Reykjavík Grapevine - 12.08.2016, Blaðsíða 50

Suðurgata 41
101 Reykjavík
www.thjodminjasafn.is
tel +354 530 22 00
Hverfisgata 15
101 Reykjavík
www.safnahusid.is
tel +354 530 22 10
National Museum of Iceland
The country’s largest
museum of cultural
history from settlement
to present day.
The Culture House
Manuscripts, fine art, natural
specimens, curiosities and
archeaological findings form
the exhibition Points of View.
National
Museum of
Iceland
The
Culture
House
The exhibitions, shops and cafés are open daily 10 - 17 Closed on Mondays 16/9 – 30/4
Experience
Icelandic Art
and Design
Gerðarsafn -
Kópavogur Art Museum
Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur
Open 11–17 / Closed on Mondays
www.gerdarsafn.is
Hönnunarsafn Íslands
/ Museum of Design
and Applied Art
Garðatorg 1, Garðabær
Open 12–17 / Closed on Mondays
www.honnunarsafn.is
Hafnarborg
/ The Hafnarfjordur Centre
of Culture and Fine Art
Strandgata 34, Hafnarfjörður
Open 12–17 / Thursdays 12–21
Closed on Tuesdays
www.hafnarborg.is
Route 40 takes you to
on your way to the Blue Lagoon
KEEPERS
Icelandic design highlights,
from the Collection
INSIDE OUT
Museum work made visible to
the audience
TRACES OF WATER
21 May - 21 August 2016
A group exhibition by six artists
that all work with water in their
works.
By Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir,
Florence Lam, Harpa Árnadóttir,
Hulda Stefánsdóttir, John Zurier
and Margrét H. Blöndal.
+ THE COLLECTION
21 May - 21 August 2016
SARA BJÖRNSDÓTTIR:
FLÂNEUR
27 May - 21 August 2016
Route 40
How to use the listings:
Events are listed alphabetically.
For complete listings and detailed
information on venues visit
grapevine.is/happening. Send your
listings to: listings@grapevine.is
Opening
Árbær Open Air Museum - Butter and
skyr making day
Museum staff will provide guests with
insight into the lost world of traditional
butter and skyr making.
Runs on August 14 at 13:00
Borgarnes - Plan-B Art Festival
A festival that focuses on contemporary
art and the conversation between mixed
media held in four venues around the
town of Borgarnes, north of Reykjavík.
Runs August 12 - August 14
Café Rosenberg - Comedy by
Hugleikur Dagsson and Jonno Duffy
Runs on August 18 at 21:00
Dansverkstæðið - Verk Produksjoner
doing 'Beat The Drum: Walk'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 26 at 20:00 and August
27 at 17:00
Farsóttarhúsið - The Inner Ear doing
'Lazaretto'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 25, 26, 27 & 28 at 13:00
Gaukurinn - 'Come Talk Funny'
Stand-up comedy in English!
Runs on August 15 & 22 at 21:00
Gaukurinn - 'The Minority Report'
Stand-up comedy in English by Bylgja
Babýlons and Jonathan Duffy.
Runs on August 17 & 24 at 21:00
Hallgrímskirkja - Theatre
Replacement doing Town Criers'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 27 & 28 at 13:00
Hallgrímskirkja - The Icelandic Love
Corporation doing 'Psychography'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 25, 26 & 28 at 16:00
Hafnarhúsið - Contact Gonzo with
The People Of Reykjavík
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 28 at 15:00
Harbinger - '1:1'
An exhibition by Anna Júlía
Friðbjörnsdóttir featuring sculptures and
video pieces.
Opens August 13 - Runs September 10
Hlíðaskóli - Díó premiering 'It's
Volleyball Hallelujah'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 26 at 21:00 and August 27
& 28 at 19:00
Húrra - Poetry night
Listen to wonderful poetry by Icelandic
and international writers.
Runs on August 21 at 21:00
Húrra - Spinnipúkinn/Icetralia live
podcast
Icetralia will do a live podcast taping
along with the wacky improvisationalists
from Spinnipúkinn.
Runs on August 14 at 20:00
Húrra - Improv Iceland
The group, consisting of Iceland’s
funniest actors and actresses, comes
together for a night of unscripted
improvisation.
Runs August 23, 20.00
Icelandic Printmakers Association -
'Engrave and keep'
An exhibition featuring handworks by
Magdalena Margrét Kjartansdóttir.
Opens August 20 - Runs until September 4
Kjarvalsstaðir - Erna Ómarsdóttir
and Valdimar Jóhannsson doig
'Sacrifice: The Happening'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 26 at 15:00
Kópavogur Art Museum - Visual art
workshop for kids
Art workshop for kids aged 10-13. Various
works will be created, includig salt
crystals and fossils. Admission: 14,000 ISK
Opens August 15 - Runs until August 19
Loft Hostel - Pub Quiz
In English! Free admission!
Runs on August 17 at 20:00
Loft Hostel - Drag show with Crystal
Lubrikunt
Draq queen Crystal Lubrikunt from the
UK hosts a drag show featuring local
queens Skaði and Mighty Bear.
Runs on August 19 at 20:30
Loft Hostel - Graduale Nobili choir
clothing market
The choir will be selling their clothes at
a bargain—and this is one fashionable
choir!
Runs on August 13 at 13:00
Loft Hostel - Free yoga
You'll feel refreshed for the rest of the
day, if not for the rest of the week.
Runs on August 14 & 21 at 12:00
Mengi - 'SURFACE'
A solo exhibition with Icelandic
photographer Elísabet Davíðsdóttir.
Runs on August 19 at 21:00
Stofan - Hrókurinn Chess
Tournament/It is magic
A chess tournament hosted by Hrókurinn
and followed by a performance by It Is
Magic.
Runs on August 25 at 22:00
Tjarnarbíó - Barry and his Guitar
Barry is a shy musician who works at
a coffeehouse in London but has big
dreams for himself. Things get out of
hand when he gets on the wrong side of a
gang. Don't miss this one-time only show!
Runs on August 13 at 20:30
Tjarnarbíó - Peaches doing 'Peaches
Christ Superstar'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 24 at 21:00
Tjarnarbíó - Dance For Me doing
'Stripp'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 24 & 25 at 19:00
Tjarnarbíó - Pieter Ampe and
Guilherme Garrido doing 'Still
Standing You'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 26 at 19:00
Tjarnarbíó - Margrét Sara
Guðjónsdóttir doing 'Spotted'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 27 at 21:00
Tjarnarbíó - Magnea Björk
Valdimarsdóttir doing 'If Only You
Knew'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 27 at 21:00
Tjarnarbíó - 'The Valley' by
Rósa Ómarsdóttir and Inga Huld
Hákonardóttir
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 28 at 17:00
Tjarnarbíó - 'What A Feeling' by The
Icelandic Dance Company
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 28 at 18:30
Tryggvagata - Markus Öhrn
presenting 'Bergman in Uganda'
A performance as part of the Everybody's
Spectacular festival.
Runs on August 25 at 17:00 and August
27 at 15:00
Ongoing
Akureyri Art Museum - 'Conspiracy
of Pleasure'
A group exhibition that examines how
bodies are used for regulation and for
pleasure.
Runs until August 21
Anarkía - 'Svelgir'
A solo exhibition by Rósa Sigrún
Jónsdóttir.
Opens July 30 - Runs until August 21
Árbær Open Air Musem
This museum has daily guided tours
from 13:00 to 14:00 through its open air
exhibits.
On permanent view.
ART67 - 'Moss And Funk'
A dynamic collection of paintings about
the Icelandic langscape, from calm to
chaotic.
Runs until August 31
ASÍ Art Gallery - Þóra Sigurðardóttir
This solo exhibition by Þóra
Sigurðardóttir features photographs,
graphics, drawings and three dimensional
artworks.
Opens on August 13
BERG Contemporary Gallery -
‘ROTATION’
The exhibition will present works
by Ásgeir Skúlason, Kjartan Ari
Pétursson, Sindri Leifsson, Sirra Sigrún
Sigurðardóttir and Veronika Geiger.
Runs until August 13.
Blönduós Textile Museum - Anna
Þóra Karlsdóttir
An exhibition that examines nature and
Expect The Unexpected
Everybody’s Spectacular
August 24-28 | Various venues around Reykjavík | Admission: TBA
Reykjavík Dance Festival and Lókal join forces to create the
annual contemporary performance festival Everybody’s Spec-
tacular. Artists from all around the world come together to
share their work with local and international audiences. The
schedule consists of talks, parties and performances such as
‘Stripp’ by Dance for Me, ‘Peaches Christ Superstar’, and ‘What
a Feeling’, by the Icelandic Dance Company. Check out the
programme at www.spectacular.is. HBG
Art Listings