Skúlptúr/skúlptúr/performans

This exhibition dwells in thresholds—the trembling spaces between one state and another. Our lives are composed of countless shifts and transitions-quiet or sudden, subtle or overwhelming. The moment before meeting a loved one’s eyes. The space between bodies on a dance floor. The stillness before the sun breaks the night. The quiet after leaving a […]

Art and nature with ÞYKJÓ

Art and Nature with ÞYKJÓ!The third Thursday of every month until the end of the year from 16:00 – 17:00 at Gerðarsafn. Nature is an amazing sculptor! The sea grinds rocks, volcanic eruptions leave behind sculpture gardens, and cave paintings are formed where ice has melted. Would you like to come and put yourself in […]

Art and nature with ÞYKJÓ

Art and Nature with ÞYKJÓ!The third Thursday of every month until the end of the year from 16:00 – 17:00 at Gerðarsafn. Nature is an amazing sculptor! The sea grinds rocks, volcanic eruptions leave behind sculpture gardens, and cave paintings are formed where ice has melted. Would you like to come and put yourself in […]

Together | Japanese workshop | Gyotaku 魚拓

In this workshop participants are invited to create their own print from a fish, and personalise it with their handmade potato stamp. Gyo means “fish” and taku means “impression”. Gyotaku is a traditional Japanese method of fish printing, where ink is applied to a fish and then pressed onto rice paper to create an image […]

Performance evening | Hamraborg Festival

We warmly welcome you to a wonderful evening of performances at Gerðarsafn, where a diverse group of talented artists come together to celebrate art in a variety of ways! Performing artists include Improv for Dance Enthusiasts, Óþekkt Tríó, Niko Płaczek, Styrmir Örn Guðmundsson and Atagata. More information about each performance will be published soon. The […]

Jeannette Ehlers & Hertta Kiiski | Artist talk

All are welcome to an artist talk with Jeannette Ehlers and Hertta Kiiski, artists of Corpus, Thursday at 5 p.m. in Gerðarsafn. The talks will be in English. Please note that this is the only time these artists will give talks during the exhibition period. Jeannette Ehlers (b.1973) is a Danish-Trinidadianartist whose multimedia works–spanning video, […]

Exhibition opening | Corpus

All are welcome to attend the exhibition opening of Corpus 20th August at 6 p.m. in Gerðarsafn. Corpus explores themes of the body and the human and our ways of relating to our environments. Through their distinct practices, the artists question with intrigue the ways in which we relate to our own body, within space, […]

Curators talk | Barbara

All are welcome to a curator talk with Brynja Sveinsdóttir and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir curators of exhibition Barbara Wednesday 6th August at 12:15. Barbara Árnason (1911-1975) emerged from one artistic environment and took root in another. Born in Hampshire in southern England, she grew up in a society shaped by rapid modernization as well as a […]

Art and nature

Art and Nature is a simple workshop where the aim is to create art from natural materials. The workshop will be held in the Natural History Museum of Kópavogur and even outdoors if the weather permits. Art and Nature is part of a larger project carried out in collaboration with Gerðarsafn and the Natural History […]

Group meditation for Saturday Night

Between 5:00 PM and 5:50 PM, Saturday, July 5th, the theater group Laugh and Cry will host a group meditation at Gerðarsafn that will get people pumped up for the weekend. They will recite mantras that can help people gain more confidence, be a better friend to their friends, achieve better results in their love […]

Corpus

Corpus explores themes of the body and the human and our ways of relating to our environments. Through their distinct practices, the artists question with intrigue the ways in which we relate to our own body, within space, in relation to other beings, and the body’s place in a hierarchical evolutionary structure.  Corpus is an […]