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Katrín Sigurðardóttir, Boiserie, 2010.

The exhibition Looking In – Sculptures and Models by Katrín Sigurðardóttir, will be closed down in B and C galleries at Hafnarhús on 3 January.

Úlfur Karlsson

Last day of the exhibition We Are Not Afraid by Úlfur Karlsson (b. 1988)  in D- Gallery of Hafnarhús will be on Sunday 20 December.

Friðarsúlan

Every year the Imagine Peace Tower lig­hts up the even­ing sky in Reykjavík from 9 October  (Lennon’s day of birth) through 8 December  (Lennon’s dem­ise).

Erró, Óveður, 2011

Reykjavík Art Museum closes today at 4:30 due to weather conditions. Hafnarhús, Kjarvalsstaðir and Ásmundarsafn will be closed from that time. The Icelandic Meteorological Office has issued a weather warning for today, Monday.

Hafnarhús
Closed: 24 and 25 December
Open: 26 Dec. 1 p.m.–5 p.m.
Open: 31 Dec. 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Open: 1 January 1 p.m.–5 p.m.

Kjarvalsstaðir
Closed: 24, 25 and 31 December, and 1 January
Open: 26 December 1 p.m.–5 p.m.

Christmas Creatures of Reykjavík is a special project created for the City of Reykjavík. The idea is to promote Icelandic folklore and connect locals and visitors in Reykjavík through stories and conversations.

The book Just Painted represents photographs of all the works in the exhibitions Just Painted 1 at Hafnarhús and Just Painted 2 at Kjarvalsstaðir – Reykjavík Art Museum, that were on show this year.

The final day of the group exhibition Women’s Time – Here and Now Thirty Years Later is Sunday 29 November.

The idea behind the exhibition is to reunite over twenty women who participated in an exhibition named Here and Now at Kjarvalsstaðir in the autumn of 1985.

Áki Ásgeirsson composer turned 40 this year and celebrates by a special concert at Jaðarber at Hafnarhús on Wednesday 11 November. Performers are Páll Ivan frá Eidum, Sunna Ross, Ásthildur Ákadóttir and Tinna Thorsteinsdóttir.

The concert starts at 8 p.m. and is free.