Art Workshop with Helga Páley
All are welcome to attend an art workshop with Helga Páley Friðþjófsdóttir Saturday 7th September at 2 p.m. Helga Páley artist drew the pictures in the children’s book, The World of Gerður Helgadóttir. Helga Páley Friðþjófsdóttir (b. 1987) lives and works in Reykjavík. She graduated from the Iceland University of the Arts in 2011. After […]
Cosy morning for parents and young children
Parents and young children are invited to a cosy morning in Gerðarsafn every other Thursday.There will be free coffee, various educational toys, the blue blocks and mats for the little ones. There is plenty of space for strollers! This is a great opportunity to meet other parents with young children and enjoy the museum. Entrance […]
Gerður’s Windows in Kópavogur Church
All are welcome to attend a talk about the stained glass windows by Gerður Helgadóttir in Kópavogskirkja, with Sigurður Arnarson priest and Cecilie Gaihede curator of Transformation in Gerðarsafn Sunday 22nd September at 12 p.m. Please note the talk will be in Icelandic. In the spring of 1962 it was decided that Gerður Helgadóttir would […]
Unstable Ground
Unstable Ground is an ongoing collaboration and practice-based research by artists Gunndís Ýr Finnbogadóttir and Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir. The project explores the experiences of individuals who visited the island of Surtsey between 1963 and 2022, for various reasons and purposes. Using micro-phenomenological interviews, their method captures intricate details and descriptions of personal encounters with Surtsey’s environment […]
Artist talk | Jóhanna Ásgeirsdóttir og Ásgerður Heimisdóttir
All are welcome to attend an artist talk with Jóhanna and Ásgerður in connection to the exhibition Of Various Kinds, Sunday 1st September at 3 p.m. in Gerðarsafn. Of Various Kinds is a research project by two women on their own creative processes and positions in society as creative women compared to their foremothers. The […]
Together | Multilingual workshop| Arabic calligraphy
Join us for a multilingual workshop that brings cultures together through the art of Arabic calligraphy! On Saturday August 31st from 1-3pm, Hamraborg Festival invites families to participate in a workshop in Arabic, English and Icelandic led by Lebanese artist Yara Zein and assistant Ingunn Fjóla Ingþórsdóttir. This workshop offers a chance for participants to […]
Performance Evening
We warmly invite you to an extraordinary evening of performances at Gerðarsafn, where a group of talented artists will come together to celebrate art in its many forms! The evening will feature performances by Hildur Elísa Jónsdóttir, Project HOFIE (Linde Rongen and Júlía Kolbrún Sigurðardóttir), Karólína Rós Ólafsdóttir, and Dýrfinna Benita Basalan. This special event […]
Of Various Kinds | Jóhanna Ásgeirsdóttir og Ásgerður Heimisdóttir
Of Various Kinds is a research project by two women on their own creative processes and positions in society as creative women compared to their foremothers. The exhibition is an ode to Gerður Helgadóttir, a pioneer and remarkable woman, whose name Gerðarsafn bears. We use her works as templates or scaffolding. We fill the negative […]
Melodic Embrace | Emil Gunnarsson
Melodic Embrace is an interactive sound sculpture made from steel pipes and wood. The sculpture invites visitors to nestle in its sonic embrace, play, find tranquility, and create tones that form a kind of sound vault. The soothing harmonies of the pipes engage in an intense dialogue with the ambient sounds of the environment, such […]
Guided tour of Transformation and sculpture park
All are welcome to a guided tour of the exhibition Transformation and the new sculpture park with museum director, Brynja Sveinsdóttir. The guided tour will be on Wednesday 14th August at 12.15 p.m. Please note the event will be in Icelandic. Transformation is an exhibition of the works of Gerður Helgadóttir to mark the 30th […]
SCULPTURE & SMÖRRE
SCULPTURE & SMÖRRE is a cozy evening for adults in Gerðarsafn where participants are introduced to sculpture. The aim of the workshop is to be a fun and creative experience, with the assistance of an artist and teacher Örn Alexander Ámundason and participants will create their own sculptures in plaster. The price of SCULPTURE & […]
Anniversary of Gerðarsafn | Exhibition opening, book release and sculpture park
In celebration of the 30-year anniversary of Gerdarsafn the exhibition Transformation will be opened, which brings to light the unique heritage that Gerður Helgadóttir left in Icelandic art and bears witness to her deep search for aesthetic truth. On the same occasion we celebrate the release of the publication In search of space – Exploring […]