Reykjavík Grapevine - 16.07.2010, Blaðsíða 28

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GALLERIES & MUSEUMS IN JULY
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
ONGOING
Árbæjarsafn / Reykjavík City Mu-
seum
Summer Program
June 1 to August 31
Outdoor heritage museum.
Art Gallery Fold
From The Bowels Of The Earth
Photography exhibition of the volcanic
eruptions in Iceland this year, which
brought photographers from all over the
world. Ongoing all summer.
ASÍ Art Museum
The Expression of Colour
Runs until August 29
Exhibition featuring 20th Century Icelan-
dic artists.
The Culture House
Medieval Manuscripts
Permanent Exhibition:
Icelanders
Runs until September.
Exhibit featuring a selection of pho-
tographs from the book "Icelanders"
by Unnur Jökulsdóttir and Sigurgeir
Sigurjónsson.
ICELAND :: FILM
Ongoing exhibition.
Traces the evolution of Icelandic
filmmaking, exploring myths versus
modernity.
The Nation and Nature
Thirty-minute film about the relationship
between humans and nature. Film plays
continuously during open hours.
Downtown Reykjavík
Reality Check, an outdoor exhibition
curated by Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir.
The Library Room
Ongoing exhibition
National Archives of Iceland - 90 years
in the museum building. Commemorat-
ing the 100th anniversary of the Culture
House.
The Living Art Museum
Old News
Project about information, media and
recycled, reprinted news. Initiated in
2004 by Danish curator Jacob Fabricius,
director of Malmö Kunsthalle in Sweden
The Dwarf Gallery
Ongoing exhibition.
An independent art gallery with ongoing
exhibitions. It ś located in an old base-
ment. Do you really need to know any
more than that?
The Einar Jónsson Museum
Permanent exhibition:
The work of sculptor Einar Jónsson.
Gallery Ágúst
Painting Site
Runs until July 24
Exhibit by Ingunn Fjola Ingðorsdottir.
Gljúfrasteinn Laxness Museum
Ongoing exhibition.
Gljúfrasteinn was the home and work-
place of Halldór Laxness (winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955).
Havarí
Runs until August 31.
Exhibiting work from The Icelandic Love
Corporation, Sigga Björg, Hugleik Dags-
son, Lindu Loeskow and Sara Riel.
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Elín Hansdóttir
Runs until August 21
Iðnó
Cellophane
English comedy show, every Thursday
and Sunday at 20:00. Shows from July 4
- July 22 are just 2900 ISK after that 3400
ISK.
Mokka
Ólan
Runs until July 22.
Painting exhibition by Einar Baldvin.
National Gallery of Iceland
Cindy Sherman - Untitled Film Stills
Runs until September 5.
American photographer Sherman plays
with female film fantasies in self-por-
traits.
Edvard Munch
Runs until September 5.
Prints in the collection of the National
Gallery.
Strides
Runs until December 31, 2012.
A selection of the Gallery's collection
from the 20th and 21st century.
The National Museum
Permanent exhibitions:
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.
Ása Wright - From Iceland to Trini-
dad
Collection of objects that belonged to
the adventuress Ása Guðmundsdóttir.
Embroidery of Life
Embroidery by Guðrún Guðmundsdóttir,
inspired by old manuscripts
The Nordic House
Memory Trigger
Runs until July 30
Co-Exhibition by Mbomyo and Marijo
Murillo.
Scissors for a Brush
Runs until August 15
Exhibition by papercut artist Karen Bit
Vejle.
Land Of Experiments
Runs until September 30
Interactive exhibit based on scientific
contraptions from Tom Tits Experimen-
tarium in Sweden. Play!
Ráðhús Reykjavíkur
Dulin Himintungl
Kim Linnet exhibits her 360° panorama
photos of Iceland.
Olgeir Andresson & Johann Smari
Runs until July 18
Photography exhibit from two winners of
the Photographer of the Year award.
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2
The Settlement Exhibition
Permanent exhibition:
Reykjavík Art Museum
Hafnarhús
Erró - Portrett - Dolls
Runs until August 29.
Collection of Erró's paintings and col-
lages of pre-war era dolls.
Vanitas
Runs until August 29.
Still-life in contemporary Icelandic art.
Curator's talk with Hafþór Yngvason on
June 6 at 15:00.
In the Collection of Imperfection
Runs til August 29.
Pieces from city archives and other
collections, gathered by Unnar Örn J.
Auðarson. Explores the nature of muse-
ums and archiving.
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