Programme of the week
Art work from Krummi's Kids Club
National Gallery by the pond, March 15, 2025
Krummi Kids' Club
Fly on the Wall: Wire Sculpture Workshop
We warmly welcome you to a fun art workshop with the Krummi Kids' Club at the National Gallery of Iceland on Fríkirkjuvegur this Saturday from 2 PM to 4 PM.
The artwork The Victorious Army by Magnús Tómasson, part of the exhibition Looking Inward, Looking Outward: 140 years of the National Gallery of Iceland, will be explored. A variety of magnificent flies in the form of sculptures will emerge from the workshop at the museum's studio. Flies play an important role in the world, and it’s fun to think about their purpose. They can also be colorful and come in all sorts of shapes and sizes—just like us!
Instructor: Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir, Visual Artist
FREE for the whole family!
Hildigunnur Birgisdóttir, 6:1 (Green), 2024, Photography: Vigfús Birgisson, courtesy of the artist and i8 gallery
That’s a Very Large Number (Commerzbau)
March 12th, 2 PM
Specialist led tour about the exhibition That’s a Very Large Number (Commerzbau). The exhibition was commissioned for the Icelandic Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia 2024, but will now be 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.
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