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GALLERIES & MUSEUMS IN DECEMBER
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
Art Gallery Fold
December 6, 18:00
Art Auction
December 12
Annual Christmas Exhibition
Glúfrasteinn
December 5/12/19, 16:00
Selected readings by various Icelandic
authors
Hlutverkasetur Borgatún 1
December 9,10,11,12
Art of Living - Yes+!'
Meditation, breathing and yoga.
Contact: artoflivingiceland@gmail.com
Hugmyndahús, Grandagarði 2
Opens December 18, 17:00
Various artists of Hugmyndahús exhibit
their work.
Kling and Bang
December 10, 20:00
múm video exhibition. Videos by Ingib-
jörg Birgisdóttir and Lilja Birgisdóttir.
Performance by múm.
December 17
múm video exhibition
December 16 - December 19
Christmas Bazaar
Monday - Friday 16:00 - 22:00, Sat/Sun
12:00 to 22:00
January 6, 21:00
Kling and Bangs celebrate Epiphany.
Nútimalist Galeria,
Skólavörðustígur 3a
Opens December 4
Photography Exhibition by Valdís Thor
Kinoklúbbar @ Hafnarhús
20:00 Leighton Pierce shorts on 16mm
Kinoklúbbar @ Bíó Paradís
20:00 Tom Palazzolo 16mm shorts
600ISK
Spark Design Space
December 4, 17:00
'Manifestations' Launch
Book/CD/DVD by collective of Icelandic
and Norwegian Artists
ONGOING
ASÍ Art Museum
Áslaug Thorlacius and Finnur Arnar
Runs until December 19
Árbæjarsafn / Reykjavík City Mu-
seum
Guided Tours
Runs until May 31, 2011
Guided tours Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 1 pm.
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 Auga Fyrir Auga
Not of this World. Photo exhibition by
Inga Sólveir Friðjónsdóttir
Runs until December 11
Gallery Ágúst
David Örn Halldórsson
Faunalitir
Runs until December 23
Gerðarsafn
Gerðuberg, Kópavogur
There´s a flower that grows in the
west
Runs until January 16
Watercolours and paintings by Svava
Sigríður Gestsdóttir.
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.
Iðnó
Cellophane
20:00 Sundays and Thursdays
Comedy show.
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.
Museum of Design and Applied Art
Sigríðar Heimisdóttir
Runs until January 30, 2011
The National Gallery of Iceland
Karl Kvaran Retrospective
Runs until February 13 ,2011
Strides
Runs until December 31, 2012
A selection of the Gallery's collection
from the 20th and 21st
century.
The National Museum
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.
Ráðhús Reykjavíkur
Dulin Himintungl
Kim Linnet exhibits her 360° panorama
photos of Iceland.
The Settlement Exhibition
Permanent exhibition.
Reykjavík Art Museum
Ásmundarsafn
Ásmundarsafn
"I choose blossoming women..." Woman
as Symbol in the Art of
Ásmundur Sveinsson
Runs until April 17 2011
Sleep Light
Runs until April 17, 2011
Multimedia installation by Ráðhildur
Ingadóttir.
Thoughts In Forms
Runs until April 17, 2011.
The workshop of sculptor Ásmundur
Sveinsson, recreated.
“I choose blossoming women …”
Runs until April 17, 2011
Woman as Symbol in the Art of Ásmun-
dur Sveinsson.
Hafnarhús
Mel Ramos
Erró – Collage
Runs until August 28, 2011
A holistic selection of Erró‘s collages
from Reykjavik Art Museum‘s Erró col-
lection.
D18 –
Runs until January 9, 2011
Exhibits by Bjarni Massi.
Erró - Collage
Runs until August 28 2011
Power has a Fragrance
Runs until January 9, 2011
Exhibitions by Gardar Eide Einarsson.
Kjarvalsstaðir
Kjarval – Key works
Runs until January 16, 2011
Extensive collection of works by
Jóhannes S. Kjarval.
Pastime
3 November 2010 - 9 January 2011
Ágúst Jónsson exhibits abstract paint-
ings in the cafeteria.
The Loooooong Serpent
31 October - 13 March
Exhibition of Norse Mythology
Reykjavik Maritime Museum
The Coast Guard vessel Óðinn
Permanent exhibition
The Óðinn took part in all three Cod
Wars and is open for
exhibition.
Reykjavik Museum of Photography
A Considered View
Runs until January 9, 2011
Photographs of Wayne Gudmundson.
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