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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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THURSDAY
Opening
ÁSMUNDARSALUR
Julie Lænkholm – Andvakandi
Ongoing artwork measuring 144
square metres and consisting of
Icelandic herbs, all of which can be
found in the Icelandic highlands.
The finished piece will be perma-
nent.
Opens August 18
Ongoing, permanent
BERG CONTEMPORARY
Pablo Jansana – From One Day to
the Next
Works by Chilean multidisciplinary
artist Pablo Jansana (b. 1976). This is
Pablo’s first solo exhibition in Ice-
land. He uses eclectic materials in
his art including resin, aluminium,
wood and clay.
Opens August 18
Runs until September 30
HAFNARHÚS (REYKJAVÍK
ART MUSEUM)
D49 Helena Margrét Jónsdóttir
Helena Margrét Jónsdóttir (b.1996)
is a visual artist based in Reykjavík.
Her medium of choice is painting,
through which she interprets mun-
dane and everyday consumerism.
Opens August 24
Runs until October 22
KJARVALSSTAÐIR (REY-
KJAVÍK ART MUSEUM)
Our Art
Group exhibition of works from the
Kjarvalsstaðir archive selected by
the public in an online vote.
Opens August 19
Runs until October 10
KORPÚLFSSTAÐIR ART
STUDIOS
Interplay
Group exhibition of sculptors on the
occasion of the 100th anniversary of
the birth of sculptor Ragnar Kjar-
tansson (1923-1988).
Opens August 12
Runs until August 26
LITLA GALLERÝ
Kristbergur Ó. Petursson & Oddrún
Pétursdóttir — The Garden & Time
Exhibition of paintings by sibling art-
ists, honouring their paternal grand-
mother and her home, known in her
community as “the little fairy shop.”
Opens August 17
Runs until August 27
PORTFOLIO GALLERY
Ýmir Grönvold – It’s My Life
Works created over the past two
years, giving hints and provide an
insight into Ýmir’s own existence.
Opens August 12
Runs until September 3
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
Julia Hechtman - Not Once
A series of short video portraits
showing personal stories of local
Icelanders, about specific locations
and a sense of place.
Opens August 19
Runs until October 22
Ongoing
ÁSMUNDARSAFN (REY-
KJAVÍK ART MUSEUM)
Mentor: Ásmundur Sveinsson and
Carl Milles
Sculpture.
Runs until September 9
CAFÉ PYSJA
Skúlptúrveizla
Group exhibition by the Sculptors
Association
Runs until September 3
GALLERY FOLD
Ásta Sigurðardóttir – Dúkristur
Lino cut works
Runs until August 31
GALLERÍ GÖNG
Litka – SUMAR
Paintings, group exhibition
Runs until August 29
GALLERY GRÁSTEINN
Karin Lykke – Vulnerable Nature
Watercolour paintings
Runs until August 15
GALLERÍ GRÓTTA
Björg Eiríksdóttir – FJÖLRÖDDUN
Paintings, drawings, video, and tex-
tile works
Runs until August 18
GALLERY SKILTI
Lukas Bury – Zigaretten nach Berlin
Installation
Runs until December 15
GERÐARSAFN (KÓPAVOGUR
ART MUSEUM)
Rósa Gísladóttir – FORA
Sculpture
Runs until September 17
GERÐUR
Sculpture works of Gerður Hel-
gadóttir from the museum’s collec-
tion.
Runs until December 31
GERÐUBERG CULTURE
HOUSE
Art Without Borders – All Roads
Open
Multidisciplinary group exhibition
Runs until August 31
GLERHÚSIÐ REYKJAVÍK
Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir – From Heart
to Stone - Circle of Sight
Ink drawings, sculptures, sound in-
stallations; open on Sundays only
Runs until September 17
HAFNARBORG CENTER OF
CULTURE AND FINE ART
Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jónsson – On a
Sea of Tranquillity
Textile works
Runs until September 3
Elísabet Brynhildardóttir – Hesitant
Line
Drawings
Runs until September 3
HAFNARHÚS (REYKJAVÍK
ART MUSEUM)
D48: Dýrfinna Benita Basalan –
Chronic Pain
Mixed media
Runs until August 20
Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 21st Century
Art
Multidisciplinary group exhibition
Runs until December 31
Erró – Cunning Scissors
Works spanning the entirety of Erró’s
vibrant art career
Runs until December 31
Collection Creatures
Digital & 3D artworks
Runs until January 2024
HÖFUÐSTÖÐIN
Saturday Workshop
Open art workshops every Saturday
during the summer
Final workshop August 26
Shoplifter / Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir –
Chromo Sapiens
Installation, colourful whole body
experience
Permanent exhibition
I8 GALLERY
Karin Sander – Idioscapes
Installation, 3D landscape
maquettes
Runs until September 2
I8 GRANDI
B. Ingrid Olson – Cast of Mind
Installation, mixed media
Runs until December 20
ICELANDIC PRINTMAKERS
ASSOCIATION
Hjörtur Matthías Skúlason – Storm
Textile sculptures
Runs until August 15
LISTHÚS ÓFEIGS
Hafú – Wild Grass
Paintings
Runs until August 23
MUSEUM OF DESIGN AND
APPLIED ARTS
Ýrúrarí – Presence
Textile works, installation
Runs until August 27
Nina Gautadóttir – Weaver in
Residency
Textile works
Runs until August 27
Habitations
An exhibition of miniature apart-
ments created by 4th graders from
Garðabær
Runs until September 10th
At Home in the Design Museum
Over 200 examples of Icelandic de-
sign from 1900 to the present
Runs until March 2026
NATIONAL GALLERY OF
ICELAND
Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson – Into
the Valley in Late Autumn
Watercolour paintings
Runs until August 27
Rúrí – Glassrain
Installation
Runs until September 17
The Thought of Drawing
Drawings by Jóhannes S. Kjarval
Runs until October 1
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF
ICELAND
Rúnar Gunnarsson – An eternity in a
moment
Photography
Runs until September 9
NORDIC HOUSE
For Those Who Couldn’t Cross the
Sea
Multidisciplinary group exhibition
Runs until September 3
GRÍMUR: A Censored Exhibition
Photography, slide show
Runs until September 30
SUMMER STUDIO: a creative space
for families
Interactive open arts workshop
Runs until September 30
PHENOMENON GALLERY
Greta Vazhko – Forgotten Feelings
Multimedia installation
Runs until August 13
REYKJAVÍK MUSEUM OF
PHOTOGRAPHY
Giita Hammond – View From The
Sea
Photography and video work
Runs until August 13
And Now In Full Colour!
Colour photo from Iceland 1950-
1970
Runs until September 10
THE SCULPTURE ASSOCIA-
TION GARDEN
Brynhildur Þorgeirsdóttir – Jarðrask /
Earth Disturbance
Sculpture
Runs until September 2
SIGURJÓN ÓLAFSSON MU-
SEUM
The Gift of Children
Portraits and reliefs
Runs until Autumn 2023
From Various Sources
Sculpture
Runs until Autumn 2023
Y GALLERY
Emma Heiðarsdóttir – Open Endings
Installation, mixed media
Runs until August 31
Art Exhibitions 11.08–24.08
Gallery openings, happenings, showings and pop-up exhibitions all around the capital region
Art Picks
Eva Ísleifs – The Earth Is My Bed
Opens August 12
Kling & Bang
The term pareidolia is a phenom-
enon in which someone perceives
meaningful images out of random
patterns or shapes. Like how the
front of cars all have faces. Every-
one sees that right? Visual artist Eva
Isleifs experiences this particularly
with clouds, applying her perceptive
peculiarity to explore the paradig-
matic warning signs in our current
environment. Using a vast array of
scattered superimposed objects,
the show is a discourse around the
fraught planet that we idly sit on. RX
Patty Spyrakos – Desert Island
Opens August 12
Gallery Port
What do the Chicago Imagists, the
Icelandic landscape, 80s déco,
and a Magnetic Fields song all
have in common? They have Rey-
kjavík-based American artist Patty
Spyrakos, that’s what. In her new
exhibition, the multimedia sculptor
and painter blends these elements
together along with the concepts of
isolation of many kinds, obsessively
holding onto things and using left-
overs of past pieces to create new
works. This highly eclectic and enig-
matic mix has us highly intrigued –
and so too should you be. RX
Sigurrós Svava Ólafsdóttir – A Tale of
Peculiar Personalities
Opens August 17
Núllið
A tale with no beginning nor end, a
story with blank spots where others
leave their imprint — this is much
like the story of life itself. This vast
existential pondering is the very
concept of Sigurrós Svava’s work-in-
progress graphic novel, which she
will preview in her new exhibition.
Currently raising publication costs
with the Karolina Fund, the show will
allow viewers of all ages to see how
they can immerse themselves in the
world she’s built, and make it their
own too. RX