Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir, an expert in time-based media, will discuss the artwork The Clock and the artistic career of Christian Marclay. The lecture will also cover time-based media and its development in art history.
The event will be held in the museum’s new educational space.
Guests will also have access to the exhibition.

Lecture

Christian Marclay, The Clock

Revisited- Kristján H. Magnússon

Exhibition opening

The Flying Bird
May 10th and 24th, 14:00–16:00
We explore birds in the exhibition Resistance; white ravens, the famous lapwing, and the swans with long necks, and paint our own beautiful birds that will fly with us into the summer. The bird workshop on May 24th is the last workshop of the winter season in the kids' club, but a new program will be released in the fall.

The Flying Bird

Curator led tour – Kristján H. Magnússon – Revisited

Curator led tour by Dagný Heiðdal about the exhibition Kristján H. Magnússon -- Revisited. 
Kristján Helgi Magnússon’s paintings made a great impression when he made his entrance onto the art scene nearly 100 years ago. His reputation was not confined to Iceland, as he also held exhbitions of his art in cities on both sides of the Atlantic, where critics praised his landscapes, portraits and still lifes. In Iceland, on the other hand, the response to his art was mixed, and today few people are familiar with his work; his name is rarely mentioned in discourse on Icelandic art. Nonetheless his contribution to art is extensive, and interesting in many ways. In a forthcoming retrospective, the National Gallery of Iceland will showcase the works of this short-lived artist, who died in 1938 aged only 34, after a brief but interesting career.

Kristján H. Magnússon – Endurlit

Leiðsögn sýningarstjóra

Curator led conversation with Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir 
May 31st, 2 PM
Curator Dan Byers will have a conversation with Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir about the exhibition That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau. 
Commissioned for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024, the exhibition will be reconceived at the National Gallery of Iceland. 
Hildigunnur is known for her nuanced artistic practice, which looks critically at the worldwide systems of production and distribution and the strange lives of the products they create. Her works draw attention to the small, disposable objects that are often the mass-produced accessories of material culture: packing materials, price tags, signage, and systems of display. She casts these objects in new roles, changing their value and meaning entirely as they are experienced outside of their original function.

Curator led conversation with Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir

with Inuk Silis Høegh and Jacob Kirkegaard

In Conversation

The Green Land by Inuk Silis Høegh

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National Gallery of Iceland

That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau

The Mystery of the Lumpfish and Other Stories of Fakes and Forgeries

Resistance, Interplay of Art and Science

The House of Collections

Resistance

Stay and turn to stone!
Folklore in Icelandic Art

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Intimacies of the Everyday (exhibition poster)

Recycled Bag- Sólon Íslandus

Necklace Fisherman by Finnur Jónsson

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One ticket is valid for both houses that can be visited on the same day or at any time.

Two locations — one museum

Christian Marclay,
The Clock

Discover the treasures of Icelandic Art at the National Gallery of Iceland

Christian Marclay, The Clock

Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir

That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau

Group exhibition

The Mystery of the Lumpfish and Other Stories of Fakes and Forgeries

Group exhibition

Resistance

Group exhibition

Stay and turn to stone! Folklore in Icelandic Art

Find what you want in the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland

Upcoming events

Museum online store

Resistance

Two locations — one museum

About

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Hafðu samband

About

Terms and Conditions

Christian Marclay,The Clock

Discover the treasures of Icelandic Art at the National Gallery of Iceland

Christian Marclay, The Clock

Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir

That’s a Very Large Number – A Commerzbau

Group exhibition

The Mystery of the Lumpfish and Other Stories of Fakes and Forgeries

Group exhibition

Resistance

Group exhibition

Stay and turn to stone! Folklore in Icelandic Art

Find what you want in the collection of the National Gallery of Iceland

Upcoming events

Museum online store

Resistance

Two locations — one museum

About

Terms and Conditions

Hafðu samband

About

Terms and Conditions

Christian Marclay,
The Clock