A look into the Museum’s Collection
On Museum Night there is a unique opportunity to look around in Gerðarsafn’s art collection. Cecilie Cedet Gaiehede, Gerðarsafn’s museum’s collection project manager, offers a guided tour of a space that is generally hidden from ordinary museum visitors.
Together | Polish Art Workshop
Join us for a multilingual art workshop that brings cultures together through Polish paper cutting tradition! Wycinanka, a traditional Polish folk art of paper cutting, has been practiced for centuriesmas a form of decoration. This craft involves the cutting of paper into intricate designs, often inspired by nature, geometric patterns, and scenes of everyday rural […]
Sculpture & Smörre
SCULPTURE AND SMÖRRE is a cozy evening at Gerðarsafn for adults where we work on making sculptures, from an idea to a work of art. The art workshop is a fun and creative experience under the guidance of an artist who will lead visitors into the world of sculpture. The evening includes access to the […]
Opening | Ordinary Places
Welcome to the opening of the exhibition Ordinary Places in Gerðarsafn on Saturday, January 13th at 3pm. The photograph is an amazing phenomenon. So amazingly flat, just a dot on paper or screen. Trapped in the second dimension, where both her magic and limitations can be found. Yet it evokes a sense of space and […]
Exhibition halls on the second floor are closed
Exhibition halls on the second floor are closed as the exhibition Sculpture/Sculpture is being taken down. The exhibition Ordinary Places will open on January 13th where Ívar Brynjólfsson’s photos are engaged in a dialogue with the works of Emma Heiðarsdóttir, Haraldur Jónsson, Joe Keys and Tine Bek.
Felufélagar Shadow Theater Workshop with ÞYKJÓ
In the Felufélagar shadow theater workshop, families create shadow puppets inspired by animals that hide in the sea and on land. Families learn about the magic of shadow theater and try making their creatures travel through different ecosystems at the end of the workshop. The workshop is intended for children from the age of 4 […]
Ordinary Places
The photograph is a powerful phenomenon. So incredibly flat, only dots on a sheet or a screen. Stuck in the second dimension, where both its magic and limitations lie. Yet it evokes a feeling of space and material. We perceive the image, believe in it, even if its truth can only be found in the […]
Ordinary Pictures
The exhibition Ordinary Pictures shows the photographs of Ívars Brynjólfsson in dialogue with the works of Emma Heiðarsdóttir, Haraldur Jónsson, Joe Keys, Kristín Sigurðardóttir, Lukas Kindermann, Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir and Tine Bek. Their works share a common element in that they pay the utmost attention to the smallest details, distort everyday life by flattening it or transforming it […]
MOLTA
MOLTA Roots, rot, riot MOLTA is an immersive interdisciplinary installation and a live performance. The artist Rósa Ómarsdóttir creates ecosystems which are transformed through natural processes. This ecosystem melts, leak, decomposes, grow, morphs and evaporates. Molta means compost in Icelandic and is a metaphor. Compost is a place for both decomposition and fertility, where obsolete […]
Book launch party | The World of Gerður Helgadóttir
Join us to celebrate the brand-new children’s book about Gerður Helgadóttir, The World of Gerður, Sunday 3rd December at 4 p.m. in Gerðarsafn. Children and their families are especially welcome. Artist Helga Páley Friðjónsdóttir, the illustrator for the book, will host a workshop for children and there will be refreshments. Looking forward to seeing you!
Perspective drawing with Örn Alexander
Drawing workshop for children on Sunday 26th November at 1 p.m. where children can learn perspective drawing in a fun and simple way. After a short guided tour of the exhibition Sculpture/Sculpture we will head to Gerður’s Studio and draw together on large pieces of paper. Örn Alexander is the instructor. Non-Icelandic speakers are welcome […]
SCULPTURE & SMÖRRE
SCULPTURE AND SMÖRRE is a cozy evening at Gerðarsafn for adults where we work on making sculptures, from an idea to a work of art. The art workshop is a fun and creative experience under the guidance of an artist who will lead visitors into the world of sculpture. The evening includes access to the […]
