Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2009, Qupperneq 29

Reykjavík Grapevine - 14.08.2009, Qupperneq 29
www.artmuseum.is T +354 590 1200artmuseum@reykjavik.is F +354 590 1201 Listasafn Reykjavíkur Reykjavik Art Museum Kjarvalsstaðir Flókagata, open daily 10–17 Louisa Matthíasdóttir. Erró. Hafnarhús Erró – Portraits 28 May 2009 – 13 August 2010 Ásmundarsafn Rhyme 1 May 2009 – 30 April 2010 Kjarvalsstaðir From Unuhús to West 8th Street 15 May – 30 August 2009 Free admission Eirún Sigurðardóttir. Ásmundur Sveinsson. Hafnarhús Tryggvagata, open daily 10–17 Thursdays 10–22 The Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum Sigtún, open daily 10–16 Free guided tours in English every Thursday at 11 a.m. Outside Reykjavik | Venue finder Keflavík Suðsuðvestur www.sudsudvestur.is Hafnargata 22 230 Reykjanesbær 421-2225 Hafnarfjörður Hafnarborg www.hafnarborg.is Strandgata 34 220 Hafnarfjörður 585-5790 Borgarnes The Icelandic Settlement Centre www.landnam.is Brákarbraut 13-15 310 Borgarnes 437-1600 Stykkishólmur Vatnasafnið / Library of Water Akureyri Akureyri Art Museum www.listasafn.akureyri.is Kaupvangsstræti 12 600 Akureyri 461 2610 Populus Tremula poptrem.blogspot.com/ Kaupvangsstræti 12 600 Akureyri Kunstraum Wohnraum Ásabyggð 2 600 Akureyri Mývatn Mývatnsstofa Egilsstaðir Sláturhúsið Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell www.skaftfell.is Austurvegur 42 710 Seyðisfjörður 472-1632 Hveragerði LÁ Art www.listasafnarnesinga.is Austurmörk 21 210 Hveragerði 483-1727 Inga María Mokka. August 10 – September 10 Menningarnótt // Culture Night All over Reykjavík Saturday, August 22nd Simple and other-worldly, Inga María’s creatures of disproportionate limbs and disconcerting glares are on display for the next month. Skirting the line between delight and horror, her animals recall the illustrations of early 20th Century children’s fantasy novels. As a freelance artist, she has worked with different mediums, such as coal, clay and copying machines, and has contributed illustrations to the Reykjavík Grapevine. In this exhibit, wildlife photography acted as the catalyst to create these wonderfully curious and fascinatingly grotesque beasts. RL Arguably the biggest festival of the party-packed Icelandic summer calendar, Menningarnótt or Culture Night, is taking over the city on Saturday August 22nd with an endless list of things to see and do and participate in running throughout the day. This is one day of the year on which galleries roll out their best exhibits and stay open late, museums offer extended visitation hours and art, music and dance happenings are everywhere! This is a big deal of an event and all the art venues, stores, restaurants and bars treat it as such and put on their party dresses to serve up a good time for locals and tourists, young and old. The theme of Menningarnótt 2009 is “The Houses in the Town” and will shine a spotlight on the variety of lovely homes in Reykjavík. Some of the highlights of Menningarnótt 2009 include the opening ceremony with Reykjavík’s mayor, HannaBirna Krisjánsdóttir at Hljómskálinn; the transformation of Kaffi Hljómanlind into Fjallkonan, the first woman-run restaurant in Reykjavík; British graffiti artists Jiroe and Odisy doing what they do in the alley adjacent to Prikið with Maggi Noem and a crew of DJ’s setting the scene; and, of course, a Jam Wagon, because jam just tastes better when served from a '68 Emmaljunga pram. Now that some semblance of night has returned to the late-hours, Menningarnótt will be capped off with a stunning fireworks display to put all others in Europe to shame, the grandeur of which is rivalled only by the fireworks frenzy that ringing in the new year in Reykjavík is famous for. The fireworks display also marks the point at which the kiddies are carted off to their cosy beds so the rest of us can get down to the serious business of post-Menningarnótt partying. There will also be waffles. For all the details take a gander at menningarnott.is or the complete Menningarnótt program in the very publication you are enjoying right now. How convenient!

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