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CONTEMPORARY
ART IN THE CITY.
ON THE LAST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH A NUMBER OF
MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITION SPACES OFFER EXTENDED
OPENING HOURS AND SPECIAL EVENTS.
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MONTHLY ART CRAWL.
GOOD
THURSDAY
Opening
KLING & BANG
certain technicalities of being
Multidisciplinary group exhibition of
artists who all have their roots in the
Los Angeles arts scene, between
2010-2020.
OPENS JUNE 3
RUNS UNTIL JULY 16
GALLERY PORT
KOLLEGAR / COLLEAGUES
Gallery Port celebrates their seventh
anniversary with a group exhibition
gathering nearly 40 of their art-
ist colleagues. Artists on display
include those who have previously
shown work in the gallery, as well as
first-timers.
OPENS JUNE 2
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 29
GERÐARSAFN (KÓPAVOGUR
ART MUSEUM)
Rósa Gísladóttir – FORA
Rósa’s work is an exploration of ge-
ometry and classical form with ref-
erences to architecture and Russian
constructivism. Her sculptures play
on the border of the classic and the
modern at the same time in aesthet-
ics and use of materials.
OPENS JUNE 3
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17
HAFNARBORG CENTER OF
CULTURE AND FINE ART
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson – On a
Sea of Tranquillity
On a Sea of Tranquillity presents
new and older works where Hildur
intertwines the methods of weaving
and painting, as well as featuring
embroidery, ink drawings and water-
colours.
OPENS JUNE 10
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3
ELÍSABET BRYNHILD-
ARDÓTTIR – HESITANT LINE
A collection of drawings by Elísabet
Brynhildardóttir, who observes time
and feeling, as well as the experi-
ence of drawing.
OPENS JUNE 10
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3
HAFNARHÚS (REYKJAVÍK
ART MUSEUM)
Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 21st Century
Art
Works that have come to the mu-
seum in the last two decades. The
collection spans the breadth of the
Icelandic art scene, both by recog-
nized artists of the time as well as
the younger generation of artists.
OPENS JUNE 10
RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 31
D 48: DÝRFINNA BENITA
BASALAN
Dýrfinna Benita Basalan (b.1992),
also known as Countess Malaise,
has an active artistic practice and
worked across various media. She
draws inspiration from different
countercultures, manga, queer cul-
ture and her personal experiences
as a mixed race person.
OPENS JUNE 15
RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 20
LISTHÚS ÓFEIGS
Heidi Strand – HEIÐI
Heidi Strand is a Norwegian-born
textile artist living in Iceland. She
studied art in Norway and quickly
mastered textiles of various kinds.
This exhibition shows works inspired
by Icelandic nature.
OPENS JUNE 2
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 28
NORDIC HOUSE
For Those Who Couldn’t Cross the
Sea
Multidisciplinary group exhibition
that features the works of five Mid-
dle Eastern artists. The exhibition
reflects on the experiences and
challenges of refugees and mi-
grants.
OPENS JUNE 10
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 3
PORTFOLIO GALLERY
Arngunnur Ýr – Eyrarrósin / Lily of the
Valley
Arngunnur Ýr shows new works of oil
paintings on birch where she ex-
plores the Icelandic lily of the valley
in a new and exotic environment.
OPENS JUNE 3
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 25
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
Giita Hammond – View From The
Sea
Photography and video work taken
while swimming in the sea with her
friends in Dublin, Ireland, during the
first year and a half of the Covid ep-
idemic. The work is about friendship
and freedom.
OPENS JUNE 3
RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 13
AND NOW IN FULL COLOUR!
Colour photos from 1950-1970, when
colour photography began to take
root in Iceland.
OPENS JUNE 3
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 10
ÞULA
Kristín Morthens – Air Under Water
An exhibition of paintings, an excur-
sion exploring territories unknown,
yet faintly recognisable landscapes
etched into our psyche.
OPENS JUNE 3
RUNS UNTIL JULY 2
Ongoing
ÁSMUNDARSAFN (REY-
KJAVÍK ART MUSEUM)
Mentor: Ásmundur Sveinsson and
Carl Milles
Sculpture.
Runs until September 9
ÁSMUNDARSALUR
Melanie Ubaldo – TRAPO
Large scale installation
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 11
STUDIO MIKLO – CIRCULUS
Light & ceramic design works.
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 11
BERG CONTEMPORARY
Katrín Elvarsdóttir – Fifty Plants for
Peace
Photography
RUNS UNTIL JULY 8
EINAR JÓNSSON MUSEUM
Sculpture
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
GALLERÍ GÖNG
Kristín Tryggvadóttir –
SUMARSMELLUR
Paintings
RUNS UNTIL MID-JULY
GALLERÍ SKILTI
Helgi Hjaltalín Eyjólfsson – Þið öll
Photographic representations
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 15
GALLERÍ UNDIRGÖNG
Helgi Hjaltalín & Pétur Örn –
Markmið XVI
Photography
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 15
GERÐARSAFN (KÓPAVOGUR
ART MUSEUM)
GERÐUR
Sculpture works of Gerður Hel-
gadóttir
RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 31
ÞYKJÓ
Design works
RUNS UNTIL JULY 31
GLERHÚSIÐ
Einar Garibaldi Eiríksson – Reykjavík
/ A Guide
Installation, photography
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 11
HAFNARHÚS (REYKJAVÍK
ART MUSEUM)
Erró – Cunning Scissors
Works spanning Erró’s career
RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 31
HARPA
Cir culeight
Mixed media installation
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 30
HJARTATORG
Ástriður J. Ólafsdóttir & Clizia
Macchi – Exhibition & Open Studio
Paintings, workshop space
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 15
HÖFUÐSTÖÐIN
Shoplifter / Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir –
Chromo Sapiens
Installation
PERMANENT EXHIBITION
I8 GALLERY
Birgir Andrésson & Lawrence
Weiner: Part II
Multidisciplinary works
RUNS UNTIL JULY 1
I8 GRANDI
B. Ingrid Olson – Cast of Mind
Installation, mixed media
RUNS UNTIL DECEMBER 20
KJARVALSSTAÐIR (REY-
KJAVÍK ART MUSEUM)
Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 20th
Century Art
Paintings, sketches, drafts
RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 7
MOSFELLSBÆR ART GAL-
LERY
Halla Einarsdóttir & Sigurrós G.
Björnsdóttir – Krókaleiðir
Multidisciplinary works
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 23
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND
APPLIED ARTS
Ýrúrarí – Presence
Textile works, installation
RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 27
HABITATIONS
An exhibition of miniature apart-
ments created by 4th graders from
Garðabær
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER
10TH
ICELANDIC PRINTMAKERS
ASSOCIATION
Hlynur Helgason – Draumalandið /
Elysium
A series of 15 new toned cyanotypes,
OPENS JUNE 2
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 18
NATIONAL GALLERY OF
ICELAND
Forty Years of The Corridor
Fortieth anniversary exhibition of
The Corridor exhibition space
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 4
SIGTRYGGUR BJARNI BALD-
VINSSON – INTO THE VAL-
LEY IN LATE AUTUMN
Watercolour paintings
RUNS UNTIL AUGUST 27
RÚRÍ – GLASSRAIN
Installation
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 17
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
ICELAND
Rúnar Gunnarsson – An eternity in a
moment
Photography
RUNS UNTIL SEPTEMBER 9
NÝLISTASAFNIÐ
CEREMONY: LHÍ MA Graduation
Exhibition
Group exhibition of works by gradu-
ates of the Iceland Academy of the
Arts
RUNS UNTIL JUNE 4
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MU-
SEUM
The Gift of Children
Paintings
RUNS UNTIL AUTUMN 2023
Art Exhibitions 2.06–15.06
Gallery openings, happenings, showings and pop-up exhibitions all around the capital region
Art Picks
Coney Iceland
June 8, 21:00
3.500 ISK
Are you a true freak? Are you down
with the clown? Are you a mermaid
trapped in a biped body? You just
might be the kind of person who
Coney Iceland wants to entertain!
With their old school carny sideshow
antics, the freakiest circus in town
features sword swallowers, super
strong gymnasts, burlesque beau-
ties and a penis-painter. As in the
paintbrush is their cock. How can
you skip that? RX
For Those Who Couldn’t Cross the
Sea
Opening June 10 (runs until
September), 16:00
Nordic House
Free
“Home is the barrel of the gun and
no one would leave home unless
home chased you to the shore.”
These gut-punching words of Soma-
li-British poet Warsan Shire come
to life in this group exhibition by five
Middle Eastern artists grappling with
the trauma of displacement from
conflict. Bringing forward voices
that are terribly underrepresented
in Icelandic arts, these artists’ works
confront ideas of identity, erasure,
and belonging, and what it means
to find a new home when you never
wanted to leave yours. RX
Q’s Queer Art Market
June 10-11, 12:00
IÐNÓ
Free
The term “queer art” is a bit redun-
dant, isn’t it? All art is inherently
at least a little gay, right? Alright,
maybe not, but all the best art is!
The wonderful folks of Q - Queer
Student Association are doing their
part to bring us a smorgasbord of
queer artists from all walks life over
one fabulous weekend. There will
be art of all types for your viewing
and purchasing pleasure, and even
a performance or two. Come find
your new favourite piece of artwork
to freak out your straight friends and
family with. RX