Reykjavík Grapevine - 20.05.2016, Qupperneq 53

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ARTISTIC DIRECTOR: VÍKINGUR HEIÐAR ÓLAFSSON
16 - 19 June 2016 in Harpa
Reykjavík Midsummer Music
AWARD-WINNING
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL
“Elevated beauty, not of this world”
Fréttablaðið
“One of the musical highlights of the year”
Fréttatíminn
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Gerðuberg Cultural Centre - 'Austan
Rumba' by Hrafnhildur Inga
Sigurðardóttir
Runs until August 21
Hafnarborg - 'Graphics'
Hafnarborg exhibits works by Icelandic
and foreign artists created between 1980
and 1990 from their collection.
Runs until May 22
Hafnarborg - 'Framing' by
Hugsteypan
Various materials, surfaces and
photographs create this installation, seen
differently from each perspective.
Runs until May 22
Harbinger - 'Find Home' by Chandra
Sen
Swedish artist Chandra exhibits paintings
inspired by horses and focusing on the
present.
Runs until June 11
Hverfisgallerí - 'Skafmynd' by Þ'or
Sigurþórsson
Make sure to catch Þór's exhibition
before it finishes. He is a prominent
Icelandic artist who changes spaces with
his artwork.
Runs until May 21
i8 Gallery - Thór Vigfússon
Runs until June 4
Listasafnið Akureyri - 'People'
The photo gallery is presenting seven
artists with different perspectives.
Runs until May 29
Living Art Museum (Nýló) - '101
spurning til kvenna'
101 questions for women is a third
exhibition in the series 'women in Nýló'.
Runs until August 21
Living Art Museum (Nýló) - 'Infinite
Next'
This collaborative exhibition by Icelandic
and foreign artists focuses on the
systems that make a society.
Runs until June 19
Living Art Museum (Nýló) -
'Desiccation'
An exhibition curated by MA-students
in art theory at he University of Iceland
about how to preserve an idea and the
artwork's afterlife.
Runs until June 29
Listasafnið Akureyri - ‘Fólk / People’
The photo gallery is presenting 7 artists
with all a different perspective. The
admission is free.
Runs until May 29
Listasafnið Akureyri - Art and design
graduates students
Art & Design students from VMA will
exhibit their final projects.
Opens April 30 - Runs until May 15
Mokka-Kaffi - 'Þjóðarspegill í 111 ár'
An exhibition of Icleandic phonebook
covers.
Runs until June 15
Museum of Design and Applied
Art - 'TRIAD' by Aníta Hirlekar,
Bjarni Viðar Sigurðsson and Helga
Ragnhildur Mogensen
This joint exhibition by fashion designer
Aníta, ceramic artist Bjarni and jeweler
Helga offers guests the chance to see
interplay of the three disciplines in an
exhibit that focuses on texture.
Runs until May 29
Museum of Design and Applied Art -
'Keepers'
This exhibit focuses on the collections
explores how and why the museum
curates the works that it does.
Runs until June 10
Museum of Design and Applied Art
- 'Gefjun: Icelandic Wool blankets
exhibited'
This exhibition is a part of the 'Deal me
in' series of micro-exhibitions curated
by MA-students in art theory at the
university of Iceland.
Runs until further notice
Art Listings
The Most Effective
Electroshock
RAFLOST Festival
May 26, 27 & 28 | Mengi, Óðinsgata 2 (F5) | Admission: 4,000 ISK.
Electronic arts and media, it’s so hot right now. Mengi plays
host to the three-day festival of hackers, scientists, students,
and artists alike, all coming together in the name of art tech-
nology and its influence in today’s culture. The celebrations
have previously boasted heavy-hitting performers like Jófríður
Ákadóttir and Áslaug Rún Magnúsdóttir of Portal 2 xtacy, AJO
ensemble and dj. flugvél og geimskip. The festival aims to
stimulate Reykjavík’s art scene with interesting events, both
Icelandic and international. KR
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