Events
Blue is This Little Flower
A fun drawing workshop inspired by the works of Eggert Pétursson. The workshop will be located in the House of Collection´s exhibition space and will take its references from artwork in the museum´s collection.
The Gallery encourages families to visit and ponder the art on their own terms. We also offer diverse programming on a regular basis with an emphasis on enabling families to enjoy time together in creative ways, whether through live guided tours or custom workshops. All events are advertised specially in connection with exhibitions.
The kids' club Krummi runs a varied and fun program every month where cheerful kids are invited to learn about the works of art in the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland, create works of art and play in a nurturing environment.
Free entry to this event.
lau
11. maí
14:00—16:00
Multipolar
An expert-led tour
In the exhibition Multipolar, the artist Anna Rún Tryggvadóttir turns her attention to the earth´s magnetic field. This invisible magnetic field is the precondition for all life on earth because it protects the atmosphere from the poisonous rays of the sun. Rock strata show that the magnetic poles of north and south have been shifting since the origin of the earth and the four cardinal directions we use today, north, south, east and west, are therefore only a temporary phenomenon. How humans experience this inexplicable uncertainty becomes Anna Rún‘s subject matter in a holistic installation of two-dimensional and sculptural works.
The events calendar is aimed at senior citizens and is composed of specially designed tours as well as discussions with the museum´s experts on fine art, ongoing exhibitions and the work of the National Gallery of Iceland. The events create opportunities for guests to approach art and our national heritage from different perspectives. The National Gallery´s Quality Time events are always accompanied by coffee and pastries. The pastries are contributed by Bread and Co. which sponsors the project.
Attn. The event will be held in Icelandic
Museum entrance fees apply.
mið
15. maí
14:00—15:00
Magnetic Field Energy
An exploration of the exhibition Multipolar featuring works by Anna Rúna Tryggvadóttir. The earth‘s magnetic field will inspire and inform an artistic process characterized by novel approaches.
The Gallery encourages families to visit and ponder the art on their own terms. We also offer diverse programming on a regular basis with an emphasis on enabling families to enjoy time together in creative ways, whether through live guided tours or custom workshops. All events are advertised specially in connection with exhibitions.
The kids' club Krummi runs a varied and fun program every month where cheerful kids are invited to learn about the works of art in the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland, create works of art and play in a nurturing environment.
Free entry to this event
lau
18. maí
14:00—16:00
Blue is This Little Flower
A fun drawing workshop inspired by the works of Eggert Pétursson. The workshop will be located in the House of Collection´s exhibition space and will take its references from artwork in the museum´s collection.
The Gallery encourages families to visit and ponder the art on their own terms. We also offer diverse programming on a regular basis with an emphasis on enabling families to enjoy time together in creative ways, whether through live guided tours or custom workshops. All events are advertised specially in connection with exhibitions.
The kids' club Krummi runs a varied and fun program every month where cheerful kids are invited to learn about the works of art in the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland, create works of art and play in a nurturing environment.
Free entry to this event.
lau
25. maí
14:00—16:00
The Power of Seeing – Do you want to explore visual literacy?
This is a collaboration between The National Gallery of Iceland and the The Association of Art History and Theory, with art historians inviting the public to the House of Collections to explore the methods of visual literacy. Guests will have the opportunity to examine works of art from the National Gallery´s collection and participate in art historian-led discussions on the works. In this way participants are given keys to accessing and enjoying visual art in any form. Come and discover Icelandic art, you are very welcome!
Attn. The events will be held in Icelandic.
Register for this event by sending an email to mennt@listasafn.is Limited places available
sun
26. maí
14:00—15:00
LONG THURSDAYS, The House of Collections
Drawing in the museum
A drawing workshop for adults inspired by the works of art in the exhibition.
Participants are encouraged to bring their own drawing tools and sketchbooks, but materials will also be available on location. The workshop is suitable for all skill levels.
Workshop supervisor: Anna Cynthia Leplar
Museum entrance fees apply
The National Gallery of Iceland at Fríkirkjuvegur is open until 22 PM on long Thursdays
fim
30. maí
19:30—21:00
Going for Gold
Curators Talk
We welcome you to a guided tour of the group exhibit Going for Gold at the House of Collections.
At the exhibit you'll find paintings and objects made by Finnur Jónsson (1892-1993) and Jóhannes Jóhannesson (1921-98), both of whom had trained as gold-/silversmiths before embarking on their careers in art. At the same time, members of the Association of Icelandic Goldsmiths present new works, which each goldsmith relates to a work of art in the exhibition Viðnám/Resistance at the House of Collections.
Attn. The event will be held in Icelandic.
Museum entrance fees apply.
lau
8. júní
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We welcome you to an artist-led tour of Loop by Tumi Magnússon at the National Gallery of Iceland.
In connection with the Reykjavík Art Festival the National Gallery of Iceland premieres the video work Loop by Tumi Magnússon. The work brings together all the different working methods that Tumi has adopted over time, in the paintings and photographs from the 1990s and in the video works from the last 20 years. He joins different things together, pulls them apart, turns situations upside down, changes speed and equates something tiny with something huge. He considers how long it takes to go from one place to another and the speed required to reach the destination. And he contemplates how we perceive the interaction of these elements in space – speed and time. In Loop he evokes surprising sides of familiar phenomena that spark off new trains of thought in the viewer's mind.
Man-made, everyday life has been a primary focus of Tumi's work, but in Loop he deals with the natural world in an unexpected way. The piece is a 14-channel video installation that fills the gallery with image and sound.
Attn. The event will be held in Icelandic.
Museum entrance fees apply.
sun
9. júní
16:00—17:00
Iron, Linen, Charcoal and Chalk
An expert-led tour An expert-led tour
The exhibition features three-dimensional works and a video work by Þóra Sigurðardóttir that have never been exhibited before. They are the product of the artist´s observations dating back to 1992. The source is the rhythm of daily life, quotidian subjects and space. Abandoned houses; material memory and its properties; a journey and a process of transformation. Iron, linen, charcoal and chalk. Layering, points of intersection, two-dimensional and three-dimensional structures, framework. Calendar. An awareness of the possibility that a rule might break, the center of gravity might crumble, and chaos might ensue.
The events calendar is aimed at senior citizens and is composed of specially designed tours as well as discussions with the museum´s experts on fine art, ongoing exhibitions and the work of the National Gallery of Iceland.
The events create opportunities for guests to approach art and our national heritage from different perspectives.
The National Gallery´s Quality Time events are always accompanied by coffee and pastries. The pastries are contributed by Bread and Co. which sponsors the project.
Attn. The event will be held in Icelandic
Museum entrance fees apply.
mið
12. júní
14:00—15:00