The Power of Passage

15 September 2012 – 6 January 2013

As the title suggests, Power of Passage explores the passing moment and its image. The focal point of the exhibition is the large scale Cloth Collapsion by Jóhann Eyfells (b. 1923) which is shown alongside a three-channel video installation created by video artist Þór Elís Pálsson, using his own interviews with Eyfells about his philosophy of art and life.

HA – Sara Björnsdóttir

15 September 2012 – 6 January 2013

In the HA installation Sara Björnsdóttir breaks up the immutable space of exhibition room A with living images of the space itself which flow into one another to create a new dimension, an ever-changing optical illusion which makes it possible for the visitor to delve into the space more deeply and to orient himself to its connection with art, the present moment and his own presence in the exhibition space.

News from the Island - Dan Perjovschi

15 September 2012 – 6 January 2013

Dan Perjovschi (b. 1961) works with cartoon and “indoor graffiti”. He draws directly on walls and floors at different locations. His drawings criticize all manner of ‘popular opposites that flood the mass media, shaping our lifestyles and seeping into our thinking via advertising, value clichés, prejudices and narcissist over-estimation of the self.

Ívar Valgarðsson – Spill

19. January - 14. April 2013

Robert Smithson: The Invention of Landscape

19 January - 14. April 2013

Iceland Academy of the Arts: Graduation Exhibition 2013

20 April - 5 May 2013

Students from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in the Fine Arts, Design and Architecture Departments show their final projects.

Theresa Himmer: All State

25. maí -1. sept.

Installation in the elevator at Hafnarhús.

Huginn Þór Arason and Andrea Maack: Interval

25 May - 1 Sept.

At the heart of the exhibition Interval is a fragrance intended to embody the essence of a museum of the distant future.

My dreamland in the North – Karen Agnete Þórarinsson

14 January – 4 March 2012

The painter Karen Agnete (1903-1992) was one of many Danish women who married an Icelander and moved with their husbands back to Iceland from Copenhagen in the first half of the 20th century, after both having studied at the Danish Art Academy.

Hangman's Rock - The Delirium of Vision

2 June — 26 August

For about a quarter of a century the painter Jóhannes Kjarval frequented a secluded place in the Garðahraun lava field south of Hafnarfjörður called Hangman’s Rock.

The Lyric Vision – Abstract-Expressionism in Icelandic Art, 1957-1970

8 September – 4 November

As the first retrospective exhibition of Icelandic abstract expressionism, this exhibition marks a watershed in the history of exhibitions of Icelandic artists in this country.

Workshop

17 November 2012 - 20 May 2013

Mindplay and Fingerdance – Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir’s career in art

17 November 2012 –

During her forty year career the prolific and influential artist Ragnheiður Jónsdóttir has produced works which still live on in the popular imagination of Icelanders.

Kjarval Complete

21 December 2012 - 20 May 2013

Zoom Out – Salon exhibition from the collection

2 February - 20 May 2013

This unusual exhibition will give visitors a rare opportunity to see the Reykjavik Art Museum’s vast collection of Icelandic art. Artworks in a variety of media will be shown in a constantly changing display over a three month period.

Icelandic Art 1900-1950: From Landscape to Abstract Art

1 June - 22 Sept.

The Fire Within

5 May 2012 – 28 April 2013

Many of Ásmundur Sveinsson‘s sculptures disclose his agile feelings and reflect his painful loss and heartache. This exhibition in Ásmundur Sveinsson Scuplpture Museum builds on material from the artist‘s emotional quick; a new approach to his body of work.

Tales from the Vault - Sculptures Inspired by Literature

11 May - 30 Des.

This exhibition of works from the museum’s collection explores the literary motifs that inspired Ásmundur Sveinsson (1893-1982) in creating his sculpture.