The exhibition Séstey / Hverfey presents new work by artist Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir, along with other artifacts she has placed in context with the permanent exhibition at Surtseyjarstofa in Vestmannaeyjar. Þorgerður´s …
University of Iceland Art Collection was founded in 1980. Like many university art collections abroad, University of Iceland bases its collection partly on donations. The founding collection, donated by the …
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i8 Grandi is pleased to announce Cast of Mind, a year-long exhibition by B. Ingrid Olson. The artist’s show opens 20 January, 2023 and will be on view until 20 December 2023. Spanning far longer …
Collage has formed the basis of Erró’s artworks for over sixty years, beginning early on with his Meca-Make-Up series in 1959-60, and resulting in more than 30,000 collages today. Through collecting, cutting, …
At the beginning of 2022, the art collection of Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir and entrepreneur Þorvaldur Guðmundsson was placed in the permanent keeping of the National Gallery of Iceland. The collection, which …
For the first time Gerðarsafn, Kópavogur Art Museum, opens a permanent exhibition dedicated to Gerður Helgadóttir (1928-1975). The exhibition places an emphasis on her sculptural works and sheds light on …
Hver man eftir forsetaframboðinu 2004? Vinstri Hægri Snú framboðinu? Kattaframboðinu? Besta píanóleikara Evrópu? Fjallkonunni? Listasafn Reykjanesbæjar ætlar að ramma inn og færa persónu- og myndsköpun Snorra í ákveðinn farveg sem …
The exhibition Into the Valley in Late Autumn is made up of large watercolours painted in the past two years; artist Sigtryggur Bjarni Baldvinsson focusses on the natural environment in …
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Flóra is a cultural center focusing on the cultural heritage of Sigurhæðir house. Following Guðrún Runólfsdóttir and Matthías Jochumsson, who built the house in in 1903 and honored the value …
This is the fifth time an exhibition of works by artists in North Iceland is held in Akureyri Art Museum. The exhibition is a biennale and now has a special …
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Kaleidoscope: Icelandic 21st Century Art presents a selection of the works that the museum has acquired in the last two decades. The museum´s art collection spans as much as possible …
The work Zigaretten nach Berlin (Cigarettes to Berlin) is based on a product photograph of Jin Ling cigarettes. This contraband brand emerged as the most popular one in Europe in …
In 1983, two Norwegian artists Gøran Ohldieck and Kjetil Berge came to Iceland. The purpose of the trip was to set up a large exhibition titled MASKS at the Nordic House in Reykjavík – over 200 photograps …
“I tend to see shapes and faces in the clouds and believe that they are messages. Researchers call it Pareidolia and they say it's a false perception of seeing a …
Hallgrímur Árnason (b. 1988) lives and works in Vienna. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna f. ex. under the mentorship of Daniel Richter. Hallgrímur has participated …
The exhibition brings together new works by artists Anna Reutinger, Brákar Jónsdóttur, Hugo Llanes and Sigurðar Ámundason. Goodgonebadwrong emerges from a close collaboration between the artists, and takes shape as …
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Celestial Alchemy: The Stellar Confluence of Hrafnhildur Arnardottir and Hrafnkell Sigurdsson In the luminous expanse of the gallery, evoking the grandeur of an observatory, there arises an ethereal rendezvous where …
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Helena Margrét works with the classical qualities of painting to mimic the visible reality as a form of representation. Her ideas manifest themselves in a kind of magical-realism, painting objects …
The artists that gather here create through natural processes, materials and context. Each has their personal approach, although the common set is material from the micro-environment. The works of Sólveig …
“The Beings have been with me since I visited Museo della Statue Stele Lunigianesi in Pontremoli, Italy 1990. The primitive sculptures had a big effect on me and have been with …
Katrín Jósepsdóttir (1914-1994) held various jobs during her lifetime but early on she started sewing and due to that she was most often called Kata the Seamstress. Her paintings are …
Dröfn Friðfinnsdóttir (1946 -2000) studied at The Icelandic College of Art and Crafts 1962-1963 and at the Dupont School in Copenhagen 1964. She began her studies at Akureyri School of …
How does one commemorate appalling acts without turning it into a spectacle? For my master’s solo exhibition, in early 2022, I spray-painted the words „Farðu til fjandans helvítis útlendinga skíturinn þinn“ …
The artist Linda Steinþórsdóttir seeks inspiration in Minimalism on the one hand and in Expressionism on the other, where she finds room to reflect her own personality and experiences through …
Jakob Veigar (born 1975 in Hveragerði, Iceland) currently lives and works in Vienna. His u-turn into the art world happened quite late in life, after a whole life and career …
Verkið er innsetning og samanstendur af teikningum og litaformum sem unnin eru beint á veggi rýmisins. Sigga Björg teiknar hömlulaust og leyfir öllu að flæða í óritskoðuðu vinnuferli, þar sem …
When considering Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir’s oeuvre within the field of drawing and graphic art in Iceland’s art history, her iconic status is evident. The exhibition Cosmos/Chaos marks the year of her …
The photographer Christopher Taylor exhibits three series of photographs. On the face of it, the three series chosen for this exhibition are quite different from each other, yet the common …
This exhibition presents a selection of works that have been purchased by the National Gallery of Iceland in the past four years, on the recommendation of the gallery’s acquisitions board. …
Free Verse is an exhibition of visual poetry and poetic text-based artworks. The show ties together the core of poetry through various mediums and stretches its boundaries way beyond the …
The exhibition A Meeting with Eldfell emerged from an ongoing conversation between two artists, a curator and an anthropologist about their shared love of Eldfell, resulting in a collaborative project marking the …
Tvö ský, eins ský, eða næstum, nema annað er eins og hönd og hitt hundur. Eins og frosið eldstæði í gamallri kapellu. Eins og brunnið fiðrildi sem molnar. Eins og …
,,Þetta er ekki hvaða ljós sem er sem klýfur myrkrið, heldur ljós af sólu. Ólíkt þvi sem við daglegur veruleiki flestra bíður uppá, þar sem ljós af allskonar gerðum og …
Samsýning Alexanders Hugos Gunnarssonar og Sölva Steins Þórhallssonar er afrakstur eins árs samstarfsverkefnis listamannana. Í samstarfinu hafa þeir skoðað uppsprettu hugmynda og sent kveikjur á milli sín í þeirri von …
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At Sindri Ploder’s exhibition, If I Were a Monster, guests enter into the artist’s world of striking visuals, but earlier this year Sindri was named the artist of the festival Art …
The exhibition Landscape for the Chosen Ones explores different aspects of escapism. We live in a time of overwhelming and drastic changes within a society that increasingly expects individuals to take personal …
Þessi sýning hefur verið sjö ár á leiðinni í gegnum húm cosmosins eða frá síðustu einkasýningu sem var í Gerðarsafni 2016. Hér eru aðallega ný verk þó innan um slæðist …
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The exhibition HOME – BETWEEN A SHELTER AND A CAGE serves as a transformative journey, seamlessly blending visual art, philosophy, and storytelling. It transcends traditional confines, serving simultaneously as a …
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Renee Gladman, Iman Issa, Christine Sun Kim, Tania Pérez Córdova, & Iris Touliatou
Handan himins, Behind the Sky suggests that other realms and animistic realities are present and that we are initiating an opportunity for the audience to experience them. We aim to …
There is embroidery on a painting. It is woven through the base forming a grid. Before the base warps and bends, the grid has counted the steps of markings, which …
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Sýningin Sjónskekkjur er afrakstur 3ja mánaða vinnstofudvalar Ragnheiðar hjá European Ceramic Work Center í Hollandi. Ragnheiður gerði þar ótal tilraunir með form, liti og áferð sem skila sér í margvíslegum …
Dagana 1. - 15. október nk. verður haldin hátíð í Ásmundarsal til að fagna rösklega fjögurra áratuga starfsferli Hans Jóhannssonar, fiðlumiðs. Sýnd verða tugir hljóðfæra, allt frá barokkhljóðfærum til klassískra …
