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. 

Trophies is a work of art by Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir that will be shown on the roof of Arnarhvoll. The exhibition will be opened Friday, 31 May at 12h30.

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. 

A new work by Finnbogi Pétursson, Hz, will be presented in Gallery A in Hafnarhús on Wednesday, 29 May at 20h00.

This week, we set the spotlight on the sculpture White Butterflies by Ásmundur Sveinsson from 1968.

Yesterday, on Sveinssons's birthday, 20 May, the artwork was placed in Ásmundur Sveinsson Sculpture Garden in Sigtún.

Next Saturday, 25 May at 16h00 sees the opening of two exhibitions with the works of artists Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972) and Sölvi Helgason (1820-1895) in Reykjavík Art Museum at Kjarvalsstaðir. Curators are artists Eggert Pétursson and Harpa Björnsdóttir.

On the International Museum Day, Saturday, 18 May, there is free entry to Reykjavík Art Museum - Hafnarhús, Kjarvalsstaðir and Ásmundarsafn.

Welcome to the museum!

On the occasion of Ásmundur Sveinsson's birthday, the entry is free to Ásmundarsafn on Monday, 20 May.

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.