Reykjavík Grapevine - 04.07.2008, Síða 46

B6 | The Reykjavík Grapevine | Issue 09 2008
Listings
4 March – 7 September
A Date with Collectors III: All of the
exhibition pieces are connected
with music in one way or another!
Hitt Húsið - Gallery Tukt
Pósthússtræti 3-5
www.hitthusid.is
Every Friday this summer will be
a “Fantastic Friday” where Hitt
Húsið’s Creative Summer Groups
storm the streets in an attack of art
between 12 AM and 2 PM.
i8 Gallery
Klapparstígur 33
Tue–Fri 11–17
Sat 13–17 and by appointment
www.i8.is
July 10 – August 9
Exhibition by Hamish Fulton
Living Art Museum
Laugavegur 26
Wed, Fri–Sun 13–17
Thu 13–22
www.nylo.is
Current exhibition:
Dieter Roth’s Bookwork Exhibition
The Lost Horse Gallery
Skólastræti 1
Open on weekends from 13- 19
and by appointment on weekdays.
www.this.is/subaqua/losthorse.
html
Jun 17 – July 22
Independence Day Painting
Exhibition (Curated by Davíð Örn
Halldórsson and Alexander Zak-
lynsky): Features works by a group
of Icelandic painters
The National Film Archive of
Iceland
Hvaleyrarbraut 13
www.kvikmyndasafn.is
The National Film Archive of
Iceland screens old movie classics
and masterpieces twice a week for
500 ISK per ticket.
The National Gallery of Iceland
Fríkirkjuvegur
Tue–Sun 11–17
Free Entrance
www.listasafn.is
July 10 – September 28
Exhibition: Highlight of Icelandic
Art
The National Museum
Suðurgata 41
Open daily 10–17
natmus.is
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Nation
June 6 – January 21
Over the Ocean and Home: Icelan-
dic artefacts from Sweden.
May 16 – Sept 14
Endurkast (Reflection): Coop-
erative photography exhibition
between eight Icelandic photogra-
phers.
May 16 – Sept 14
In the Mist: Exhibition by French
photographer Thomas Humery.
May 15 – Sept 1
Lífshlaup: Cooperative project
between The University of Iceland
and the National Museum.
The Nordic House
Sturlugata 5
Tue–Sun 12–17
www.nordice.is
June 14 – August 31
An exhibition celebrating the 40th
anniversary of the Nordic House.
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 consisting of Icelandic
notes and coins.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Aðalstræti 16
Open daily 10–17
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Gallery
Skúlagata 28
Open from Tuesday through Sun-
day 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 – August 10
The Shape of Line
A new retrospective of works by
Ásmundur Sveinsson. The exhibi-
tion focuses on abstract works
from 1945 onwards.
Reykjavík Art Museum
– Hafnarhús
Tryggvagata 17
Open daily 10–17 and on Thurs-
days 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 No-
where in Contemporary Icelandic
Art: This exhibition includes many
new works of photography and
video art by Iceland’s most out-
standing artists, building on their
disparate ideas about nature as a
phenomenon.
18 May – 20 July
I Hate Nature/Aluminati: Installa-
tion by Martha Schwartz
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 Kjar-
valsstaðir’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 Crafts-
man.
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
June 5 – July 29
The Lodgers: Photographs by
Anne Kathrin Greiner
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Laugarnestangi 70
Open Tue–Sun 14–17
Permanent exhibition:
Works of sculptor
Sigurjón Ólafsson.
July 8th at 20:30
Hungarian dances and Romantic
Music. Freyja Gunnlaugsdóttir
clarinet and Siiri Schutz piano.
July15th at 20:30
Performance by Sebastiano Brusco
on piano.
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