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The Saga Museum brings the Viking age to life. There you’ll walk
among some of Iceland’s most famous heroes and infamous villains
portrayed in their defining moments; the Viking settlement in 874,
Leif the Lucky’s discovery of America, the founding of the world’s
first parliament and the epic clan feuds that marked the settlement.
This is as close as you’ll ever get to meeting Vikings in the flesh.
Saga Museum • Grandagarður 2 • 101 Reykjavík
Tel.: (+354) 511 1517 • Open: Daily from 10 to 18
www.sagamuseum.is
Try on the clothes and
weapons of the Viking
age. Great fun and a
great photo opportunity.
The shop has a wide
selection of traditional
Viking handiwork,
souvenirs and clothing.
PREMIERES
IN APRIL
SHORTS & DOCS
9 - 12 APRIL
BLIND
BLACK COAL,
THIN ICE
SEQUENCES
REAL TIME ART FESTIVAL
10 - 19 APRIL
FESTIVALS
IN APRIL
ART HOUSE
CINEMA & CAFÉ
ICELANDIC FILMS WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES HAPPY HOUR 17:00-20:00
POLISH
FILM DAYS
25-26 april
ShowtimeS: bioparadis.is | Hverfisgata 54 | Reykjavík | +354 412 7711 | midasala@bioparadis.is
ART
ONGOING
SÍM (Icelandic Association of
Visual Artists)
‘Spring in the Air’ by Matthías Rúnar
Sigurðsson
Using various media, such as paintings,
drawings and sculptures, Matthías explores
life above and below ground and in the air
with depictions of people and animals. A
special opening party on April 10 at 17:00.
Opens April 10
Runs until April 26
Tjarnarbíó
‘Everywhere’
Swedish performance artist Vilda Kvist,
explores issues such as power-relations,
gay bashing, defacing of history, cheesy
songs, and heroes in a minimalist
performance against a blank stage. Show
begins at 22:00.
Runs April 10
‘Macho Man’ and ‘Saving History’
by Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
Choreographer Katrín Gunnarsdóttir
premieres her new work ‘Macho Man’, a
solo piece performed by Saga Sigurðadóttir.
The piece is inspired by Mexican wrestling
and WWE, fitness competitions, and ideas
of masculinity. The second piece, ‘Saving
History’ premiered at last summer’s
Reykjavík Dance Festival. Show begins at
20:00.
Runs May 3
Týsgallerí
‘Churches and houses’ by Art
without Borders
Art without Borders is an organization that
celebrates human diversity. Its artists, Ingi
Hrafn Stefánsson og Birna Þórðardóttir,
will lead guests from Hallgrímskirkja to
Týsgallerí where their paintings are on
display.
Opens April 11
Runs until April 25
Ongoing
12 Tónar
‘Piece For A Blue Wall’ by Lyla
Marsol
The Swiss artist Lyla Marsol is exhibiting
her works in 12 Tónar. Piece for a blue wall
consists of paintings on wood and silver.
Runs until May 31
Anarkía
‘Hughrif’ by Guðlaug Friðriksdóttir
Guðlaug Friðriksdóttir's work is reminiscent
of the impressionists. Her exhibition is
created through a basic canvas and oil
medium. With new art being made out of
increasingly obscure materials, her work
is a gentle reminder that simpler is often
better.
Runs until April 26
ART67
‘Ótæmi’ – ‘Overflow’ by Renata
Agnes Edwardsdóttir
Renata Agnes Edwardsdóttir is a masters
student in art education at the University
of Iceland. For her, art is a mode of
expression. It is a way to connect with
people and to spread joy and happiness.
Runs until April 30
Ásgrímur Jónsson Collection
‘In The Light Of The Days’ by
Ásgrímur Jónsson
The works of Ásgrímur Jónsson span a
long period in the history of Iceland. The
interpretation of the seen and the unseen,
landscape and oral tradition were his main
topics throughout his career over the first
half of the twentieth century. The works
chosen for the exhibition reflect the scope
of the artist’s themes.
Runs until September 15
Better Weather Window Gallery
‘She Is Baffled By Her Obligations’
By Halla Birgisdóttir
In this social criticism, Halla Birgisdóttir
uses mixed media, including drawings,
text and animation, to explore the absurd
demands which society makes of women
about their appearance and behaviour.
The installation inspires the viewer to think
about gender roles and societal pressure
with visual stories.
Runs until April 28
City Library, Spöng
‘Washed Up’ by Gunnhildur
Þórðardóttir
Gunnhildur’s 2D and 3D works consist of
numerous items that have been discarded
and washed up on the shore. The works
are, in a way, transformed from junk and
litter into pieces of art. Sustainability is the
name of the game in this exhibit, and its title
is a reference to a poem Gunnhildur wrote
about our consumer-fuelled society.
Runs until April 12
City Library, Tryggvagata
Recycled Children’s Books by Kráka
Design
Designer Kristín Edda and illustrator
Sólveig Eva from Kráka Design exhibit their
recycling project at Reykjavík City Library.
Using old children’s books found in an
antique book shop as their material, the
pair created colourful and lively artworks,
inspired by the stories in the books they
were using.
Runs until April 12
Dansverkstæðið
No Lights No Lycra
Come dance and sweat in the dark at
Dansverkstæðið every Tuesday at 20:00 for
a No Lights No Lycra dance party.
On permanent view
The Einar Jónsson Museum
The museum contains close to 300
artworks including a beautiful garden with
26 bronze casts of the artist’s sculptures.
On permanent view
Gallery Tukt
‘Exhibition by Students at Breiðholt
College’
This selection of works by students is
based on the concepts of autonomy and
independence, presented in multiple
mediums.
Runs until July 7
Hafnarborg
‘MEN’
The exhibition focuses on the status of men
at the beginning of the 21st century
and how it’s changed with women’s
increased rights and participation in the
workforce. On display are works by Curver
Thoroddsen, Finnur Arnar Arnarson, Hlynur
Hallsson, and Kristinn G. Harðarson.
Runs until May 10
‘Cairns’ by Jónína Guðnadóttir
This exhibition is artist Jónína Guðnadóttir’s
attempt to reflect on her youth, growing up
in Iceland in the middle of the last century.
On display are sculptures and wall works
that combine diverse materials such as
concrete, glass and ceramics.
Runs until May 10
Hornið
‘Take Two’ by Jóhann Vilhjálmsson
Part artist, part musician, and part chef,
Jóhann is a true jack-of-all-trades. His
mediums are pastels and ink, and he
gravitates towards bold, bright colours. His
subjects range from people, to landscapes,
scenes and more, but all have a surrealist
quality in common. One could look at these
paintings a hundred times and still find
something new.
On permanent view
Hverfisgallerí
‘Surfaces’ by Áslaug Íris Katrín
Friðjónsdóttir
Áslaug Íris Katrín Friðjónsdóttir received an
MFA from School of Visual Arts in New York
in 2009 and has participated in numerous
group exhibitions in Iceland and abroad
since. Her exhibition 'Yfirborð' or 'Surfaces'
deals with man-made environments and
cityscapes through the use of building mate-
rials such as concrete and linoleum.
Runs until May 2
i8 Gallery
‘Exhibition’ by Poul Gernes
The exhibition consists of works from 1965
to 1970 featuring a series of geometric-
abstract paintings. The works are each
based on a set of rules and principles with
varying colour combinations.
Runs until April 11
‘Form Regained’ by Alexandra
Navratil, Erin Shirreff and Lara Viana
The exhibition brings together a selection of
works by three artists; Alexandra Navratil,
Erin Shirreff and Lara Viana, that build
on fragmenting and re-shaping archives
and memory. The work investigates issues
of reproduction and the layering effects
of media from multiple perspectives of
personal and public territories. Lapses in
time and scale telescope through processes
and techniques, and manifest in slide
projections, paintings and video.
Runs until May 30
The Icelandic Phallological
Museum
The museum contains a collection of more
than 215 penises and penile parts belonging
to almost all the land and sea mammals that
can be found in Iceland. There’s also a penis
sculpture honouring the Icelandic men's
handball team.
On permanent view
Mokka-Kaffi
‘Opposite TYPE / Andstæðar TÝPUR’
Opposite Type is part of the DesignMarch
festival. On display are works by five
Icelandic graphic designers, a Finnish
writer, an Icelandic writer and an American
illustrator. Each one interprets the topic in
his/her own way.
Runs until April 10
Museum of Design and Applied
Art
‘Ámundi’ by Ámundi Sigurðsson
Ámundi Sigurðsson has spent the last
30 years working as a graphic designer
and creating work across a wide range of
mediums.
Runs until May 31
The National Gallery
‘Carnegie Art Award 2014’ by A
Kassen
Christian Bretton-Meyer, Morten Steen
Hebsgaard, Søren Petersen and Tommy
Petersen make up the art group, A Kassen.
They won third prize at the Carnegie Art
Awards in November 2013 and have toured