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37The Reykjavík Grapevine
Issue 10— 2019
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REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
D38 Ragnheiður Káradóttir: mini-
mini multiverse
Ragnheiður uses everyday objects
and materials in her works, modify-
ing them and giving them a new
and unexpected role. The merger of
these forms and materials results in
the personification of dead objects.
• Opens on June 27th, 2019
• Runs until August 11th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
William Morris: Let Beauty Rule!
English artist William Morris was a
true Icelandophile, and even trans-
lated the Sagas. Here, see original
drawings of Morris’s patterns,
wallpapers and work processes,
paintings, drawings, and more.
• Opens on June 30th, 2019
• Runs until October 6th, 2019
Ongoing
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ICELAND
Treasures Of A Nation
A selection of over 80 works chosen
from the national gallery’s collec-
tion displays the evolution of art
since the 19th century.
• Runs until December 31st, 2019
EINAR JÓNSSON MUSEUM
Permanent Exhibition
The museum contains close to
300 artworks including a beautiful
garden with 26 bronze casts of the
artist’s sculptures.
ÁRBÆR OPEN AIR MUSEM
Daily Guided Tours
Tours are from 13:00 to 14:00
through its open-air exhibits.
REYKJAVÍK CITY MUSEUM
Settlement Sagas
As Viking ruins meet digital technol-
ogy, this exhibition provides insight
into Reykjavík's farms at the time of
the first settlers.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
ÁSMUNDARSAFN
Ásmundur Sveinsson: Under the
Same Sky - Art In Public Space
Ásmundarsafn is named after sculp-
tor Ásmundur Sveinsson. This new
permanent exhibition presents the
artist in a new light. What dialogue
does his works provoke?
• Runs until December 31st, 2019
Jóhann Eyfells: Palpable Forces
Early in the 1950’s, Jóhann Eyfells
started creating abstract sculp-
tures which were based on ex-
periments in physics and chemistry.
Come see them here.
• Runs until August 25th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Icelandic Meat Soup
Photographer Kristjón Haraldsson
focuses on the practice, process,
and form of photography, ultimately
creating intimate portraits of
himself, his family, and the nation of
Iceland in the '70s and '80s.
• Runs until September 8th, 2019
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ICELAND
Myth Of A Woman
Agnieszka Sosnowska immigrated to
Iceland 13 years. With her photo-
graphs, she documents herself,
her students, new family members,
and friends. Her inspiration is the
strength of the female spirit.
• Runs until September 1st, 2019
Life, as it is lived, before the trans-
formation
In stark black and white, Yrsa
Roca Fannberg captured life in
Árneshreppur, the smallest parish
in Iceland. Crisp and unrelenting,
the photos capture the symbiotic
relationship between man, animal
and dirt.
• Runs until September 1st, 2019
REYKJAVÍK MARITIME MUSEUM
Fish & Folk
Name a better duo than fish and
Iceland. You can’t. So come learn
about the history of Icelandic fisher-
ies from rowing boats to monstrous
motor boats.
Melckmeyt 1659
Melckmeyt was a Dutch merchant
ship that crashed near Flatey Island
in 1659. Explore the wreck here.
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM - HAFNARHÚS
Erró: Mao's World Tour
Between 1972 and 1980, Erró
painted over 130 paintings, with two
images of different origins against
each other: Chinese propaganda
posters of Mao Zedong and Western
tourist pictures from famous sites.
• Runs until January 5th, 2020
D37 Gunnar Jónsson - Gröt
The D-Gallery exhibitions show up-
and-coming artists in their first solo
exhibition. This iteration features
video, sounds, and photographs by
Gunnar Jónsson.
• Runs until June 23rd, 2019
Human Condition Draft Of Contempo-
rary Art History In Iceland [III]
What does it mean to be human?
What are the psychological and
corporeal characteristics of it? Here,
selected artists take on these funda-
mental questions.
• Runs until September 15th, 2019
Finnbogi Pétursson
In this private exhibition, Finnbogi
Pétursson works to make sound
waves visible though explorations in
material, space, and physics.
• Runs until September 15th, 2019
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MUSEUM
Connections
To celebrate the 13th anniver-
sary of the museum, this exhibition
presents 13 artists in dialogue with
Sigurjón and his art.
• Runs until October 6th, 2019
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND APPLIED ART
URBAN SHAPE
Architect Paolo Gianfrancesco used
data from Open Street Map to cel-
ebrate cities. The constant interplay
of people and their environment will
be revealed before your very eyes.
• Runs until September 8th, 2019
MORRA
Fashion designer Signý Þórhallsdót-
tir takes over the lobby to work with
Icelandic flora on silk and paper for
her MORRA collection.
• Runs until September 25th, 2019
NORDIC HOUSE
Porcelain Souls
Photographer Inuuteq Storch went
through his parents' archives and
found photos and letters from their
lives in Greenland and Denmark in
the '60s and '80s. Explore them here.
• Runs until September 26th, 2019
WIND & WEATHER WINDOW GALLERY
Matrix, or Genesis of Private Prop-
erty
This site-specific installation uses
word, printed images, and chromed
metal to make an overwhelming im-
age that questions your very reality.
• Runs until June 26th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ART MUSEUM -
KJARVALSSTAÐIR
Jóhannes S. Kjarval: Can't Draw a
Harebell
Here, explore the floral works of
Jóhannes S. Kjarval, after whom the
museum is named. Be it ornamental
plants, potted plants, or wildflowers,
you'll find it all.
• Runs until December 31st, 2019
HAFNARBORG
In Transition
Eight photographers present their
take on the town of Hafnarfjörður.
The town is currently in a state of
transition, and this exhibition docu-
ments its progress into that of a
true urban centre.
• Runs until August 25th, 2019
GERÐARSAFN KÓPAVOGUR ART MUSEUM
Outline
The exhibition 'Outline' shows works
from the collection of Gerðarsafn
from 1950 until this day. In the
exhibition, the outline becomes the
connection between works in differ-
ent mediums, the thread that ties
them together.
• Runs until September 8th, 2019
Culture Hunt
This Culture Hunt will lead you
in-between the Kópavogur Culture
Houses, where in each location
guests will be asked to solve a
puzzle or answer a question on
nature, art or music. It is available in
English, Icelandic and Polish and is
free of charge
• Ending date TBA
HVERFISGALLERÍ
Corrections
In Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson‘s third
exhibition at Hverfisgallerí, he
presents a body of work based on
photographs and postcards that he
collected all over Europe and cor-
rected over the last three decades.
• Runs until August 17th, 2019
REYKJAVÍK ROASTERS
Í Kring
This showcase features an exhibi-
tion at each of the three Reykjavík
Roasters shops. The first exhibition
(‘brief session of affection’) features
five artists, whose work reveals
truths about humour, irony and
imperfection.
• Runs until July 9th, 2019
MIDPUNKT
Í morgunsárið
In the morning, the mind is new.
Time is relative, and the day is full of
possibilities. In this exhibit, dissect
this concept in full force.
• Runs until June 30th, 2019
I8 GALLERY
Corrections
B. Ingrid Olson’s classification-defy-
ing exhibition considers the nature
of the dual through symmetry, form
and function. Particularly striking
are the indeterminate ‘Photographic
Objects’ which aim to, as she says,
‘summon multiple truths simultane-
ously.’
• Runs until August 10th, 2019
ÁRBÆR OPEN AIR MUSEUM
HEIMAt: Two Worlds
To mark the 70th anniversary of the
arrival in 1949 of a group of Germans
to who travelled to Iceland aboard
the Esja ship, this exhibition pres-
ents photographs of their journey
made by Marzena Skubatz.
• Runs until October 31st, 2019
LIVING ART MUSEUM
...and what then?
Wonder, surrender, fear and pow-
erlessness. Excitement, joy and
hope. Curiosity and indifference.
These different threads all gather in
uncertainty, which leads us to ask:
and then what?
• Runs until August 4th, 2019
June 21st—July 4th
No. 3 Umhverfing
June 22nd-
TBA - Breiðablik
Community
Centre
‘No. 3 Umhverf-
ing’ is a large and
incredibly unique
exhibition located
on the Snæfell-
snes peninsula,
containing some
of Iceland’s best
visual artists,
like Steingrímur
Eyfjörð and Erró.
All featured art-
ists—and there’ll
be dozens of
them—have some
connection to
the area. Eight of
them have previ-
ously represented
Iceland in the
Venice Biennial.
The exhibition is
part of a larger
project by the
Academy Of Sen-
sation that aims
to bring art to
the countryside.
The show opens
officially in the
Breiðablik com-
munity center,
near Borgarnes,
but it will move all
around Snæfell-
snes over the
summer. Ending
date is TBA. VG

All Is Fair
Until August 4th -
Kling & Bang
‘All Is Fair’ is
inspired by, as
the press release
says, "Tip toeing
in flip-flops made
of pizza boxes
and tape," among
other things. It
sounds very weird
and we can't guar-
antee you’ll ever
be the same once
you leave. HJC

Hellissandur Street Art Festival
June 21st-22nd
- The Freezer
Hostel
Hellissandur is
the street art
capital of Iceland,
filled to the brim
with murals of all
shapes and sizes.
At this special
festival, come
celebrate that
legacy. Dancing,
karaoke, a circus
performance and
more include. HJC

Corrections
Until August 17th
- Hverfisgallerí
Sigurður Árni
Sigurðsson’s ex-
hibition presents
work based on
photographs
and postcards
that the artist
has collected all
over Europe over
the last three
decades. Come
soothe your wan-
derlust. HJC
Garðatorg 1· Garðabær
Open Tue - Sun 12 -17
Exhibitions:
Urban Shape
Paolo Gianfrancesco
Behind the Scenes
Archiving a ceramic collection
Morra
Signý Þórhallsdóttir
Designer in residence