Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús
Exhibitions
Indian Highway – Contemporary Indian Video Art   
The exhibition is a snapshot of the remarkable and rapid economic, social and cultural developments in India in recent years. Indian Highway is a timely presentation of the pioneering work being made in India today, embracing art, architecture, film, literature and dance. Born in the seventies the twelve artists include the internationally acclaimed artist Shilpa Gupta. The selected works on show are based on the original exhibition Indian Highway at Serpentine Gallery, London and Astrup Fearnley Museum, Oslo. Curated by Hafthor Yngvason. On display until 10.10

D17 Magnús Helgason – I‘m not a Compost, I‘m an Earthworm - Gardening with Paint
Works that are pleasing to the eye and go straight to the heart of the spectator are predominant in the mind of the artist Magnús Helgason. Magnús is the seventeenth artist to exhibit in the D-Gallery  of Hafnarhús. His works are made up of a line of events which he slightly adjusts for the sake of the exposition. Magnús Helgason graduated from AKI, Akademie voor beeldende kunst in Enchede in Holland in 2001. He has headed courses at LHÍ, exhibited his paintings and created several shows to the music of known music artists. Curated by Fee Yean Quay. Sunday 19 September at 15:00 Artist talks with Magnús Helgason. On display until 24.10

Erró – Collage
The exhibition offers, for the first time, an opportunity to discover a holistic selection of Erró‘s collages from Reykjavik Art Museum‘s Erró collection. On show are 130 collages which Erró began donating to the museum in 1989, spanning the artist‘s creative career ever since his first experiments with the media at the Icelandic School of Arts and Crafts in Reykjavík in the early fifties. After cultivating the collage for 15 years there came a turning point in Erró‘s creative form of expression when he started to transform his pictures into paintings; a method which turned out to be momentous and became the key to Erró‘s creative expression ever since. In it the collage gained a dual status; as a collage and as a painting.  The exhibition is structured time sequentially and sheds a light on how particular collages laid the foundation for Erró‘s paintings. Curated by Danielle Kvaran. Sunday 26 September 15:00 gallery talk for the family. On display until 28.08.2011

Mel Ramos
This Mel Ramos exhibition has been made possible by the most generous donation of Ernst Hilger, gallerist in Vienna. It includes 30 recent editions of lithographs and high quality silk-screens, created by the American artist between 1996 and 2009. Ramos is one of the pioneers of the West Coast Pop Art movement. He developed a specific kind of pop art iconography which entails an ironic reference to the image of women projected by the mass media and the advertisements of the consumer‘s society. Thirteen works from the donated collection are exhibited. Curated by Danielle Kvaran. On display until 07.11

Reykjavík Art Museum – Kjarvalsstaðir
Exhibitions
Kjarval – Key works
The Reykjavik Art Museum draws on its extensive collection of works by Jóhannes S. Kjarval for ongoing exhibitions at Kjarvalsstaðir. The exhibition in Kjarvalsstaðir’s east gallery features key works from the museum’s collection. These key works from Kjarval’s oeuvre offer a unique and powerful retrospective of the career of Iceland’s most beloved painter. On display until 31.12

The Will as a Weapon - Review 1970 – 1980
The so-called women‘s decade left a significant mark on the history of Iceland. This turning point is remembered in the exhibition by works from more than twenty Icelandic women. The aim of the exhibition is to shed a light on women‘s artwork of this decade with emphasis on the diversity characteristic of this era, particularly how they used traditional media, such as weaving, to express their message and their reckoning of the old. Among events highlighted by the exhibition is the 40 year milestone since the establishment of Rauðsokkur movement and 40 years have also passed since a woman was appointed minister for the first time in Iceland (Auður Auðuns). It has been 35 years since The Women‘s Day Off took place for the first time and 30 years have passed since Vigdís Finnbogadóttir was elected to the office of the president of Iceland. Moreover there are 80 years since Landspítali began its operation with women as major contributors to its initial establishment. Last but not least, 100 years are since women were given the right to vote in local government elections. A substantive and richly decorated catalogue will be published in conjunction with the exhibition and several events will be set up throughout its course. Curated by Hrafnhildur Schram. Sunday 12 September 15:00 Curator´s talk with Hrafnhildur Schram. On display until 07.11

 (fe)male – workshop
Open and informative family workshop in connection with the exhibition The Will as a Weapon. The focus is set on the distinctive features of the „real“woman and how the society portrays her image. Visitors of all ages are encouraged to discus questions concerning looks and happiness, partly focusing on the Snork-girl, a Finnish Moomin Troll’s character, known for her admiration. The workshop is in collaboration with dancer Ragnheidur Bjarnason. School groups are welcome but need to book ahead with the museum's education department: fraedsludeild@reykjavik.is. On display until 07.11

The National Museum of Iceland
Exhibitions
The Making of a Nation - Heritage and History in Iceland
The National Museum’s permanent exhibition includes some 2,000 objects dating from the Settlement to the present day and includes multi-media displays, telephone connections with the past, fun and education, games, information folders, and more. A tour of the permanent exhibition is a remarkable journey through time that begins in the ship of the settlers and ends in a modern airport.

Encounters
An archaeological exhibition for the whole family. A selection of artefacts found on some of the main archaeological sites in Iceland 2001 – 2005. On display until 30.11

Saga-Steads – In the footsteps of W.G. Collingwood
An exhibition by photographer Einar Falur Ingólfssons (b. 1966), who has retraced the steps of British artist/antiquarian William Gershom Collinwood (1854-1932) on a ten-week tour of Iceland in 1897, during which he painted, drew and photographed places immortalised in the Sagas of Icelanders. On display until 31.12

Beards and Facial Hair
An exhibition on beards and moustaches: trends and fashions that have influenced these symbols of masculinity – and the implements that have been used over the years to maintain their splendour. On display until 31.12

Hafnarborg, Hafnarfjordur Centre of Culture and Fine Art
Exhibition
Humour in Icelandic Art
An exhibition consisting of works by contemporary Icelandic artists from different generations which deal with humour and irony some in a satirical manner. In many pieces one can find satirical humour, intelligent or irrational jokes. The keystone of existence is a harmless joke' said writer Þorbergur Þórðarson in his book Letter to Laura but he considered it a good quality in people if they were able to see the funny sides of life.  Humour is a complicated cultural phenomenon which is hard to pinpoint, describe or define. The curator is Kristín Dagmar Jóhannesdóttir. In connection with the exhibition there will be seminars and lectures in collaboration with the Icelandic Centre for Ethnology and Folklore. On display until 23.10

ASI Art Museum
Exhibition
Time is not going, it is coming - Svava Björnsdóttir and Inga Ragnarsdóttir
The exhibition is an experiment to travel visually forward with time. Material, space and movement are constant and real. It is a challenging task to note how time connects to space and how they appear. Svava and Inga are both educated at the Munchen Academy of Art but this is the first time they exhibit together.  On display until 19.09

Reykjavík City Library
Exhibition
Painting and Video - Daði Guðbjörnsson
Many are familiar with Daði‘s paintings and graphic works, but in this exhibition he enters a new territory presenting a video, in addition to new oil-paintings. Daði‘s first private exhibition was in Gallery Suðurgata 7, in 1980. Today his private and group exhibitions are numerous. The Artotek sells and rent out Icelandic contemporary visual art. www.artotek.is On display until 03.10

Art Gallery Fold
Exhibition
Portraits of the Eruption - Photo Exhibition
A joint show of 23 photographers portraying the ongoing volcano eruption at Eyjafjallajökull glacier. The eruptions are a spectacular photo opportunity bringing photographers from around the world to the Icelandic mountains. Some of the photos at the exhibition have been published in the international media while others are being displayed for the first time. The photo exhibition will last all summer with new photographs added as the eruptions evolve.

Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Exhibition
Blue Formations - Anne Marie Sørensen
The exhibition Blue Formations explores the water, the lava and the wind that moves the elements. “Blue Formations” is based on photographic research carried out at the beach near Eyrarbakki in 2009-10 by the Danish photographer Anne Marie Sørensen, (b. 1954).  “I find my motives in the continuous movement of the water: waves coming in, getting sucked down into the dark sand or flowing back towards the sea. For every new wave and wind a new shape is formed. The sound, the slow rhythm in calm weather and the smell of the sea frames my visual experience and I go back to Eyrabakki again.” Blue formations is Anne Marie Sørensen`s twelfth solo exhibition. She has exhibited her work in Denmark, Faroe Islands and now in Iceland. On display until 21.09

Gallery Agust
Exhibition
Inflexio - Marta Jonsdottir
Marta Jonsdottir exhibits new abstract paintings. Her artworks on canvas and paper are characterized by colourful forms, painted in thin layers, often on the verge of being paintings and drawings. She creates her work with acrylic paint often in many layers, a sort of nostalgia for the abstract painting or an ode to futurism, but also the painter’s speculations regarding the light, the colour, the sight and the eye. Rigid and soft forms converge in large dynamic paintings and in smaller more poetic works of art. On display until 09.10

Gerðuberg Cultural Centre
Exhibition
Tracks
An exhibition of mosaics by Alice Olivia Clarke in the cafeteria. Alice concentrates on large-scale murals, but also produces smaller works and utilitarian objects.  One of her well-known works is The Tree of Life 2009-2011 in the Hafnarfjörður Church, in the form of a Celtic cross which will gain leaves gradually over the coming years as new children being confirmed each make and contribute their own.  This exhibition in Gerðuberg will consist of varied murals in bright colours.  Alice was born and bred in Canada, but has lived in Iceland for the past 18 years. On display until 01.09

Café Mokka
Photographic exhibition
Secondo
On display will be black and white photographs from Italy by photographer Karl R. Lilliendahl. The title of the exhibition, Secondo, refers to the part of second that it takes to freeze the moment. The photos are taken in the Italian cities, Lucca, Bologna and Venice. Secondo is Karls seventh private exhibition. The exhibition will be on display until 23.09

Classic Concert Company
Concerts
During this summer concerts with classical Icelandic music will take place every evening at Grandagarður 11. Audiences will be introduced to the Pearls of Icelandic song, national songs and hymns and will be taken on a journey through the history of Icelandic music. The singers and instrumentalists are some of the most talented Icelandic musicians and many of them have received a lot of praise for their performances both in Iceland and abroad. The format of the concerts is different every evening and on their Internet site www.cccr.is the programmes of upcoming days can be found. Singers are accompanied with piano and guitar and sometimes even with a stone harp. Introductions are in English and the concerts start at 20:30

Restaurant Reykjavík
Comedy show in English
Let’s talk local
This is a fun and vibrant comedy show where you learn all you need to know about the birth of Reykjavík from the time of the Vikings until present day. Two storytellers take you on an unforgettable journey through the history of Reykjavík and take on the roles of different historical characters along way. The show is daily at 18:00 for tickets call 699 0740

Friday, 03.09
Laugardalsvöllur Stadium
Football
Iceland vs. Norway preliminaries for the UEFA EURO 2012 at 19:00

Sunday, 05.09
Hallgrímskirkja church
Choir concert - Peace on Earth
Heinrich Schütz Ensemble Vornbach from Germany. Conductor: Prof. Martin Steidler the 1. Prize winner at the Cork Choral Competition 2010 sings works by Josquin, Schütz, Jennefelt, Tormis and Schönberg. Ticket sale at Hallgrimskirkja church Tel.: 510 1000. Admission fee 2500 IKR for further information visit: www.listvinafelag.is   

Thursday, 16.09
Iðnó Theatre
Comedy show in English
Cellophane
A hit comedy monologue about the modern woman trying to make it on all frontiers; being a brilliant mom, foxy career bitch, having a volcanic sex-life, being tops 40 kilos, nurturing the marriage - and looking like Angelina Jolie while you‘re at it…Mission Impossible!  The monologue is 80 minutes running and is performed in a theatre where the audience is sitting at tables. The actress in this first staging of the play in English will be Thorunn Larusdottir who will be directed by the author and original actress, Björk Jakobsdóttir. Thorunn is a household name in Icelandic theatre and a graduate from Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Arts and has been an actress at the Icelandic National Theatre for many years. At 20:00 every Thursdays. Entrance fee is 3.400 ISK – for tickets go to www.reykjavikbyday.is or call 666 1234

Saturday, 18.09
Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum
Exhibition
What are you up to now, my dear Erlingur
Exhibitions with works by the sculptors Erlingur Jónsson and Sigurjón Ólafsson. Erlingur Jónsson was born in 1930 near Keflavík, Iceland and worked as a teacher of art and craft in the vicinity until he, in the early eighties, moved to Norway and received his diploma in visual arts from the Telemark Lærerhøgskole Notodden. Consequently he taught visual arts and handicraft at high schools and colleges in the greater Oslo area until his retirement. He is very productive as a sculptor and is represented by numerous public sculptures both in Norway and in Iceland. In the 1970ies Erlingur Jónsson was a frequent visitor in Sigurjón Ólafsson's studio at Laugarnes both as a friend and as an assistant.

Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Exhibition
A Considered View - Wayne Gudmundson 
The photographic landscapes of Wayne Gudmundson initially challenge the viewer with their apparent emptiness and carefully considered avoidance of traditional pictorial conventions. When Gudmundson began exploring landscape photography in the early 1980´s, he had been making pictures for over a decade. As his work developed, he began to direct his photographic passion toward an exploration of the land of his ancestors that simultaneously affirmed the present. In images he could see the land of the upper Midwest through the eyes of those who had come before him. His work has since evolved into a visual gift of memory, sense of place, and heritage for future generations. On display until 09.01.2011

Sunday, 19.09
The Nordic House
Concert
Tone poems and dances from Eastern Europe
The chamber group Camerarctica, consisting of a clarinettist, strings and piano, perform pieces by Rezsö Kókai, Krzystof Penderecki, Aram Khatschaturian and Igor Stravinsky at the Nordic House at 15:15. The hour-long recital is part of the 15:15 series in the Nordic House.

Friday, 23.09
Reykjavík Museum of Photography
Exhibition
The Isle of Human - Johan Rosemunthe
In the series “The Isle of Human” we find animals in unexpected places. The animals occupy the spaces as if it was their natural habitat. The images are, of course, manipulated and constructed from at least two separate images. The idea of placing exotic animals in a city environment stems from my interest in the fight for new territories that humans are increasingly involved in. But humans still have to live side by side with the other species on this earth, and somehow we have to find a way to live together. I have no final answer to this question, but I find the theme intellectually and visually stimulating. On display until 16.10