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 halls on upper floor are temporarily closed
Exhibition halls on the upper floor are temporarily closed due to changing of exhibitions. A new exhibition, Corpus opens on Wednesday the 20th of August at 6 pm. All are welcome!
Exhibition opening | Corpus
All are welcome to attend the exhibition opening of Corpus 20th August at 6 p.m. in Gerðarsafn. Through fabric and film, pigment and performance, each work presented in Corpus asks us to reflect on the lived body not as a stable container, but as something deeply relational: Always moving between self and other, culture and […]
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
Through fabric and film, pigment and performance, each work presented in Corpus asks us to reflect on the lived body not as a stable container, but as something deeply relational: Always moving between self and other, culture and nature, seen and unseen. The artists of Corpus engage with complex networks of gender, race, materiality, ecology, […]
Barbara
Exhibition of Barbara Árnason’s (1911-1975) works. Barbara Árnason emerged from one artistic environment and put down roots in another. She was born in Hampshire in southern England in 1911 and grew up in a society shaped by rapid modernization with urbanization, technological progress, and the rise of industrial cities. Where in response to this industrialization, […]
Guðrún Bergsdóttir
Exhibition of Guðrún Bergsdóttir’s (1970-2024) works. Bergsdóttir developed a unique style in her embroidery works which relate to both craft traditions and geometric abstract art and appeal to people in countless ways. A survey exhibition featuring Bergsdóttir’s works opens at Gerðarsafn on April 30, 2025, curated by Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir. A book about the artist’s career […]
Michael Richardt | Performance | DA
Michael Richardt will perform the durational piece DA every Thursday as a part of the exhibition Stare until 17th April. All are warmly welcome! Michael Richardt (b.1980) is a performance artist specializing in time-based and long duration performance. The documentary My Mother Is Pink about his mother was nominated for Best Art Documentary at the […]
Curator talk | Stare
All are welcome to attend a curator talk with Brynja Sveinsdóttir and Hallgerður Hallgrímsdóttir, curators of Stare in Gerðarsafn Thursday 3rd April 12.15 p.m. Brimming with life the works tread around the artists’ selves in the exhibition Stare, which is a part of the Iceland Photo Festival 2025.People portrayed in the exhibition stand in their […]