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ASÍ Art Museum
Feb 10
Sara and Svanhildur Vilbergsdottir
Exhibition
The sisters Sara and Svanhildur Vil-
bergsdottir combine forces in painting.
They have different approaches to the
subject but together they come to a
result that is often a wonderland in
which unexpected things happen.
More info: www.listasafnasi.is
Runs until March 4
Borgarleikhúsið
Feb 04, Feb 12, Feb 26
20:00 Minus 16
New dance performance
3800 ISK
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Feb 4
Glittering Firn
An exhibition of works by Páll
Guðmundsson, sculptor and artist,
dedicated to the late author, Thor
Vilhjálmsson
Runs until April 4
Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Feb 05
Desire
An exhibition of oil paintings by Lilja
Þorsteinsdóttir
Runs until April 15
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Feb 10
Milestones: Sigurjón Ólafsson's
Key Sculptures
Opening at Museum Night in Reykjavík
at 19:00.
Guided tour at 20:00 and 22:00
Exhibition with some of Sigurjón Ólafs-
son's key works from different periods
of his prolific career as a sculptor. The
earliest work on the exhibition is a
newly acquired relief of two sisters
which he made at his first year at the
Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen.
This relief has not been exhibited in
Iceland before
Runs until October 1
7factory Gallery
Feb 11
CHRO-MOTION | HULDA HLÍN
MAGNÚSDÓTTIR
The exhibition runs until March 10 and
is open weekdays from 10 - 16 and
Saturdays from 12 - 17. The exhibition
is a visual journey through the world of
colors
Runs until March 11

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The Culture House
Medieval Manuscripts Eddas and
Sagas
It includes principal medieval manu-
scripts, such as Codices Regii of the
Poetic Edda and Prose Edda, and law
codices and Christian works, not to
forget the Sagas of Icelanders.
On permanent view
Child of Hope - Youth and Jón
Sigurósson
Exploring the life of Icelandic national
hero Jón Sigurjónsson, made espe-
cially accessible to children, families,
and school groups
On permanent view
Medieval Manuscripts - Eddas and
Sagas
Some of Iceland's medieval manu-
scripts on display. Guided tour in
English on Mondays & Fridays at 15:00
On permanent view
Millennium - phase one
Selection of pieces from the collection
of the National Gallery displaying a
variety of works by Icelandic artists in
the last two centuries.
On permanent view
The Library Room
The old reading room of the National
Birds Of A Feather
… and of the same name
The Birdcage series
February 7, 21:00
Café Rósenberg
Price: 1500 ISK
In most cases when a musician finds
another artist operating under the same
name, they take the cue to come up
with an alter ego (see: David Bowie).
But it can also lead to fortuitous pair-
ings and serendipitous encounters,
as is the case with musicians Margrét
Kristín Sigurðadóttir (Magga Stína, also
known as Fabúla), and Margrét Kristín
Blöndal (aka Magga Stína). In addition
to sharing the same name, they grew
up in the same neighbourhood and
went to the same music schools, but
somehow never properly met until last
year.
The pair will be doing us the great hon-
our of performing together at the next
installment of The Birdcage concert
series, hosted by FTT with collaborators
Rás 2 and Yours Truly. We got in touch
with Fabúla to get the skinny.
So how did you two meet and come
to collaborate?
A 200-year old composer brought us
together last year. We attended the
same "classical composition" course
at the Iceland Academy of the Arts
and were assigned to do a lecture on
Beethoven together. So after a passion-
ate study of our beloved composer, and
a lot of laughs after sleepless nights,
we got to know each other pretty well!

Have you ever taken part in a col-
laboration like this one before?
What drew you to the experience?
Never exactly like this, when someone
else decides to put different songwrit-
ers together on a stage. This Birdcage
idea is fun, putting together people
with different styles or at different ages
that have never played together before
and seeing what comes out of it.

What can we look forward to about
your performance?
We will do our own stuff and perform
each other’s songs as well. That is the
really fun part. We will also do a song
or two together.
What are you looking forward to the
most?
I'm hoping for an evening of unpre-
dictable moments. We have to throw
ourselves off the cliff and take the
audience with us. Don't worry about the
landing; it's the flight that matters.
Do you hope to play more together
after the show?
Well this will start as a one-night stand,
but you never know
-Rebecca Louder
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OPEN FOR LUNCH WEEKDAYS 11:30 - 14:00
OPEN EVERY EVENING 18:00 - 23:30
i8 Gallery
Tryggvagata 16
101 Reykjavík
Iceland
info@i8.is
T: +354 551 3666
www.i8.is
JANICE
KERBEL
BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON
ÓLAFUR ELÍASSON
HREINN FRIDFINNSSON
KRISTJÁN GUDMUNDSSON
SIGURDUR GUDMUNDSSON
ELÍN HANSDÓTTIR
RONI HORN
RAGNAR KJARTANSSON
EGGERT PÉTURSSON
FINNBOGI PÉTURSSON
RAGNA RÓBERTSDÓTTIR
EGILL SAEBJÖRNSSON
KARIN SANDER
HRAFNKELL SIGURDSSON
IGNACIO URIARTE
ÍVAR VALGARDSSON
THÓR VIGFÚSSON
LAWRENCE WEINER
9 February - 17 March
i8 was founded in 1995 and represents an eclectic mix of
Icelandic and international contemporary artists.
Opening hours: Tuesday - Friday, 11-5pm, Saturday, 1-5pm.
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