Sunday Gallery Talk with Ingibjörg Sólrún | Big Little City – Images of Reykjavík
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Sunday Gallery Talk with Ingibjörg Sólrún | Big Little City – Images of Reykjavík
Kjarvalsstaðir
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Ingibjörg Sólrún Gísladóttir guides visitors through the exhibition Big Little City – Images of Reykjavík in Kjarvalsstaðir on Sunday, 16 August at 2:00 PM.
Ingibjörg Sólrún was a city councillor from 1982 to 1988 and again from 1994 to 2006, and served as the Mayor of Reykjavík from 1994 to 2003.
On the occasion of Reykjavík’s 240th anniversary in 2026, the city’s appearance throughout history is examined in a summer exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir.
We present new contemporary artworks, showcase interesting works from the museum’s collection, and borrow curious objects from other museums and institutions. Here, we see the city evolve from a trading post and fishing village into a multicultural center of culture and tourism, depicted in a lively, fragmented, and ever-changing way. The exhibition raises questions about identity, urban planning, social structure, and cultural self-perception. The tangible is displayed alongside the lyrical, the historical, and the artistic, the personal and the collective.
Admission with museum ticket. Free for Annual pass- and Culture Card holders, free for visitors under 18.