Curator‘s Talk with Director of Reykjavík Art Museum, Ólöf K. Sigurðardóttir

Curator‘s Talk with Director of Reykjavík Art Museum, Ólöf K. Sigurðardóttir, about the exhibition Jóhannes S. Kjarval: Mind and World.

The exhibition comprises two parts: the principal content will be rarely-seen works from the unique private collection of Þorvaldur Guðmundsson (1911-98) and his wife Ingibjörg Guðmundsdóttir (1908-2004), which are preserved at Gerðarsafn and are shown alongside pieces from the Reykjavík Art Museum’s own collection.

The exhibition offers an excellent opportunity to see key works from the artist’s career, and to gain insight into the recurrent themes which are characteristic of his oeuvre – on the one hand Icelandic nature in all its diversity, and on the other the life and symbolism the artist sensed in his surroundings – perceived by the mind as much as seen by the eye. 

The event starts at 3 p.m. and takes place in Icelandic. Free with admission.