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On display are selected graphic prints
and books by Swiss Dieter Roth,
one of the most important post-war
European artists and focuses on his
contributions to the print world. It is
divided into eleven periods covering
Dieter’s artwork from 1957 to 1993.
Runs until June 17
The Icelandic Phallological
Museum
The museum contains a collection of
more than two hundred and fifteen
penises and penile parts belonging to
almost all the land and sea mammals
that can be found in Iceland.
On permanent view
Kling & Bang
Delights, Doubts, Destruction
This exhibit features new work of vari-
ous designs by Margrét Helga Ses-
seljudóttir, Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir,
Loji Höskuldsson, Emma Heiðarsdóttir
and Sigurður Ámundason.
Runs until April 27
Museum of Design and Applied Art
‘Are You Ready, Madam President,’
The exhibition displays clothing and
other accessories from the wardrobe
of former Icelandic President Mrs.
Vigdís Finnbogadóttir and thereby
gives visitors a glimpse into Vigdís’
preferences in choosing her wardrobe
and style, and also the personal lives
and habits of heads of state.
Runs until October 5
National Gallery of Iceland
Form, Colour, Body: High Voltage /
Danger
The National Gallery of Iceland opens
a retrospective of painter Magnús
Kjartansson (1949–2006) who was
among the artists that bridged the gap
between formal postwar art – both
abstract and figurative – and post-
modernistic art in the '80s & '90s.
Runs until May 11
Treasures; Beasts in Cages
An exhibition of selected modern and
contemporary works from the collec-
tion of The National Gallery of Iceland,
based around pioneers of Icelandic
contemporary art – Jóhann Eyfells
(1923), Magnús Pálsson (1929) and
Dieter Roth (1930–1998) – with the
addition of works by the following
generations.
Runs until May 11
The National Museum of Iceland
The Making Of A Nation
This exhibition is intended to provide
insight into the history of the Icelandic
nation from the Settlement to the
present day.
On permanent view
The Old Harbour
Iceland Expo Pavillion
Every day from 10:00 to 22:00,
Sagafilms projects a film of Icelandic
scenery inside their Iceland Expo
Pavillion which provides a unique 360
degree movie experience.
On permanent view
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Ásmundarsafn
“I’ve Never Seen Figurative Electric-
ity”
The exhibition displays works by Ice-
landic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson
(1893-1982) along with new works by
nine Icelandic contemporary artists
with the aim to shed light on similari-
ties found in works of contemporary
art today.
Runs until April 27
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Hafnarhús
Cadences Of Line And Colour
Featuring works by over 30 artists, the
exhibition showcases art in the spirit
of “visual music.”
Runs until April 13
Erró: The World Today
The Reykjavík Art Museum’s already
large collection of paintings by Erró
has grown considerably in recent
years, as the artist continues to
donate his more recent works. These
pieces – including collages, oils,
watercolours and enamels – are cur-
rently on display.
Runs until August 24
Katrín Sigurðardóttir: Foundation
Katrín Sigurðardóttir’s large-scale
installation, which was Iceland’s
contribution to the 2013 Venice Bien-
nale, is comprised of a raised floor
which extends beyond the walls of the
exhibition space.
Runs until April 13
Reykjavík Art Museum -
Kjarvalsstaðir
Harro
The exhibition displays Finnish artist
Harro’s pop-art period, and presents
several of his best known works from
1968 to 1972. Harro’s art is particularly
relevant to current affairs because we
are living in a post-crisis period that
asks us to reevaluate our own values.
Runs until May 18
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson: Core
Core features a collection of large-scale
woven paintings made on a three
metre wide loom, including several
newly created pieces. The impressive
pieces were created on hand-dyed
woven silk thread.
Runs until May 18
The Seasons In Kjarval’s Art
Every season imbues the land with new
life, and every cloud sheds new colour
upon the mountains. This exhibit
focuses on land and saga merging in
the works of Jóhannes Kjarval.
Runs until October 12
The Reykjavík City Library
The collection centres around new
Nordic literature, both fiction and
nonfiction. The library lends out
novels, academic publications, audio
books and more.
On permanent view
Reykjavík City Museum
Reykjavík 871 +/- 2: The Settlement
Exhibition
Archaeological findings from ruins of
one of the first houses in Iceland and
other excavations in the city centre,
open daily 10:00-17:00.
On permanent view
Reykjavík Maritime Museum
From Poverty To Abundance
Photos documenting Icelandic fisher-
men at the turn of the 20th century.
On permanent view
The History of Sailing
Iceland's maritime history that show-
cases the growth of the Reykjavík
Harbour.
On permanent view
The Coast Guard Vessel Óðinn
This vessel sailed through all three Cod
Wars and has also served as a rescue
ship to over 200 ships.
On permanent view
Reykjavík Museum of
Photography
From A Different Angle: Photogra-
phy By Icelandic Women 1872-
2013
The exhibition features one hundred
pictures taken by Icelandic women
in the past 125 years, and showcases
what women have been doing in that
period. The pictures are sourced
both from amateur and professional
photographers.
Runs until May 11
Petites Pauses
This is the first of a series of exhibi-
tions in Kubbin (The Cube) where
photographers can share their images
through a projector. Number one is
“Petit Pause” by the French photogra-
pher Vincent Malassis. Vincent works
with realism and the traditional inter-
pretation seen in occidental painting.
Runs until May 9
//W//
Photographer Íris Dögg Einarsdóttir
and stylist Erna Bergman have joined
forces to create //W//. The exhibition
portrays photographs based around
the words "water" and "woman,"
reflecting femininity and birth with an
end result that is raw and romantic.
Runs until April 29
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Children At Play
An exhibition of sculptures from the
oeuvre of Sigurjón Ólafsson. The title
of the exhibition refers both to Sig-
urjón’s 1938 relief of the same name
and other works in the exhibition that
might awaken children and teen’s
interest in Sigurjón’s art.
Runs until May 11
Týsgallerí
5x8 Multiples
Týsgalleri displays a selection of mul-
tiples: Eight artists crafted an edition
of five customly made wooden boxes.
The participating artists are all well-
known in the Reykjavík art scene but
everyone is at a different stage of their
career.
Runs until April 10
The Flying Pencil
Týsgallerí displays three pieces of Ólöf
Helga Helgadóttir's recent work which
she made out of paper. Ólöf did a lot
of research on the material and ex-
plored its possibilities. She stretched
the limits of two dimensional artwork
and layered the paper in a sculptural
way, stuck together with glue.
Runs until April 13
Volcano House
The exhibition gives a brief overview of
Iceland’s geological history and volca-
nic systems with superb photographs
of volcanic eruptions and other mag-
nificent aspects of Icelandic nature.
On permanent view
ÞOKA
Raise A Flag
Almost a century ago Christian X, the
king of Denmark from 1912 to 1947,
approved the current Icelandic flag.
It’s time for a change, decided Hörður
Lárusson, the self-appointed chair-
man of an unofficial flag committee.
He aims to reinvent the flag and
give it a new design. Þoka exhibits
his sketched suggestions for a new
Icelandic flag.
Runs until April 6
Normal/Abnormal: Culture/Nature
SJÄLÖ 9's view on otherness.
The Nordic House | April 5 to 27. | Free!
SJÄLÖ 9 is an interdisciplinary scientific-art group that has
channelled their creative powers into an exhibition on the
poignant history of Själö, an island off the coast of Finland
where hundreds of physically, and then later mentally
infirm people were quarantined. The exhibition, through
strong images and shapes we can all recognise, focuses
on otherness, exclusion and what happens to those that fit
outside society’s arbitrary criteria of normality. SJÄLÖ 9 gives
insight into a time when certain practices we’d consider
immoral were mundane. FQL
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Hönnunarsafn Íslands
Museum of Design
and Applied Art
Garðatorg 1, Garðabær
Tel. +354 512 1525
Open 12–17
Closed on Mondays
www.honnunarsafn.is
Kópavogur
Art Museum-
Gerðarsafn
Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur
Tel. +354 570 0440
Open 11–17
Closed on Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
Hafnarborg
The Hafnarfjordur
Centre of Culture
and Fine Art
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Tel. +354 585 5790
Open 12–17
Thursdays 12–21
Closed on Tuesdays
www.hafnarborg.is
To the Blue Lagoon

Shop Show
Contemporary Nordic design
Fancy-Cake in the Sun
Dieter Roth selected print works
„Are you ready, Madam.
President?“
Kosmos
Dögg Guðmundsdóttir
MA student exhibition
from the Iceland Academy
of the Arts