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Reykjavík Art Museum
Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum (F-3)
“I choose women who thrive . . .”
Woman as Symbols in the Art
of Ásmundur Sveinsson
A large part of Ásmundur Sveinsson’s art
depict women – from loving mothers to domestic labourers, or gentle creatures to fearless giantess. They are signifiers of common
sentimentalities, or allegories for natural phenomena or literature. The works in the exhibition are selected from the entire career of
the sculptor, giving an oeuvre of Sveinsson’s
work from his early realistic rendition to a much stylised representation
of his female subjects. In the pyramid Ásmundur´s studio has been
recreated to shed some light on his workspace in Sigtún. A lounge
where visitors can view the artist life and work in text and images has
been set up there as well. On display until 17.04.2011
Sleep light – Ráðhildur Ingadóttir
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
(F-1)
Exhibition
Sculptures by Sigurjón Ólafsson
Sigurjón Ólafsson (1908 – 1982) was born in
Eyrarbakki, a village on the south coast of
Iceland. Trained as a house painter, in 1928
he entered the Danish Royal Academy of Fine
Arts, from which he graduated in 1935, having
supplemented his studies with a year in Rome.
In 1930 he was awarded the Gold Medal of
the Academy for a portrait of his mother.
From early on Ólafsson worked in abstract
forms, but he also developed the realistic style
that characterizes his portrait busts and statues.
He has been named one of his century’s most
important portrait sculptors. In 1939 he made
his first completely abstract sculpture, Man and
Woman, which caused great controversy, but is
now considered a sculptural landmark in Denmark.
Ólafsson returned to Iceland in 1945. As one of
the leading artists of the country, he was entrusted
with numerous challenging commissions, among
them a 90 m long relief at the Búrfell Hydroelectric
Station. He leaves eighteen public monuments in
Reykjavík alone, Throne Pillars by the Höfði House
and Emblem of Iceland being the best known. The
Museum is closed in December.
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The installation Sleep light by Ráðhildur Ingadóttir is composed of
Ásmundarsafn’s dome, the sound of its space, a computer, a hand
mirror, light projection and a shadow. On display until 17.04.2011
The Culture House (C-2)
Exhibitions reflecting varied aspects of
Icelandic history and culture:
The Medieval Manuscripts – Eddas and Sagas
On view are the ancient vellum manuscripts that preserve the
Northern classical heritage: unique sagas, poems and narratives which are often our sole written sources of information on the society, religion and world view of the people of
Northern Europe.
The Iceland Film
Icelanders
Icelanders is an exhibition of a selection
of photographs from the book of the
same name by author Unnur Jökulsdóttir and photographer Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson, published in 2004. Published
in four language versions – Icelandic,
English, German and French – the book
was very well received both in Iceland
and abroad. It was nominated for the
Icelandic Literary Award. Unnur and Sigurgeir set out to capture the spirit of the
Icelandic nation in words and images:
they travelled all over the country for two
years, visiting people, talking to them
and taking photographs. They found
that there are two nations living in Iceland – the city-dwellers, and the people
who live in the regions: those who live
on remote headlands and upland crofts,
in isolated valleys and fjords far from the
beaten path. These people are attuned
to the land and its nature, moulded by
their environment. And these were the
people who captured their imagination,
and became the subject of the book.
The photographic exhibition Icelanders
has previously been shown at the Nordic
arts festival Les Boréales in France.
On display until 16.01.2011
The Iceland Film exhibition traces for the first time the development of Icelandic filmmaking from its origins around 1904 to the
year 2008. Specially assembled film excerpts give insight into the
atmosphere and theme of significant films. On four “film islands”,
one for each genre; feature film, documentary, short film and literature adaptation, a total of approximately 100 films can be selected
and viewed in full length. Designed in terms of a public archive, the
exhibition provides a comprehensive overview of Icelandic filmmaking and thus Iceland’s social and cultural history over the past
100 years. The composition and structural design of this travelling
exhibition works as an open system: it can be upgraded with new
productions and further historical material. New topics may even
be integrated.
The Library Room
The old reading room of the National Library features an exhibit
selected and arranged by the National and University Library.
On display are many of the landmark books of Icelandic cultural
history, dating from the introduction of printing in the sixteenth
century to the present day. These include the oldest published
versions of the Sagas of Icelanders, Sagas of the Kings of Norway
and Eddic poems, Hallgrímur Pétursson’s Psalms of Christ’s Passion and much more. A number of changing themed exhibitions
run throughout the year in the Library Room. It serves as a bright
and elegant setting for concerts, meetings, lectures and other
events held at the Culture House. On permanent view
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offered by the Friends of the Arts Society
Rejoice at Christmas is the title for Christmas Concert with the Hallgrímskirkja Motet Choir that will
be held in Hallgrímskirkja, Wednesday December
29th and Thursday December 30th at 20:00 both
evenings. On the Repertoire of this festive Christmas concert will be well known Christmas music,
renaissance motets and works by Icelandic composers. The special guest at this concert will be the
internationally renowned Icelandic bass singer Kristinn
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Culture & arts
Culture & arts
museums // galleries // giftshops // showrooms
museums // galleries // giftshops // showrooms
Einar Jónsson Museum
Kópavogur Art Museum (Gerðarsafn)
National Gallery of Iceland
Njarðargata (Opposite Hallgrímur Pétursson
Memorial Church). Main entrance is in
Eiríksgata. Tel.: 551 3797 & 561 3797.
Hamraborg 4, Kópavogur. Tel.: 570 0440.
Houses a collection of works by the artist
Gerður as well as displaying various kinds of
art work. Café.
E-mail: [email protected]
www.gerdarsafn.is
Fríkirkjuvegur 7 (on the eastern bank of the
Pond), tel.: 515 9600. Main museum of
Icelandic visual art. Wide ranging historic
and contemporary exhibitions by local and
foreign artists. Exhibition rooms, cafeteria
and shop, closed Mondays.
E-mail: [email protected].
Web: www.listasafn.is. Open Tuesday to
Sunday 11–17. Closed Mondays.
Free Admission.
Natural History Museum of Kópavogur
Hamraborg 6 A, 200 Kópavogur, 100 m
from Art Gallery Ger›arsafn. Collection of
birds, molluscs and minerals. Small aquariums with fish and marimos. Open Mon.Thu. 10-21, Fri. 11-17 and Sat.-Sun. 13-17.
Free entrance. Tel.: 570 0430, website:
www.natkop.is
Indoor and outdoor exhibitions.
Dedicated to the works of Ice­land´s first
modern sculptor, Einar Jónsson (18741954). Open: June-Sept. 15th: daily except
Mon. 14-17; Sept. 16th - May: Sat. and
Sun. 14-17.
Dec. and Jan. closed.
Website: www.skulptur.is
E-mail: [email protected]
Reykjavík City Museum
– Árbæjarsafn
Árbær, Tel.: 411 6300. Collection of arti­
facts docu­menting the de­ve­l­op­ment of the
city of Reykja­vík. Pres­ently the muse­um
comprises 27 build­ings, built between
1820 and 1907.
Open June-August:
Daily from 10:00-17:00
Sept.-May: Guided visiting hours on Mon.
Wed. and Friday at 13:00 and
by appointment for groups.
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.reykjavikmuseum.is
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The Culture House
The National Centre for Cultural Heritage
Hverfisgata 15, 101 Reykjavík. Tel.: 545 1400.
Hafnarborg - The Hafnarfjordur
Centre of Culture and Fine Art
ASÍ Art Museum
Freyjugata 41, main entrance from Mímis­­
vegur, opposite Hall­grímur Péturs­son
Me­mo­r­ial Church. Tel.: 511 5353.
Exhibitions of contemporary Icelandic art.
Closed Mondays, entrance free.
[email protected]
www.listasafnasi.is
Exhibitions reflecting varied aspects of
Icelandic history and culture: Medieval
Manuscripts – Eddas and Sagas through
the Ages – from the Árni Magnússon Institute in Iceland. For further information:
www.thjodmenning.is
[email protected]
Reykjavík City Museum
- The Settlement Exhibition 
Strandgata 34, 220 Hafnarfjörður.
Tel.: 585 5790 Fax: 565 4480.
Open daily from 12:00-17:00 except on
Thursdays it is open until 21:00, closed on
Tuesdays. Hafnarborg has a collection of
Icelandic Art and regular exhibitions
presenting leading Icelandic and international artists. Café Maður lifandi is in
Hafnarborg renowned for their healthy
dishes and food.
www.hafnarborg.is
e-mail: [email protected]
The Living Art Museum
Skúlagata 28, 101 Reykjvík. Tel: 551 4350.
The Living Art Museum is a non-profit artist
run institution, founded in 1978. The founding members have donated works to the
museum and today the collection includes
around 2.000 art works of most mediums.
The museum collects and preserves art
works and documentation, is a platform for
research, cross-disciplinary collaboration
with institutions and individuals, critical discourse on contemporary art and presentation in the form of exhibitions, events,
publi­cation and talks.
Open Tue.-Sat. 12:00-17:00 www.nylo.is
Experience Viking-Age Reykjavík at the
new Settlement Exhibition. The focus of
the exhibition is an excavated longhouse
site which dates from the 10th century
AD. It includes relics of human habitation
from about 871, the oldest such site
found in Iceland. Multimedia techniques
bring Reykjavik’s past to life, providing visitors with insights into how people lived in
the Viking Age, and what the Reykja­vík environment looked like to the first settlers.
Reykjavík 871 +/-2.
Aðalstræti 16. 101 Reykjavík
Tel.: 411 6370. Fax: 411 6371.
e-mail: [email protected]
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Culture & arts
museums // galleries // giftshops // showrooms
National Museum of Iceland
Listvinahúsið – Ceramic Workshop
The National Museum of Iceland offers a
state-of-the-art exhibitions on the cultural history of Iceland. The permanent exhibition, Making of a Nation - Heritage and
History of Iceland, gives a comprehensive picture of Iceland’s cultural history
through the ages to the present day. The
exhibition is an exciting journey through
time and beginning with the Vikings settling the country in the late 800´s, guests
are introduced to the latest research on
DNA extracted from bones dating back
to the first centuries of settlement. Guests
can also look into restored heathen
graves and ponder the birth of Althingi in
930, the general assembly of the Commonwealth of Iceland. Open May 1 Sept. 15 daily from 10:00-17:00, Sept.
16 – April 30 Tue. – Sun. 11:00 – 17:00.
guided tours in English Saturdays at
14:00. Tel.: 530-2200, fax: 530-2202,
e-mail: [email protected],
website: www.natmus.is
The oldest Ceramic Workshop in Iceland
established 1927. Three generations of
male lineage of artistic potters. Unique
handmade ceramics, Viking masks and
various ceramic potteries decorated with
lava, made by Guðmundur Einarsson. Located on Skólavörðustígur 43, right next to
Hallgrímskirkja and the statue of “Leif the
Lucky”. Tel.: 551-2850 / 897-4384
www.listvinahus.is
e-mail: [email protected]
Laugarnestangi 70, Reykjavík. Tel.: 553
2906. Collection of sculptures by Sigurjón Ólafsson (1908-1982). Opening
hours: June 1st - Sept. 30th open daily
except Mondays 14-17. Concerts Tuesday evenings at 20:30. Oct. 1st - May
31st open Sat. and Sun. 14-17. Closed in
December and January. Open on request. Cafeteria. Website: http://www.
LSO.is, e-mail: [email protected]
A selection from the numismatic collection
is on display on the ground floor of the
Central Bank’s main building in Kalkofnsvegur 1, Reykjavík.
The exhibition is open to the public
Mon.-Fri. 13:30-15:30. Free admittance.
Tel.: 569 9600 & 569 9964,
e-mail: [email protected]
Arngrímsgata 3 (on the University
Campus, next to Hótel Saga,10 min. walk
from centre), Tel.: 525 5600.
Website: www.bok.hi.is,
e-mail: [email protected].
Special collections. Exhibitions. Cafeteria.
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is located at Neströð, Seltjarnarnes, next
door to the Museum of Medical History in
Iceland. (15 min. by bus 3 westbound from
city center). In the summer the Pharmacy
Museum is open on Tuesdays, Thursdays,
Saturdays and Sundays 13-17, in wintertime groups can visit the museum by
agreement with the curators. Tel.: 561
7100, 561 6166 & 862 4119,
e-mail: [email protected]
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Numismatic Museum
National and University Library
of Iceland
Pharmacy Museum
(Lyfjafræðisafnið)
museums // galleries // giftshops // showrooms
Reykjavík Art Museum
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús
The Reykjavík Art Museum comprises
the Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Museum, the Kjarval Collection, the Erró
Collection, the Architectural Museum
and the Reykjavík Art Collection. The
Museum is located in three different
places in Reykjavík, each with its own
characteristics.
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The Erró Collection incl. paintings, watercolours, prints, sculpture, collages, cartoons, etc. This magnificent collection has
grown in recent years and at this time numbers more than three thousand artworks by
this extraordinary artist. Six exhibition halls.
Outdoor area. Tryggvagata 17. Tel.: 590
1200. Open daily 10:00-17:00 and Thursdays 10:00 - 22:00.
Reykjavík Art Museum - Ásmundur
Sveinsson (Sculpture Museum)
Gallerí ÓJÁ
Reykjavik Municipal Archives
The gallery is a design gallery based on
Icelandic design. We are located at
Laugavegur 178.
The gallery is open Mon. - Fri. 12:00 - 17:00
or call 821 6566. Email: [email protected].
Website: www.ojadesign.is.
Grófarhús, 3d floor. Collection of documents on the history of Reykjavik and its
citizens. Office open Mon.-Fri. 10-16.
Exhibi­tions on third floor. Admission
Free. E-mail: borgarskjala­safn@reykjavik.
is, website: www.rvk.is/borgarskjalasafn
Dedicated to the sculptures and drawings of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982). Sigtún, 105 Reykjavík.
Tel.: 553 2155. Open daily May - September: 10:00 - 16:00. Open daily October -April: 13:00 - 16:00.
Reykjavík City Library
Tryggvagata 15. Books about Iceland
and Icelandic fiction in translation. The
music department holds a large selection of Icelandic music that guests can
listen to on the premises. The library
offers access to the internet and has
hot spots for those who bring their own
computers. You can book a downtown
literature walking tour for groups,
Reykjavík Literally, by contacting kristin.
[email protected].
Reykjavík Electrical Museum
Rafstöðvarvegur, Tel.: 516 6790. On the
banks of the River Elliðaár, Next to the
old power station (1921), one of its major
exhibits. June.-August open: Mon.-Fri.
13:00-16:00, Sat. 14:00-16:00, and by
appointments. For further information
Tel.: 516 6790. Free Admission.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Reykjavik Municipal Archives
Reykjavik City Library
Grófarhús, Tryggvagötu 15, 101 Reykjavík
Reykjavík Art Museum
- Kjarvalsstaðir
Works of Jóhannes S. Kjarval, „Iceland’s
best-loved landscape painter“ and other
leading Icelandic and international artists
of the 20th century. Flókagata, 105 Reykjavík. A good 10 min. walk from the Centre. Tel.: 517 1290. Open daily 10-17:00.
Free guided tours in English at Kjarvals­
staðir all Thursdays in June, July and
August at 12:00.
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Grófarhús, 6th floor. National specialist
museum in photography. The museum
provides a wide range of works by leading Icelandic photographers of past and
present. Office open Mon.-Fri. 10-16.
Exhibitions in Grófarsalur hall on 6th floor
open 12-19 weekdays and 13-17 weekends. ADMISSION FREE. E-mail: photo­
[email protected], website:
www.ljosmyndasafnreykjavikur.is
Open Mon.–Thur.10:00 –19:00.
Fri.11:00–19:00.Sat. and Sun. 13:00–
17:00. Information about Icelandic
literature: www.literature.is
E-mail:
[email protected]
web: www.borgarbokasafn.is
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Culture & arts
museums // galleries // giftshops // showrooms
Anna María design
– Hand made jewellery
At Skólavörðustíg 3, Anna María has her
workshop, where she creates her things
of gold and silver. She likes to use Ice­
landic stones as well as precious stones in
her work. Anna María only carries her own
work at her shop. Opening hours are weekdays 10-18 and Sat. 11-16. Tel.: 551 0036.
Listaselið Arts and Crafts
Listaselið is an art gallery run by six
female artists who create works with
different materials. One artist at your
service each day in the art gallery.
Open: Mon.-Fri. 12-18 and Sat. 11-16.
Listaselið, Skólavörðu­stíg 17b,
101 Reykja­vík,
Tel.: 551 5675.
Art Gallery Fold
On Rauðarárstígur, just 50 m from the city
bus terminal station Hlemmur and in Kringlan, Shopping Centre. Graphic, pastel, paintings, sculptures and tap­estry. Tel.: 551 0400,
e-mail: [email protected]
Gallerí Smíðar og Skart
Gallery Smíðar og Skart offers a vide selection of contemporary Icelandic art.
Oil paintings, acrylic paintings, watercolors
as well as ceramics and glass art. Over 50
m•mari­ella, The differ­ent jewell­ery
local artists have their work on display in the
Gallery.
Open: Mon. – Fri. 10 – 18 and Sat. 10 – 16.
Gallerí Smíðar og Skart
Skólavörðustíg 16A, 101 Reykjavík
Tel. : (354) 561 4090
Mobile: (354) 899 5518. [email protected]
Daily Winter Whale Watching tours are scheduled from October 1st
to March 31st at 13:00.
In December the Elding Team is in a holiday mood and welcomes
you on board:
Kogga Ceramic-Studio-Gallery
Vesturgata 5, 101 Reykjavík, Tel.: (354) 552
6036. Unique ceramic design by the well
known ceramic-artist Kogga and painter
Magnús Kjartansson.
Placed in the middle of
old town Reykja­vík,
near the harbour.
Open: Mon.-Fri.
9-18 and Sat. 11-15.
How your ingenious jewellery souvenir
looks like? Here is mariella’s. Enjoy her
visionary craftsmanship, worked rocks,
lava, leather, horsehair, sands and all
kinds of fine gemstones and pearls as
well. Bergstaðastræti 5 close to
Skólavörðustígur 12. Tel.: 561 4500
The flexible sculpture ring.
Winter Whale Watching
Kirsuberjatréð is a gallery in a beautiful old
house by the harbour in the center of
Reykja­vik. The gallery is run by 10 women
artist who are known for unusual approach
in their use of materials. We offer: Things to
use...things to wear...things to enjoy...
Open: Mon.-Fri. 10-18 and Sat. 11-15.
Free entry to the Whale Watching Centre: Icelandic
Christmas documentary and music in addition to
information about whales and birds
Complimentary Holiday Punch and Icelandic pepper
biscuits on board the Whale Watching Centre on your
arrival
From December 12th to December 24th you’ll get a
gift from the Yuletide Lads
Warm overalls and blankets free of charge on board
Sighting guarantee: No sightings – you will get
another complimentary tour
Kirsuberjatréð,
Vest­urgata 4,
101 Reykja­vík.
Tel.: (354) 562 8990,
www.kirs.is
Pick up service is provided in the capital area
Notice: Weather permitting tours.
Closed on December 25th and January 1st.
Kirsuberjatréð Icelandic design
Reservations
+354 555 3565
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