Here you will find books, catalogues and other publications and literature produced by Reykjavik Art Museum, along with publications made in collaboration with other institutions. Quite a few of the books are first edition and most of them are hard to find elsewhere!

STEINA
The first comprehensive monograph in over a decade celebrating pioneering video artist Steina.
Published for the exhibitions at MIT List Visual Arts Center and Buffalo AKG Art Museum, this book brings renewed recognition to Steina (b. 1940, Iceland), tracing her work from early collaborations with partner Woody Vasulka to independent explorations of optics and non-anthropocentric subjectivity. It follows her practice from downtown New York to Buffalo to New Mexico and Iceland's landscapes, featured in her immersive video environments of the 1990s and 2000s. Combining imaging technologies with reflective orbs, Steina reoriented humanity's relationship to nature and expanded media access to the natural world.
With contributions by scholars Gloria Sutton, Joey Heinen, and Ina Blom.
Born Steinunn Briem Bjarnadottir, she studied violin in Reykjavik and at Prague's State Music Conservatory before emigrating to New York in 1965. By the late 1960s, she focused entirely on video, cofounding The Kitchen in 1971. Her work has been exhibited at Centre Georges Pompidou, Whitney Museum, and internationally.
A co-publication with MIT List Visual Arts Center and Buffalo AKG Art Museum, 2024
<ul>
<li>Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li>238 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li>Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li>Language: English&nbsp; &nbsp; </li>
<li>Size: 31 cm x 21 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li>Weight: 1266 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

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Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir, Unspoken
Exhibition catalogue published in connection with a retrospective of the works of Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir at Reykjavík Art Museum,&nbsp; Kjarvalsstaðir in 2025.
The book includes photographs of the exhibition and artworks, along with an exploration of Kristín’s career in the context of art history and contemporary practice.
Markús Þór Andrésson, Director of Reykjavík Art Museum, is the curator of the exhibition and contributes an essay on the artist. Additional essays are written by Jón B. K. Ransu and astrologer Gunnlaug Guðmundsson. Artist and author Sigrún Inga Hrólfsdóttir conducted an interview with Gunnlaugsdóttir.&nbsp;
<ul>
<li>Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li>160 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li>Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li>Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li>Published: 2025</li>
<li>Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li>Size: 18 cm x 24,5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li>Weight: 625 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir, Unspoken

A magnificent book about Jóhannes S. Kjarval, a master of Icelandic art, presenting his art career in words and pictures.&nbsp;
The book also contains a chapter on Kjarval's contribution to the artistic and cultural revival of the Icelandic nation in the 20th century. Contributing writers: Arthur C. Danto, Gylfi Gíslason, Matthías Johannessen, Kristín G. Guðnadóttir and Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir. &nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">638 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Comes in case&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2005&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Nesútgáfan &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 30 cm x 31 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: &gt; 5 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Jóhannes S. Kjarval (Icelandic)

Jóhannes S. Kjarval (English)
A magnificent book about Jóhannes S. Kjarval, a master of Icelandic art, presenting his art career in words and pictures.
The book also contains a chapter on Kjarval's contribution to the artistic and cultural revival of the Icelandic nation in the 20th century. Contributing writers: Arthur C. Danto, Gylfi Gíslason, Matthías Johannessen, Kristín G. Guðnadóttir and Silja Aðalsteinsdóttir. 
<ul>
<li>Hardcover</li>
<li>638 pages 
</li>
<li>Comes in case</li>
<li>Fully illustrated 
</li>
<li>Language: English 
</li>
<li>Published: 2005 
</li>
<li>Publisher: Nesútgáfan 
</li>
<li>Size: 30 cm x 31 cm</li>
<li>Weight: &gt; 5 kg</li>
</ul>
Also available in Icelandic.

Jóhannes S. Kjarval (English)

Comprehensive book about Icelandic sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson, his career and place in Icelandic art history from different viewpoints.&nbsp;
Text by Kristín G. Guðnadóttir, Eiríkur Þorláksson, Pétur H. Ármannsson and Hjálmar Sveinsson.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">200 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">More than 100 pictures&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2017&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 18 cm x 31 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1.3 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Ásmundur Sveinsson

Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Expedition at Kjarvalsstaðir in 2017. In this fully illustrated book, a conversation between artists Anna Líndal and Bjarki Bragason is reported, Guðrún Erla Geirsdóttir addresses the feminist ideas in Anna’s work, William Fox covers her research on environmental issues and climate change, and Ólöf Gerður Sigfúsdóttir tackles the art research methodology in Anna’s work.
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">148 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2017&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 17 cm x 25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 620 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Anna Líndal, Expedition

Exhibition catalogue published in connection with a retrospective exhibition of works by Haraldur Jónsson at the Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir in 2018. The book includes photographs of the exhibition, documentation of works and texts about Jónsson and his subjects.&nbsp;
The book includes a discussion between author Kristín Ómarsdóttir and Jónsson as well as essays about the artist by author Sjón and curator Markús Þór Andrésson. It also contains published material by Jónsson himself.
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">152 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2018&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 17 cm x 25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 640 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Haraldur Jónsson, Spectrum

Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Úngl at Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir in 2019. The book contains photographs of the exhibition, documentation of works and texts about Ólöf Nordal and her subjects.&nbsp;
Essays by art historians Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir and Didier Semin, a conversation between Ólöf Nordal and writer Ragnar Helgi Ólafsson along with texts by the artist.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">252 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic and English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2019&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 17 cm x 25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 800 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Ólöf Nordal, Úngl 

Exhibition catalog published in connection with a retrospective exhibition of works by Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson at Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir in 2020. The book includes photographs of the exhibition, documentation of works and texts about Sigurður Árni and his subjects.&nbsp;
Curator at the Centre Pompidou in Paris Michel Gauthier writes a detailed essay about Sigurður Árni and his art, author Auður Ava Ólafsdóttir has a discussion with the artist, and curator Markús Þór Andrésson addresses the development of his career.
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">167 pages&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2020&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 17 cm x 25 cm &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 700 g</li>
</ul>

Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson, Expanse 

Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the opus-oups exhibition at Reykjavík Art Museum - Kjarvalsstaðir in 2021. The book contains photographs of the exhibition, documentation of works and texts about Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir and her subjects.&nbsp;
Essays by art historian Eva Wittocx and writer Halldór Björn Runólfsson, a conversation between Guðný Rósa and artist Ingibjörg Sigurjónsdóttir, and a text by Guðný Rósa. Museum director Ólöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir is the editor of the catalogue and&nbsp;wrote the foreword.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">144 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2021&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 18 cm x 24,5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 625 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir, opus-oups 

Exhibiton catalouge: Hallgrímur Helgason, Usli / Havoc&nbsp;
Havoc is the eighth exhibition in the Reykjavík Art Museum’s autumn exhibition series at Kjarvalsstaðir. These mid-career retrospectives survey work by artists who have already made valuable contributions to the history of Icelandic art—and who presumably have much more to offer. Our aim is to explore a wide range of subjects, conceptual approaches, and media, and on this occasion, we encounter painting as a platform for storytelling and social critique. As always, it is our intention at the Reykjavík Art Museum that these exhibitions and catalogues will help sustain the ongoing attention that Icelandic artists deserve.&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">160 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2024</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 18 cm x 24,5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 625 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Hallgrímur Helgason, Havoc

Special discount price for the eight catalogues published by Reykjavík Art Museum on the occasion of&nbsp; the&nbsp;autumn exhibition series at Kjarvalsstaðir. These mid-career retrospectives survey work by artists who have already made valuable contributions to the history of Icelandic art—and who presumably have much more to offer. The &nbsp;exhibitions are&nbsp;Expedition by Anna Líndal (2017), Spectrum by Haraldur Jónsson (2018), Úngl by Ólöf Nordal (2019), Expanse by Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson (2020), opus-oups by Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir (2021), Jæja by Guðjón Ketilsson, 0°0° Null Island and Havoc by Hallgrímur Helgason.
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic and English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 8 times 17 cm x 25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight:&nbsp;about 5 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Eight Reykjavík Art Museum Catalogues - Discount price 

Comprehensive book about Ragnar Kjartansson first published on the occasion of the exhibition Ragnar Kjartansson at the Barbican Art Gallery in 2016.&nbsp;
The book includes documentation of Ragnar's works alongside extensive texts about his works, the artist himself and his subjects.&nbsp;
Texts by Markús Þór Andrésson, Jeffrey Kastner, Andjeas Ejikson, Anne Carson, Kelly Gordon and Edek Bartz.&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">240 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2016&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum, Koenig Books London, in association with Barbican Art Gallery&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 28.5 cm x 21.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1.3 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Ragnar Kjartansson (English)

Ragnar Kjartansson (English)
Comprehensive book about Ragnar Kjartansson first published on the occasion of the exhibition Ragnar Kjartansson at the Barbican Art Gallery in 2016.
Ragnar Kjartansson (English)
The book includes documentation of Ragnar's works alongside extensive texts about his works, the artist himself and his subjects.
Texts by Markús Þór Andrésson, Jeffrey Kastner, Andjeas Ejikson, Anne Carson, Kelly Gordon and Edek Bartz.
<ul>
<li>Hardcover</li>
<li>240 pages</li>
<li>Illustrated</li>
<li>Language: English</li>
<li>Published: 2016</li>
<li>Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum, Koenig Books London, in association with Barbican Art Gallery</li>
<li>Size: 28.5 cm x 21.5 cm</li>
<li>Weight: 1.000 gr</li>
</ul>

An exhibition catalog for the international contemporary art exhibition Down Иorth which is a collaboration between three art museums: The Portland Museum of Art in the state of Maine (USA), Bildmuseet in Umeå (Sweden) and the Reykjavík Art Museum (Iceland) exhibited in 2022-23. The catalog consists of thorough information about the participating artists and their work. There are new works by 30 artists dealing with the changes in society, nature and the biosphere at the beginning of the 21st century, largely due to climate change. Curators are Jaime DeSimone, Anders Janson and Markús Þór Andrésson who wrote detailed information about each artist. Andri Snær Magnason&nbsp;addresses climate issues in an article, Elizabeth Bischof talks about the history of mapping in the Arctic, and Åsa Ossbo discusses issues in relations between the Swedish authorities and the indigenous Sami people.&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">144 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2021&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 18 cm x 24,5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 625 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Down Иorth: North Atlantic Triennial 

An extensive exhibition catalog for the Erró exhibition, The Power of Images, that opened in April 2022 in Reykjavík Art Museum, Hafnarhús. The curators Danielle Kvaran and Gunnar B. Kvaran write about the different periods in the artist's career,&nbsp;and&nbsp;texts and interviews by Bjarni Hinriksson, Jean-Max Colard, Alain Jouffroy, Jean-Jacques Lebel, Hans Ulrich Obrist and Anne Tronche are reported.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">216 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2022&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 21 cm x 27 cm x 2.2 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1.7 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

ERRÓ Sprengikraftur mynda 

Erró - Mannlýsingar (Icelandic)
Erró - Portrett was published on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Erró's art donation to Reykjavik Art Museum and accompanied an exhibition of the same name. Erró's collection is enormous in size and portrays a multifaceted picture of the artist's career.
 This book dwells on Erró's descriptions of people. In his portraits, he uses countless methods, but there are often image and text fragments from diaries and other sources, as the artist is a tireless collector of data.
<ul>
<li>Softcover 
</li>
<li>160 pages</li>
<li>Illustrated 
</li>
<li>Language: Icelandic</li>
<li>Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum and Opna publishing 
</li>
<li>Size: 21 cm x 27 cm 
</li>
<li>Weight: 820 g</li>
</ul>

Erró - Mannlýsingar (Icelandic)

Between 1964 and 1967, Erró asked artists, musicians, poets, gallery owners, critics and curators to surprise him without warning. In 1967, Erró collected recordings of portraits he had made over the years; some of the recordings were only a few seconds long, others lasted up to two minutes, until the person holding the camera was overcome with laughter and the film began to shake. In the same year, Denise de Casabianca edited 173 recordings with expertise and sensitivity resulting in a 40-minute film. The result is Grimace, an experimental film that is as anarchic as it is subjective.
The book contains 133 clips from the film. This book provides detailed explanations of individual shots, the presentation, and the actors.
<ul>
<li> Hard card</li>
<li> 288 pages</li>
<li> Illustrated</li>
<li> Language: English</li>
<li> Release year: 2018</li>
<li> Publisher: Ernest Rathenau Verlag</li>
<li> Size: 14.3 cm x 30.3 cm</li>
<li> Weight: 1029 g</li>
</ul>
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Erró - Grimaces

"An artist can never consider himself liberated. Only then does he lose the freedom that is the premise of new ideas, the foundation of all creation. - The artist must never lose faith that he is yet to do his best work. Then he'll continue, trying to express himself better than before. Is there any belief better than expression? - New spaces are constantly opening up. Contemporary art allows people to look into these expanses - and renew their creativity. - Nothing can increase human development like art. That is also its role. Art should wake one up, not soothe."&nbsp;
The views of the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson have never been better expressed than in these interviews with the journalist and poet Matthías Johannessen, which were first published in this book in 1971. Matthías crafted their conversations into elaborate entities that describe Ásmundur in a delightful way, discussing topics ranging from his work methods, national origins, and global attitude. The book on Ásmundur, published for the second time, is still considered to provide the best representation of the character of this mild-mannered artist. This book contains twelve pictures of Ásmundur and his works by Ólafur K. Magnússon.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">56 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 1999&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 20 cm x 26 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 414 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

The book on Ásmundur, 1971/1999 

Kjarvalskver (Johannes S. Kjarval)
Matthías Johannessen has published poetry, stories and plays, as well as conversation books and other publications on literature, social issues and culture. Kjarvalskver is a collection of interviews that Matthías Johannessen had with Kjarval in the sixties and seventies, first appearing in print in Morgunblaðið and later in the book Kjarvalskver in 1974. Today, more than twenty years later, it was considered appropriate for Kjarvalssafn to republish the book with appendices and revised texts. 
In this book, Kjarval's character and world of ideas appear in a particularly intimate manner: it presents spontaneous answers and commentary on the questions of the moment, reflections on life and existence, people and issues or pure fantasy.
<ul>
<li>Hardcover</li>
<li>112 pages</li>
<li>Illustrated</li>
<li>Language: Icelandic</li>
<li>Published: 1995</li>
<li>Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum</li>
<li>Size: 20 cm x 26 cm</li>
<li>Weight: 660 gr</li>
</ul>
<ul></ul>
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Kjarvalskver (Johannes S. Kjarval)

People seem to have realized quite early on how colors can be created by mixing water and materials. Watercolors, for example, can be found in both European cave paintings and Egyptian pyramids. Therefore, it can be said that watercolors represent a large part of cultural history from the beginning to the present day. Icelandic artists have also used watercolors in their creations, although the main pioneers did not come to the fore until the turn of the century in 1900. Since then artists of all ages have chosen to paint with watercolors along with other media.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">153 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2010&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum and Opna publishing&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 22.5 cm x 26.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 950 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Watery Hues: Watercolors in Icelandic Art 1880-2010 

The book contains photographs by Sigurður Guðmundsson that were shown at the Reykjavík Art Museum. With these pictures, Sigurður returns to photography as a medium, for the first time since 1980. A beautiful book that presents Sigurður's unique view of the world around him.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">68 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2008&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavik Art Museum and JPV&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 23 cm x 25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 570 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Sigurður Guðmundsson, Mutes 

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Kjarval - Lifandi land 1931–1945" at Kjarvalsstaðir Museum in 1997.&nbsp;
Kjarval proved to be a true prophet when he said in a 1922 interview that he relied on Icelandic nature to be a "perfect school for him, like other nations' artists". It took almost a decade before these words came true and Kjarval turned to landscape painting with true intensity. Kjarval's landscape paintings reflect his artistic intuition and ability to interpret the nuances of nature in all seasons, in all weathers. But he goes even further. In the lava, unearthly beings such as angel or elves appear, the stones speak, nothing is visible.&nbsp;
The exhibition "Kjarval - Lifandi land 1931-1945" is intended to make an assessment of this fruitful period in the artist's career and is a direct continuation of the exhibition "Kjarval - Mótunarár 1895-1930" which was held at Kjarvalsstaðir in the autumn of 1995. You can see Kjarval's works when he has reached full maturity and has become one of the most original and unique artists in the country.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">48 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 1997&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 19 cm x 26 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 230 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Lifandi land 1931–1945 

Published on the occasion of the exhibition "Ljóslitlífun" (Coloursynthesis) at Reykjavík art Museum - Hafnarhús in 2010. Group exhibition with works by Davíð Örn Halldórsson, Gabríela Friðriksdóttir, Guðmundur Thoroddsen, Heimir Björgúlfsson, Helgi Þórsson, Ragnar Jónasson, Sara Riel, Sigga Björg Sigurðardóttir, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson and Þórdís Aðalsteinsdóttir.
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">112 pages</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic and English</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2010</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 17 cm x 24 cm</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 505 g</li>
</ul>

Ljóslitlífun - Coloursynthesis

The Black Cone documents a 2012 performance by Spanish artist Santiago Sierra (born 1966), that resulted in a six-foot-high monolith in front of the Icelandic parliament, commemorating the third anniversary of the protests that followed the country's economic crash.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">145 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2013&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 16.26 cm x 22 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 318 g&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Santiago Sierra, The Black Cone, Monument to Civil Disobedience 

This book was published on the occasion of the exhibition "Af trönum meistarans 1946–1972" at Kjarvalsstaðir in 1999.&nbsp;
During this period, Kjarval's position as one of the nation's leading artists was undisputed. Nevertheless, he kept busy and constantly surprised people with his art, along with his effectiveness in his work during the last decades of his life. His relentless interest in and support of all innovations in the visual arts is no less remarkable. Kjarval did not rest on his laurels while there was still work to be done, therefore the paintings he made after the age of eighty still carry with them the freshness and the artistic freedom that characterize his best work ever.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">48 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 1999&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 19 cm x 26 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 230 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Af trönum meistarans 1946–1972 

<h3 class="Polaris-Header-Title_2qj8j">Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir, 0°0 Núlleyja / Null Island</h3>
Exhibition catalog published in connection with a retrospective exhibition of Hekla Dögg&nbsp;Jónsdóttir's work at the Reykjavík Art Museum in Kjarvalsstadir in 2023.
The book contains photographs of the exhibition, pictures of works and texts about Hekla and her subjects.
This book&nbsp;features&nbsp;writer Kristín Eiríksdóttir's&nbsp;discussion with Hekla&nbsp;as well as&nbsp;philosopher and visual artist Jóhannes Dagsson, and it includes articles about the artist by curator Markús Þór Andrésson. Ólöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir, director of Reykjavík Art Museum, wrote the introduction.
<ul>
<li>
<div>Hard cover</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>166 pages</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Fully illustrated</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Language: English and Icelandic</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Published: 2023</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Size: 17 cm x 25 cm</div>
</li>
<li>
<div>Weight: 630 g</div>
</li>
</ul>
<ul></ul>
<ul></ul>

Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir, 0°0 Núlleyja

Exhibition catalog&nbsp;about&nbsp;Iðavöllur Writings&nbsp;exhibition and the fourteen artists who showed their work.&nbsp;The theme of the exhibition is the creative power contained in the work of the artists.&nbsp;
Iðavöllur&nbsp;is the title of the Reykjavík Art Museum exhibition in Hafnarhús in 2021. It is borrowed from Völuspá and occurs twice in the poem. Iðavöllur is the place where the gods meet when the world is constructed and then reassemble at following Ragnarök to build a new world.&nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">144 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic, English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2021&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 21 cm x 29.9&nbsp; cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 811 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Iðavöllur

Life’s PLAY-fullness is&nbsp;the result&nbsp;of a retrospective exhibition of Örn Ingi Gíslason’s (1945-2017) artworks in the Akureyri Art Museum in January 2019. &nbsp; The book’s design reflects the artist himself,&nbsp;who first worked in a bank&nbsp;before becoming an artist. It is covered with gold leaf,&nbsp;which symbolizes light and the value one gives to freedom and creativity. Each time someone opens the book, Örn Ingi’s soul takes off and flies!&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Editor: Halldóra Arnardóttir, Art Historian.&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Printed copies: 200. Each one is numbered and stamped with Örn Ingi’s signature.&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover, 400 pages with a number of images from the artist‘s life and work, a great selection of artworks.&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 30x25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic.&nbsp;Some articles in English and Spanish.&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
Örn Ingi Gíslason (1945-2017) chose unparalleled paths in his art. He was a self-educated artist and became influential as a teacher. He held enumerable solo and group exhibitions, i.e. in the Nordic House Reykjavík, Kjarvalsstaðir, Hafnarborg and Gerðuberg.&nbsp;

Örn Ingi, Life’s PLAY-fullness

In Icelandic Colours is the first comprehensive and extensive monograph of the works of Birgir Andrésson. The book includes an analysis from the author, art historian Robert Hobbs, as well as an insightful foreword by Andrésson’s former student, the internationally celebrated artist Ragnar Kjartansson, in addition to literary critic Thröstur Helgason’s discerning interviews with Andrésson and his close contemporaries.&nbsp;
During his lifetime, Andrésson’s work was featured in 50 solo exhibitions, including Iceland’s selection for the 1995 Venice Biennale. His multifaceted art is now the subject of the Reykjavík Art Museum’s full-scale retrospective As Far as the Eye Can See.&nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">432 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp; &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2022&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Distanz&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 24,9 cm x 29,5 cm&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 2100 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON IN ICELANDIC COLOURS

Sigurður Guðjónsson (b.1975) creates powerful videos in which image, sound, and space coalesce to form an organic whole. Guðjónsson creates works whose rhythms enfold the viewer in a synesthetic experience, fusing the senses of sight and hearing in a way that seems to expand their field of perception and inducing yet unfelt sensations. Many of his works examine man-made constructions, machines, and the infrastructure of technical relics in conjunction with natural elements. Sigurður lives and works in Reykjavík.&nbsp;&nbsp;
On the occasion of Guðjónsson’s contribution to the 59th Venice Biennale, the accompanying catalogue presents a cross-section of his growing oeuvre. The Pavilion of Iceland is curated by Mónica Bello who&nbsp;wrote an essay in the catalogue.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">112 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English (also available in Icelandic)&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2022&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Distanz&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 19 cm x 25 cm &nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 625 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Sigurður Guðjónsson, Perpetual Motion 

Book&nbsp;about Icelandic painter Jóhannes S. Kjarval by Margrét Tryggvadóttir. Suitable for children and adults alike. 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">96 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2019&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Iðunn&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 26 cm x 31 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 920 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Kjarval - Málarinn sem fór eigin leiðir 

A valuable book&nbsp;documenting&nbsp;Borghildur Óskarsdóttir's life work with a review of her key works, photos from her career and curator Aðalheiðar Lilja Guðmundsdóttir's essay about the artist as well as an article by art critic Æsa Sigurjónsdóttir. Ólöf Kristín Sigurðardóttir, director of Reykjavík Art Museum, wrote the foreword.
<ul>
<li> Paperback</li>
<li> 256 pages</li>
<li> Illustrated</li>
<li> Language: English and Icelandic</li>
<li> Released: 2024</li>
<li> Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum</li>
<li> Size: 27.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 2 cm</li>
<li> Weight: 1,185 g</li>
</ul>
<ul></ul>
<ul></ul>
<ul></ul>

Borghildur Óskarsdóttir, Heed

Women's Initiative in Icelandic Art in the Eighties
The exhibition Swell brings together works by nine artists who navigated and took part in changing the local art scene in the eighties. Their presence and persistence contributed to a broader feminist movement that not only reclaimed space but amplified women’s artistic practices, reshaped the discourse around visibility, representation, and artistic agency.
&nbsp;The exhibition and this accompanying publication are the result of research conducted by Becky Forsythe, who held the temporary research position at the Reykjavik Art Museum. The museum was awarded a Grant of Excellence by the Icelandic Council of Museums in 2021 to research the role of women in Icelandic art history in collaboration with the department of art studies at the University of Iceland. Swell is the third and last project implemented within that context.
The artiest are:&nbsp;Ásta Ólafsdóttir,&nbsp;Brynhildur Þorgeirsdóttir,&nbsp;Erla Þórarinsdóttir, Gerla – Guðrún Erla Geirsdóttir,&nbsp;Harpa Björnsdóttir,&nbsp;Margrét Jónsdóttir,&nbsp;Rúna Þorkelsdóttir,&nbsp;Rúrí og&nbsp;Svala Sigurleifsdóttir
<ul>
<li> Paperback</li>
<li> 256 pages</li>
<li> Illustrated</li>
<li> Language: English and Icelandic</li>
<li> Released: 2025</li>
<li> Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum</li>
<li> Size: 27.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 2 cm</li>
<li> Weight: 1,185 g</li>
</ul>
<ul></ul>
<ul></ul>
<ul></ul>

Ólga / Swell 

Elín Hansdóttir’s (b. Reykjavík, Iceland, 1980; lives and works between Reykjavík and Berlin) oeuvre extends from installation and sculpture into photography. The particulars of an exhibition site anchor her creative process and supply her with inspiration, which she translates into site-specific and immersive installations involving acoustic and optical illusions; architectural elements prompt the viewers to explore labyrinthine settings and sharpen their sense of their own physical presence and movement. Hansdóttir’s work has been featured in solo exhibitions at the Reykjavík Art Museum and the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin.&nbsp; &nbsp; The publication looks back&nbsp;on the&nbsp;untitled project, produced for the 2005 Reykjavík Arts Festival in collaboration with Anne Kockelkorn, Darri Lorenzen and the design duo Neulant van Exel. With her team, Hansdóttir built a 500-foot tunnel-like construction inside Edinborg House, an edifice from the 1890s in Ísafjörður. A passageway of disillusionment zigzagging through a completely white interior awash in monochrome lighting guided the visitors in changing directions: to the right, left, right, up, down, left, right, and, finally, back out. This visual and spatial experience was expanded by a sonic pattern that was based on sound-recordings from within the tunnel and emitted via surround sound systems. Sensory deprivation and the disorientation induced by the meandering trajectory made the installation a screen onto which the visitors projected their own thoughts.&nbsp; &nbsp; Long Place presents the first comprehensive documentation of the installation. The architectural historian Anne Kockelkorn and the literature scholar and philosopher Björn Quiring&nbsp;wrote essays on Hansdóttir’s sensitive art.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">88 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and German&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2021&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Distanz&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 18 cm x 22 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 284 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Elín Hansdóttir, Long Place 

This publication records the Experiment Marathon project, which was comprised of public events and a large exhibition that took place at the Reykjavik Art Museum (Reykjavik, 2008) and The Serpentine Gallery (London, 2007). The publication details the more than 40 screenings, performances and experimental films making up this genre-bending blend of science and art.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">240 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2009&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum, Koenig Books&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 16.50 cm x 22 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 477 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Hans Ulrich Obrist & Olafur Eliasson, Experiment Marathon 

Published on the occasion of the exhibition Frost activity, held at the Reykjavik Art Museum from 17 January to 14 March 2004.&nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">80 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2004&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 20 cm x 26 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 550 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Frost Activity Ólafur Elíasson 

Egill Sæbjörnsson’s new publication, When Egill Met the Trolls, recounts the tale of how he befriends Ūgh and Bõögâr: two Icelandic trolls turned artists who plan to seize the Icelandic Pavilion at the 57th International Art Exhibition – the Venice Biennale. This book will accompany the artist’s Out of Controll in Venice collaboration piece with Ūgh and Bõögâr as this year’s Icelandic contribution, for which the trolls will commandeer space. The book tells us of how this comes to be.&nbsp;
In a world where countless control mechanisms are implemented in societies, the anarchic trolls remain exempt from this. They know no limit. For this, Sæbjörnsson wonders how Ūgh and Bõögâr could capsize current balances of power and exert control through the unchecked creativity of his new friends.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">96 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2017&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Argobooks&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 20 cm x 28 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 509 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

 Egill Sæbjörnsson, When Egill Met the Trolls 

A Land Art project was initiated in 1971 in Europe on the occasion of the exhibition Sonsbeek 71 near Emmen in Holland. Smithson had also formulated his ideas for a film about this work&nbsp;that he had already started filming.&nbsp;
Forty years on, both the artist and his widow Nancy Holt completed this film in conjunction with SKOR, ­Amsterdam. The book is a documentation of the exhibition which features three films as well as 50 sketches and photographs which specifically describe the relationship between earthwork sculpture and film in the context of Robert Smithson’s oeuvre.&nbsp;
A bilingual, richly-illustrated exhibition catalogue (German/English) with a foreword by Eva Schmidt has been published by Snoeck Verlag, Cologne. It includes texts by Theo Tegelaers, Roel Arkesteijn, Kai Vöckler and Marc Glöde as well as an interview with Robert Smithson dating from 1971.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">136 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and German&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2012&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Snoeck&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 23 cm x 27 cm &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 548 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Robert Smithson, The Invention of Landscape 

This book is published on the occasion of the first museum exhibition of Roni Horn's work in Scandinavia, held at the Reykjavik Art Museum's Hafnarhús from May 11 to August 19, 2007. Roni Horn has been a regular visitor&nbsp;to Iceland since the mid-1970's. She has traveled around the country more than most Icelanders and sought inspiration in its unspoiled nature. She has struck a core with the Icelandic audience, both as an artist and an advocate for the natural environment. Like the exhibition, this book is a general look at her oeuvre, with particular emphasis on her intimate connection to the country.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">117 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2007&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 23 cm x 25 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 534 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Roni Horn, MY OZ 

For his 2009 exhibition at the Reykjavik Art Museum, Yoshitomo Nara presented his works within the wooden shipping crates in which they had been transported to the museum. Pictures were hung on the outside of the crates, and figures lurked within their interior nooks. This beautifully produced board book records and continues the show's themes of containment and transportation: it features windows that can be opened to reveal the youthful figures ensconced within their confinements, waiting to be freed by the participation of the reader.&nbsp;
Yoshitomo Nara was born in 1959, in Aomori, Japan. He is one of the leading artists of Japan's Neo Pop movement. His drawings and paintings are informed by a range of influences, from manga and anime to punk rock. He has also worked in sculpture, ceramic and large-scale installation.&nbsp;&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">28 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2014&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum and Crymogea&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 23 cm x 21 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 930 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Yoshitomo Nara + Yng, The Crated Rooms In Iceland, 2009

Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Mótunarár 1885–1930 

Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of an exhibition of works by British artists Gilbert and George, The Great Exhibition.&nbsp;
The book carefully illustrates the artists’ careers with documentation of their works from the beginning to the present day. Included is a detailed interview between curators Daniel Birnbaum and Hans Ulrich Obrist, with the artists themselves.&nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">469 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic and English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2020&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 30 cm x 24.5 cm x 3.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 2.68 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Gilbert & George, The Great Exhibition

Published on the occasion of the exhibition by Ólafur Elíasson at Kjarvalsstaðir in 1998. Signed by Ólafur Elíasson, limited edition. Only a few copies left.&nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">25 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">24 photographs&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 1998&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Limited edition of 250 pieces, numbered and signed by the artist&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 23 cm x 15 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 130 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>
&nbsp;

Ólafur Elíasson, Hellisgerði 

In the last few years, there has been a galvanized interest in painting worldwide. Artists of all ages, with different styles and approaches, have chosen painting as their medium. Iceland is no exception. This book provides a cross section of what is happening in painting in Iceland today. This is the first time that such an extensive overview of Icelandic contemporary painting is presented.&nbsp; 
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">200 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English and Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2015&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 24 cm x 29 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1.2 kg&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Just Painted, Icelandic Painters 2012 to 2015 

"A floor is a place," Katrín Sigurðardóttir stated when she first introduced her ideas for the 2013 Icelandic Pavilion in Venice. This book documents the place she created - a floating, disembodied floor superimposed on the lavanderia at the Palazzo Zenobio. An essay by the poet and art critic Eva Heisler places the installation in the context of Sigurðardóttir's previous work and an interview with the artist herself reviews the process that led to the installation. Seven fictional letters, written by the Icelandic writer Kristín Omarsdóttir and inspired by Sigurðardóttir's art, add a personal note.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">128 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English, with supplement in Icelandic&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2013&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum and Marsilio Editori&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 28 cm x 24 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 900 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Katrín Sigurðardóttir, Foundation 

Exhibition catalogue published on the occasion of the exhibition Jór! Horses in Icelandic Art in 2011. Art historian Aðalsteinn Ingólfsson brings together paintings and sculptures of horses from different time periods of Icelandic art.&nbsp;
The goal is twofold. The book explores the different roles that the horse has played in Icelandic society during the vast social changes of the last 100 years or so. At the same time, the selected works tell the story of Icelandic art and how it has changed in the course of this period.&nbsp;
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">112 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Fully illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum and Opna publishing&nbsp;&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 22.5 cm x 26.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 820 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

Jór! Horses in Icelandic Art 

On the occasion of the exhibition No Man‘s Land – Where Beauty Alone Reigns?&nbsp;a variety of texts by artists, poets, thinkers, mountaineers and scholars from the beginning of the 20th century to the present have been compiled.&nbsp;
Take a journey with the authors around the wilderness of Iceland!&nbsp;&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">125 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2018&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Reykjavík Art Museum&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 12 cm x 18.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 185 g</li>
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No Man‘s Land – Where Beauty Alone Reigns? 

Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), renowned for his role in establishing Conceptualism and Minimalism as dominant art movements in the postwar era, is perhaps best known for his masterful and brilliantly colored wall drawings. Throughout his career, however, LeWitt also created many remarkable three-dimensional works suitable for display in outdoor settings. In this handsome publication, which accompanies the first major career survey of LeWitt's "structures," the artist's modular works are traced from their simplest manifestation in a single large-scale cube through multiple variations, with examples from the 1960s through the 1990s. Works from the 1980s onward explore the three-dimensional possibilities of diverse geometric forms, such as stars, and the introduction of new materials, including concrete block and fiberglass, stimulating experimentation with non-geometric, irregular forms on an increasing scale.&nbsp;
The book includes essays by Nicholas Baume and Joe Madura that provide curatorial and critical context for the structures. Additional essays by Rachel Haidu, Anna Lovatt, and Kirsten Swenson offer fresh art-historical commentary, ranging from the problematic of site for LeWitt's initial structures to the relationship between abstract conceptual systems, architecture, and urban space. Also included is a never before published conversation among the artist, Baume, and Jonathan Flatley. Stunning color plates record the works on display in Lower Manhattan's City Hall Park, supplemented by archival and historical documentation.&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">192 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2011&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Public Art Fund&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 26 cm x 31 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1574 g&nbsp;</li>
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Sol LeWitt, Structures 1965-2006 

Originally published in 1977, Four Basic Kinds of Lines &amp; Colour is a classic artist’s book by preeminent conceptual artist Sol LeWitt (1928–2007). Featuring 34 pages of drawings, the work is an early example of LeWitt’s rigorous, algorithmic process in which a set of rules, applied to generate an image, are subsequently run through all of their permutations.&nbsp; &nbsp; In the late 1960s LeWitt began applying this technique, first developed for his wall drawings, to artists’ books. In this publication, LeWitt demonstrates the 34 ways that basic lines (horizontal, vertical, left-facing diagonal and right-facing diagonal) can be rendered in four colors (red, yellow, blue and black), with each page displaying a single combination (for example, horizontal lines in blue).&nbsp; &nbsp; The book is one of LeWitt’s signature bookworks, which in its original edition remains quite scarce, so this new facsimile edition is significant; almost none, if any, of his books (he produced over 50) have been reprinted.&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">36 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: English&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2019&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Printed Matter, Inc. &nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 19.5 cm x 19.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 136 g&nbsp;</li>
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 Sol LeWitt, Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour 

The book is part of the art book series MYNDIR and shows the changes in Icelandic art from the international breakthrough around 1980 until today. The five artists Steingrimur Eyfjord (b. 1954), Haraldur Jonsson (b. 1961), Katrin Sigurdardottir (b. 1967), Ragnar Kjartanson (b. 1976) and Örn Alexander Ámundason (b. 1984) will represent this development.
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<li>Hardcover</li>
<li>132 pages</li>
<li>Illustrated</li>
<li>Language:&nbsp;Norwegian and English</li>
<li>Published: 2013</li>
<li>Publisher:&nbsp;Skald AS</li>
<li>Size: 20.5 cm x 25 cm</li>
<li>Weight: 775 g</li>
</ul>
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TREKK: Icelandic samtidskunst - Contemporary Art in Iceland

An edited volume about the history of 25 art museums in Iceland by 26 authors. The book aims to shed light on the origin, growth and activities of art museums in Iceland. The articles attempt to answer the following question: how&nbsp;did the museums that specialize in collecting, preserving and making&nbsp;art accessible, develop in Iceland? This topic can be read in light of the recent wave of research that has raised questions about the origin and role of art museums in the past and present.
<ul data-mce-fragment="1">
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Softcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">566 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Illustrated&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2019&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: University of Iceland&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 17 cm x 24.5 cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1375 g&nbsp;</li>
</ul>

History of art museums in Iceland 

Eiríkur Smith's career is both long and varied. Eiríkur has dealt with painting as a form of expression, leaving behind works that are a testimony to unique mastery of subjects as diverse as rigid surface art, expressive abstract paintings and realist works where man is often in the foreground but the land and human works form a crowded framework. His methods and attitudes have thus changed both in synchronization with the spirit of the times and his search for new methods of artistic expression.&nbsp;
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<li data-mce-fragment="1">Hardcover&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">5 various covers&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">183 pages&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Language: Icelandic&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Published: 2015&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Publisher: Hafnarborg&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Size: 23.5 cm x 28.5&nbsp; cm&nbsp;</li>
<li data-mce-fragment="1">Weight: 1175 g</li>
</ul>

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Books & catalogues

Here you will find posters produced by Reykjavík Art Museum. All printed on high quality paper, and among them are signed editions by various artists.

Posters

Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893–1982) var einn af frumkvöðlum íslenskrar höggmyndalistar. Hann ánafnaði Reykjavíkurborg verk sín og heimili eftir sinn dag. Listasafn Reykjavíkur býður upp á afsteypur af völdum verkum Ásmundar sem eru gerðar í takmörkuðu upplagi og unnar af myndlistarmönnum.

Sculptures

Artist Erró was born in Iceland 1932 and now works and lives in Paris. He is one of the most well-known contemporary Icelandic artists. Reykjavík Art Museum preserves a large collection of works by Erró. Limited edition prints signed by the artist are for sale in support of Reykjavík Art Museum.

Editions

Featured Collection

Í safnverslunum Listasafns Reykjavíkur eru til sölu gjafavörur af ýmsu tagi. Vinsælustu vörurnar eru einnig seldar í vefversluninni.

Gift Items

Design

The Annual Pass is a 12 month admission ticket to Reykjavík Art Museum. You get a free access to all exhibitions in Hafnarhús, Kjarvalsstaðir and Ásmundarsafn. Reykjavík Art Museum offers a wide range of exciting exhibitions and events throughout the year. Annual pass holders receive invitations to special events organized by the museum with guided tours and information about art and artists. In addition, annual pass holders receive a 10% discount in the Art Museum's museum shops.

Web shop

STEINA - 50% off - Black Friday

Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir, Unspoken

Jóhannes S. Kjarval (Icelandic)

Jóhannes S. Kjarval (English)

Ásmundur Sveinsson

Anna Líndal, Expedition

Haraldur Jónsson, Spectrum

Ólöf Nordal, Úngl

Sigurður Árni Sigurðsson, Expanse

Guðný Rósa Ingimarsdóttir, opus-oups

Hallgrímur Helgason, Havoc

Eight Reykjavík Art Museum Catalogues - Discount price

Ragnar Kjartansson (English)

Ragnar Kjartansson (English)

Down Иorth: North Atlantic Triennial

ERRÓ Sprengikraftur mynda

Erró - Mannlýsingar (Icelandic)

Erró - Grimaces

The book on Ásmundur, 1971/1999

Kjarvalskver (Johannes S. Kjarval)

Watery Hues: Watercolors in Icelandic Art 1880-2010

Sigurður Guðmundsson, Mutes

Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Lifandi land 1931–1945

Ljóslitlífun - Coloursynthesis

Santiago Sierra, The Black Cone, Monument to Civil Disobedience

Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Af trönum meistarans 1946–1972

Hekla Dögg Jónsdóttir, 0°0 Núlleyja

Iðavöllur

Örn Ingi, Life’s PLAY-fullness

BIRGIR ANDRÉSSON IN ICELANDIC COLOURS

Sigurður Guðjónsson, Perpetual Motion

Kjarval - Málarinn sem fór eigin leiðir

Borghildur Óskarsdóttir, Heed

Ólga / Swell

Elín Hansdóttir, Long Place

Hans Ulrich Obrist & Olafur Eliasson, Experiment Marathon

Frost Activity Ólafur Elíasson

Egill Sæbjörnsson, When Egill Met the Trolls

Robert Smithson, The Invention of Landscape

Roni Horn, MY OZ

Yoshitomo Nara + Yng, The Crated Rooms In Iceland, 2009

Jóhannes S. Kjarval, Mótunarár 1885–1930

Gilbert & George, The Great Exhibition

Ólafur Elíasson, Hellisgerði

Just Painted, Icelandic Painters 2012 to 2015

Katrín Sigurðardóttir, Foundation

Jór! Horses in Icelandic Art

No Man‘s Land – Where Beauty Alone Reigns?

Sol LeWitt, Structures 1965-2006

Sol LeWitt, Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour

TREKK: Icelandic samtidskunst - Contemporary Art in Iceland

History of art museums in Iceland

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