Reykjavík Grapevine - 05.11.2010, Síða 36

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GALLERIES & MUSEUMS IN OCTOBER & NOVEMBER
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
OPENINGS
ASÍ Art Museum
Áslaug Thorlacius and Finnur Arnar
Opening November 27
Bíó Paradís
Eins og við værum / As If We Existed
November 14, 20:00
Experimental film screening
Gallery Auga fyrir Auga
Dancing on the Top
Brian Sweeney
Runs til November 21
Gallery Ágúst
David Örn Halldórsson
Faunalitir
Opens November 6, 16:00
Gallery Fold
Art auction
November 8
Gallery Kling & Bang
Funcktius/Fungus/Funnus
Ingirafn Steinarsson
Opens November 6, 17:00
Gerðuberg
There´s a flower that grows in the
west
Opens November 11
Watercolours and paintings by Svava
Sigríður Gestsdóttir.
The Icelandic Printmakers Associa-
tion
The Illustration Book of Human
Beasts in Colour
November 20 - December 5
By Jón Henry Garðarsson.
The National Gallery of Iceland
Karl Kvaran Retrospective
Opens November 17
Nordic House
Ting - Nordisk kulturfestival
October 28 - November 7
For more info see www.norraenahusid.
is/ting
Reykjavík Art Museum
Hafnarhús
Erró - Collage: Gallery Talk
November 14, 15:00
D18: Gallery Talk
November 21, 15:00
Artist talk with Bjarni massi.
Symposium - Alternative North -
Aspects of Contemporary Art in
Scandinavia.
November 5-7
Talk on Scandinavian contemporary
art organized in collaboration with the
Nordic House, Living Art Museum and
Center for Icelandic Art. In English
Kínóklúbbur Film Screening.
November 11, 20:00
Free entry.
Peace and Cross Culture
November 28, 15:00
Cross-cultural workshop for children and
adults.
Kjarvalsstaðir
New Acquisitions 2005-2010
Exhibition of some of the 800 new art
acquisitions collected during the past
five years.
Opens November 20
New Acquisitions Conference
December 5 , 15:00
Directed by Jón Proppé.
The Living Art Museum
Art discussion with Bjarni H. Þóra-
rinsson, Guðmundur Oddur-Goddur
and Jón Proppé.
November 10, 20:00
Icelandic Language Day
November 16, 20:00
Performances focusing on well known
Icelandic visual artists who use lan-
guage in their art.
Symposium
November 27, 11:00 - 14:00
Language-based visual art, directed by
Jón Proppé
Reykjavík City Theatre
Transaquania - Into Thin Air
Nov 7, 14, 21 at 20:00
Dance performance.
ONGOING
ART67
Artótek
Stella Sigurgeirsdóttir
Runs until November 21
Árbæjarsafn / Reykjavík City Mu-
seum
Guided Tours
Runs until May 31, 2011
Guided tours Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 1 pm.
Exhibitions running year round on the
history of Reykjavik and Iceland life.
ASÍ Art Museum
Contemporaneous East and West
Runs until November 21
Exhibition by Erla Þórarinsdóttir. Mixed
media exhibition inspired by the artist ś
travels through India and China as a
Westerner.
The Culture House
Medieval Manuscripts
Runs until January 2011
Icelanders
Ongoing exhibition
Exhibit featuring a selection of photo-
graphs from the book
"Icelanders" by Unnur Jökulsdóttir and
Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson.
Iceland::Film
Ongoing exhibition
Traces the evolution of Icelandic film-
making, exploring myths
versus modernity.
Cinema Nr. 2
The Eruption!
Monday - Friday 16:00 & 16:30
Ongoing all winter
Þorsmörk - The Hidden Valley of Þór
Monday - Friday 17:00
Ongoing all winter
Icelandic nature films.
The Dwarf Gallery
Ongoing Exhibition
An independent art gallery with ongo-
ing exhibitions. It ś located in an old
basement. Do you really need to know
anymore than that?
The Einar Jónsson Museum
The work of sculptor Einar Jónsson.
Gallery Crymo
Haven
Runs until 11 November
Exhibitions by Sigurður Atli Sigurðs-
son, Una Baldvinsdóttir and Þorgerður
Ólafsdóttir
Gallery Fold
Mystery of the East and West
Runs until November 14
Exhibition by Marta Rosolska
Gerðarsafn
Last Days of the Arctic/Lagoon of
the Whights.
Runs until November 28
Photographs by Ragnar Axelsson.
Sculptures by Gerður Helgadóttir
Runs until November 28
Lower Floor
Gerðuberg, Kópavogur
Hávamál
Runs until January 16
Exhibition of the illustrations by Kristín
Ragna Gunnarsdóttir for Þórarinn
Eldjárn ś forthcoming children ś edition
of Hávamál. Hávamál
Gljúfrasteinn Laxness Museum
Gljúfrasteinn was the home and work-
place of Halldór Laxness (winner of the
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1955).
Hafnarborg
Paintings of Icelandic Flora.
Runs until January 2, 2011
By Eggert Pétursson
Tight
Runs until January 2, 2011
Exhibition by The Icelandic Love Corpo-
ration.
The Icelandic Printmakers Associa-
tion
Shells - Fragments
Runs til November 14
By Ásdís Sigurþórsdóttir
Iðnó
Cellophane
20:00 Sundays and Thursdays
Comedy show.
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Ignacio Uriarte
Runs until November 27
Island Viðey
Imagine Peace Tower
Light sculpture in remembrance of John
Lennon. Lit until December 8
The Library Room
National Archives of Iceland - 90 years
in the museum building.Commemorat-
ing the 100th anniversary of the Culture
House.
The Living Art Museum
Bjarni H. Þórarinsson
Visio-Congress: Overview and Exposi-
tion
Runs until November 21
Mokka
If I Can Dream Season of the Sun
Runs until December 2
Museum of Design and Applied Art
Sigríðar Heimisdóttir
Runs until January 30, 2011
The National Gallery of Iceland
Imported Landscapes
Runs until November 7
Photos by Pétur Thomsen tracing
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Lennon Tribute
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