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Autumn Bulbs − New Public Art. Photo: Ásgerður Birna.

This September, Reykjavík Art Museum holds a group exhibition outside the museum walls. Five artists present new work in a diverse and original manner around the city and in the public spaces made available through modern technology.

Exhibition Opening − Helgi Gíslason: Where the Boundaries Lie. Photo: ©Leo Roos

Where the Boundaries Lie is the title of an exhibition of selected works by Helgi Gíslason which opens on Saturday, 31. August at 16h00 at Reykjavík Art Museum Ásmundarsafn .

Untitled by Helgi Gíslason from 1982. Photo: Hildur Inga Björnsdóttir.

Reykjavík Art Museum is dedicating the year 2019 to public art! And we are bringing artworks that grace our everyday physical world into focus in digital spaces. We will devote seven days to one public artwork at Public Art This Week with its information and images. 

On a bicycle by  Örn Þorsteinsson from 1988.

Reykjavík Art Museum is dedicating the year 2019 to public art! And we are bringing artworks that grace our everyday physical world into focus in digital spaces. We will devote seven days to one public artwork at Public Art This Week with its information and images. 

Culture Night, Photo: Ragnar Th.

Free admission to all three museums on Culture Night, Saturday, August 24th.

Hafnarhús – 10 AM-11 PM

Exhibition Opening – Emma Heiðarsdóttir: Margin

Exhibition opening at Reykjavík Art Museum – Hafnarhús, Thursday 15 August at 20h00. Heiðarsdóttir is the 39th artist to exhibit in the D-Gallery series.

Artwork of the week: My mother in the pen, pen by Ásmundur Sveinsson frá 1943.

Reykjavík Art Museum is dedicating the year 2019 to public art! And we are bringing artworks that grace our everyday physical world into focus in digital spaces. We will devote seven days to one public artwork at Public Art This Week with its information and images. 

Artwork of the week: Unicorn vs. Two-horned by Magnús Tómasson from 1990.

Reykjavík Art Museum is dedicating the year 2019 to public art! And we are bringing artworks that grace our everyday physical world into focus in digital spaces. We will devote seven days to one public artwork at Public Art This Week with its information and images. 

Artwork of the week: The Musician. Photo: Hildur Inga Björnsdóttir.

Reykjavík Art Museum is dedicating the year 2019 to public art! And we are bringing artworks that grace our everyday physical world into focus in digital spaces. We will devote seven days to one public artwork at Public Art This Week with its information and images.