Þórunn Bára Björnsdóttir
Þórunn Bára Björnsdóttir (1950) has been active in Icelandic art for the past decade. She graduated from Edinburgh University of the Arts (BA) and Wesleyan Uni...
Museums, Galleries and Houses of Culture
Haraldur Bilson
A new painting by Haraldur Bilson titled SHOWERS 36 x 75 cm
Monlight Sonta
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Jóhann Briem Icelandic painter
Jóhann Briem (1907 - 1991) stundaði listnám hjá Jóni Jónssyni málara, bróður Ásgríms Jónssonar, Eyjólfi Eyfells og Ríkarði Jónssyni myndhöggvara í Reykjaví...
Nele Brönner
Nele Brönner is a visual artist and writer from Berlin. She is a writer-in-residence in Gröndal‘s House in Reykjavík in September 2020, hosted by the Reykjavik...
Distance and Intimacy. Contemporary Icelandic Photography
Distance and Intimacy. Contemporary Icelandic PhotographyNew exhibition at Reykjavík Museum of Photography opening 20th september 2020
In the exhibition...
Valtýr Pétursson (1919−1988)
Valtýr Pétursson (March 27, 1919 - May 15, 1988) was an Icelandic painter and one of the pioneers of modernism and abstract art in Icelandic art. He was al...
Sólveig Hólmarsdóttir
Sólveig Hólmarsdóttir
The artist will talk about her exhibition which renders the various trials and tribulations that she has endured in her li...
Jóhann Briem Icelandic painter
Jóhann Briem (1907-1991) studied art under the great artist and painter Jón Jónsson, brother of another master of the arts, Ásgrímur Jónsson. Other mentors...
Good Thursday: Artist talk and book release
New Acquisitions Artist talk with Hildur Hákonardóttir, G. Erla, Ragnheiður Ragnarsdóttir and Claudia HausfeldThursday July 30th at 7 pm
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Exhibition Opening – Gilbert & George: The Great Exhibition
Gilbert & George: The Great Exhibition will be opened at Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús on Thursday, 6 August at 19h00. The exhibition is a par...
Evening Walk through Áfangar in Viðey
Event location Skarfabakki
Thirty years are since the artwork Áfangar by Richard Serra was installed in Viðey during the Reykjavik Art Festival 1990. O...
Rock & roll at Árbær Open Air
Rock & roll at Árbær Open AirMuseumSunday July 26 at 13:00-16:00On Sunday July 26 th the Árbær Open Air Museum will be full of rock and roll music and vint...
Reykjavik Accordian Festival & Haymaking
Reykjavik Accordian Festival & Haymaking at Árbær Open Air MuseumThe annual Reykjavik Accordion Festival will be held at Árbær Open Air Museum on Sunday Ju...
Árnesinga Folk Museum
Where history of community and culture become one
Filled with old memories, Húsið “The House” at Eyrarbakki was built when danish merchants were allowed to ...
The Ordinary is Extraordinary- Hversdagssafn
Museum of Everyday Life - Westfjords
This intriguing place that once was an old shoe shop was birthed by Björg and Vaida- their love for the mundane and...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhúsíð
Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús: the old harbor warehouse is located in the oldest part of Reykjavík where the town’s boats docked. The building was erected i...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Ásmundarsafn
The sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893– 1982) designed, worked and lived in this beautiful building. The white dome structure is surrounded by Sveinsson’s sculp...
Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir
Kjarvalstaðir houses the works of one of Iceland’s most influential and recognized artists, Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972). The building is a fine example of ...
Gálgahraun
Painting by Johannes s. Kjarval from Gálgahraun from 1955.
Gálgahraun (Gallow´s Lava)
Gálgahraun (Gallow´s Lava) is a unique lava field in Álftanes, at t...
…now | Páll Stefánsson
new exhibition with photos by the Icelandic Photographer Páll Stefánsson
...now | Páll Stefánsson
...now is the title of a new exhibition with photos by the I...