Programme of the week
Agnieszka Sosnowska, Auðun, 2023. © Agnieszka Sosnowska
February 12th, 2 PM // The National Gallery
Intimacies of the Everyday
Specialist led tour about the group exhibition Intimacies of the Everyday. The exhibition features more than 60 photographs by renowned international contemporary artists, including Agnieszka Sosnowska, Joakim Eskildsen, Niall McDiarmid, Orri Jónsson, and Sally Mann. The exhibition is curated by Pari Stave, head curator for exhibitions at the National Gallery of Iceland. The works in Intimacies of the Everyday were selected from discrete series within each artist’s practice and represent decades-long and ongoing preoccupations with photographing the people and places closest to home. The exhibition is organized around the unifying idea that certain images can only be achieved by close, attentive, and sustained observation.
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Joakim Eskildsen, Dinner, from Home Works series © Joakim Eskildsen
February 15th, 2pm-4pm // The National Gallery of Iceland
Krummi Kid's Club // What Did I Do Today?
We explore our own everyday life and find inspiration from photographs in the exhibition Intimacies in the Everyday. The graphic novel format will be used in the workshop, with photographs also playing a role.
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Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, 6:1 (green), 2024. Courtesy of the artist and i8 gallery
Save the Date!
This is a Very Large Number (Commerzbau) Opens on February 21rst
The National Gallery of Iceland invites you to the opening of Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir’s exhibition That’s a Very Large Number — A Commerzbau, that was originally commissioned for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024, on Friday, February 21st 2025 at 5 pm.
The National Gallery of Iceland is pleased to present This is a Very Large Number — Commerzbau, the acclaimed exhibition by Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, opening on February 21. Originally commissioned for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024, this site-specific installation of sculptural works has been reconceived for the National Gallery, responding to the architectural conditions of the museum, which overlooks Tjörnin (the Pond) and the City of Reykjavík.
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