Reykjavík Grapevine - 28.08.2009, Page 23

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GALLERIES & MUSEUMS
Cocktail pleasures and
Visual stimulation
How to use the listings
Venues are listed alphabetically by day.
For complete listings and detailed
information on venues visit
www.grapevine.is
OPENING
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER
29 5pm
ASÍ Art Museum
Directions and Non-Directions
Valgerður Hauksdóttir exhibits new
drawnigs and graphics. Artist talk
Sunday September 13th at 15:00.
Ongoing until September 20th.
2 8pm
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Arts and crafts at Café Gerðuberg
Knitting on the internet: Ragnheiður
Eiríksdóttir takes guests to the world
of knitting.
3 5pm
Reykjavík Art Museum
Hafnarhús
Erró - Japanese Love Letters
(1979-1980)
The series Japanese Love Letters is not
typical of Erró’s art.
ONGOING
The Culture House
Permanent exhibitions:
Medieval Manuscripts
March 28- Jan 10 2010
ICELAND::FILM
This exhibition traces for the first time
the development of Icelandic filmmak-
ing from its origins around 1904 to the
year 2008.
The Library Room.
Current exhibitions:
August 12 - ongoing
National Archives of Iceland - 90
years in the museum building.
Commemorating the 100th anniversary
of the Culture House.
Sheepskin, Saffian and Shirting
It shows the tools and equipment used
in book binding.
Exhibition Series:
Paintings by Hulda Viljálmsdóttir.
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Permanent exhibition: The work of
sculptor Einar Jónsson.
Gallery Agust
SHARP
Artist Andrea Maack introduces her
third perfume, Sharp, in an exhibition
that explores aspects of the fashion
industry while still connecting to the
art world.
Gerðarsafn Art Museum
(Kópavogur)
June 27 - Aug 31
The Kópavogur Art Museum Sum-
mer Exhibition
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
August 20th – October 18th
Headlines...
Caricatures by Halldór Baldursson
2007-2009
August 20th – October 11th
Stories without words
Ólöf Erla Einarsdóttir exhibits photo-
manipulated pictures
Gljúfrasteinn Laxness Museum
Gljúfrasteinn was the home and
workplace of Halldór Laxness (winner
of the Nobel Prize for Literature in
1955) and his family for more than half
a century. It has now been opened to
the public as a museum, unchanged
from when Laxness lived there.
Iðnó
September 6 - 12
The Reykjavík International Liter-
ary Festival 2009
The bi-annual festival is one of the ma-
jor literary events in Iceland and has
been attended by many of the world's
best known authors.
Kling & Bang Gallery
Object d´Art
Artist Kolbeinn Hugi Höskuldsson
exhibits his works.
Listasal Mosfellsbæjar (Mosfells-
bær)
Spjöld
Artist Kristín Jónsdóttir exhibits her
works.
Living Art Museum
Ongoing - Exhibitions from Runo
Lagomarsino, Yiva Westerlund and
Olivia Plender.
National Gallery of Iceland
Hidden Treasure: Treasures In
Public Possession?
Works from the three Icelandic state-
owned banks' collections, along with
some works from the National Gallery.
The National Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The Making of a Nation
Heritage and History in Iceland is
intended to provide insight into the
history of the Icelandic nation from the
Settlement to the present day.
Jan 31 - Nov 30.
Encounters.
Archaeological excavations at many
locations around Iceland have been
funded by Kristnihátíðarsjóður (the
Millennium Fund). Finds from some of
these excavations are on display in an
exhibition suitable for the whole family.
The Nordic House
Current exhibitions:
July 25- August 30
The Ocean,
Features exhibitions from photogra-
phers Bjarne Riesto, Helga Cl Theil-
gaard and Kaare Espolin Johnson.
September 6 - 12
The Reykjavík International Liter-
ary Festival 2009
The bi-annual festival is one of the ma-
jor literary events in Iceland and has
been attended by many of the world's
best known authors.
The Numismatic Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The Central Bank of Iceland and the
National Museum of Iceland jointly
operate a numismatic collection con-
sisting of Icelandic notes and coins.
Ráðhús Reykjavíkur
Dulin Himintungl
Kim Linnet exhibits her 360° panorama
photos of Iceland.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
Permanent exhibition:
The Settlement Exhibition
Reykjavík Art Museum
Asmundarsafn
May 2- April 30 2010
Rhyme - Works by Ásmundur
Sveinsson and contemporary art-
ists
This exhibition showcases contempo-
rary artists that tackle similar issues
as Ásmundur did in his time, but in the
context of a new age.
Reykjavík Art Museum
Hafnarhús
May 28- August 29 2010
Erró- Portrett-
A dedication to Erró.
Sept. 3 - Oct. 18
Children of Nature vs. Antichrists.
Consisting of twelve large paintings
of selected frames from films by Lars
von Trier and Friðrik Thor Friðriksson,
and a multi-media installation by Ari
Alexander Ergis Magnússon.
Sept. 3 - Oct. 18
D 13 Ingibjörg Birgisdóttir
The D project is a series of exhibitions
at Hafnarhus, drawing its name from
one of the museum’s galleries. For
the ongoing series, the Reykjavik Art
Museum commissions new work by
promising artists who have not had
prior private exhibitions in Iceland's
major museums.
Reykjavík Art Museum
Kjarvalsstaðir
May 15- August 30
The House of Una And West 8th
Street
The life of Icelandic artists Louisa
Matthiasdóttir and Nína Tryggvadóttir
and their connection with artists from
Iceland and New York.
May 09- August 30
Kjarval and Animals
An exhibition focusing on Kjarval's
depictions of animals.
May 15- August 30
Icelandic design, furniture, architec-
ture and product design.
August 16- September 1
The Reykjavík Jazz Festival
presents Ode To Jazz! An exhibition
featuring jazz in Icelandic art.
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
Current Exhibitions:
Living Museum by the Sea; Arterial
for Country and City; From Poverty to
Abundance; The Shark – Light and Life
Energy; Hidden Craftsman.
The Reykjavík Museum of Photog-
raphy
Current Exhibitions:
May 16 - Aug 30

Life isn't
just a game
− it's also a bed of roses...
Tryggvagata 15, 6th floor ·101 Reykjavík ·
Tel: 411 6390 · www.photomuseum.is
Opening hours 12 -19 Mondays - Fridays
13-17 Weekends · ADMISSION FREE
16.May - 29. August 2009
... and live football
on big screen.

Opening hours:
Sunday to Thursday at 11 am to 1 am
Weekends at 11 am to 3 am
Reykjavík International
Literary Festival
Here at the Grapevine we often promote
some music event or another that we’re
looking forward to and in states pure,
unbridled excitement we have been
known to use such terms as “expect shit
to get royally ripped up” and to liberally
reference bodily fluids and explosions
thereof. Despite what such examples
or our word craft may imply, we are a
highly intellectual and literate bunch
at this here publication and we are
seriously excited about the forthcoming
Reykjavík International Literary Festival
that will be going down at Iðnó and the
Nordic House from September 6th to
12th.
This year marks the ninth
instalment of the bi-annual event that
has, in twenty-four years, become
the most popular festival of its kind
in Iceland and well respected among
literary happenings in Europe. The
prestige of the Reykjavík International
Literary Festival has drawn such noted
wordsmiths as Haruki Murakami – a
favourite in the Grapevine offices –
Gunter Grass, Isabel Allende, Jose
Saramago, A. S. Byatt, Kurt Vonnegut,
Fay Weldon, and Paul Auster in previous
years. Joining the ranks this year are
ten Icelandic authors; 16 international
authors from the United States, Puerto
Rico, Kenya, Finland, Norway, Lithuania,
the Dominican Republic, Germany,
India, Iran and the Faeroe Islands; and
nine Griffin poets, including this years
prize winners Albert Frank Moritz and
Carolyn D. Wright.
The festival program features
daily readings by the authors at Iðnó
from commencement until the 11th,
and panel discussions and interviews
at the Nordic House on the 7th, 8th
and 9th. A concert titled “The Music
of Language” will be performed at the
Iðnó Theatre September 11th following
the day’s readings. Finally, the festival
will be wrapped September 12th with a
Publishers Symposium examining the
future of Icelandic publications and the
state of literature in the age of e-books,
among other things, and the Griffin
Poetry Prize event at the Nordic house
that afternoon, at which prize founder
Scott Griffin will address the crowd and
prize winners will present their works.
The weeklong event is a rare
chance to experience modern literature
from the mouths of its creators and
perhaps acquaint yourself with pieces
that you would otherwise not encounter.
It promises to be an enriching
experience. For more information on the
Reykjavík International Literary Festival
check out www.bokmenntahatid.is. CF