöf Einarsdóttir
and Kristín Garðarsdóttir
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.
Gljúfrasteinn
– Halldór Laxness museum
270 Mosfellsbær
Open daily except Mondays from
10–17.
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
Sat–Sun 13–17:30
www.sudsudvestur.is
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.
Jónas Viðar Gallery
Kaupvangsstræti 12, Akureyri
Fri–Sat 13–18
www.jvs.is/jvgallery.htm
Listings | Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 07 2008 | B5
As it has done every solstice since 1995,
the Viking Village in Hafnarfjörður is
putting on its annual Viking Festival:
a wild celebration of Icelandic pa-
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any stone unturned, the wide array of
events includes Viking storytelling,
pagan ritual, dancing, music, games,
nightly feasting and, in the true spirit
of the Berserker, the intermittent brawl.
No time machine necessary, only a ten-
minute drive from downtown Reykjavík
to this meticulously authentic extrava-
ganza of yore.
Viking Village Fjörukráin,
Strandgata 55, 220 Hafnarfjörður
June 12–18
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