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Synergy 2.0. - Light Trail
During the Winter Lights Festival, the art collective Mercury Maze Studio—comprised of Owen Hindley, Katerina Blahutova, and Þorsteinn Eyfjörð—welcomes visitors to a guided experience of their work Synergy 2.0. PLEASE NOTE: The artwork may affect people with epilepsy. The piece is an interactive video, light, and sound installation projected onto Hnitbjörg, the building that houses the Einar…
Handicrafts in Good Company
A fun and welcoming handicraft group where participants knit, crochet, and work on various crafts in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Anna Jóhannesdóttir, a handicraft instructor, assists both beginners and more experienced participants. Everyone is welcome.
MUSEUM NIGHT | Artist Talk: Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir
Artist Kristín Gunnlaugsdóttir gives an artist talk on her retrospective exhibition, Unspoken that opened at Kjarvalsstaðir in October 2025,
Bun, bun, bun!
Making colorful wands out of paper and a stick is a fun Icelandic tradition. We want to make the wands more environmentally friendly by using tree branches and all kinds of discarded paper. Newspapers, magazines, brochures and old books are the perfect materials. Anyone can make a Bun Wand, but the very young might need some assistance from a grown-up. Let's get together to keep this old…
Costume swap
Welcome to the swap market at the Spöngin City Library! Here you can exchange costumes for Ash Wednesday in all shapes and sizes! Everyone is invited to bring their own costumes to the market and then take those costumes they like in return. What one no longer has a use for can be a real fortune for another. Now is the perfect opportunity to go through closets and drawers because here you can…
Bring me Colours
The exhibition “Bring Me Colours” is specially created for the Sculpture Garden and is a colorful encounter with grayness and colorlessness. The work is an installation where the sculptural qualities of painting are explored and its scale is exaggerated. The works create a single whole and the script for the exhibition was originally developed as a small-scale installation inside a model of the…
FACE TO FACE reopens at Museum Night
The Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum will reopen in the new year on Museum Night, Friday, 6th of February at 6 pm and will be open until 11 pm. At 7:30 pm and 9 pm, the artist's widow, Birgitta Spur, will give a guided tour of the exhibition and tell, among other things, about the creation of the portraits.
Ascension Day – Organ Concert at Hallgrímskirkja with Björn Steinar Sólbergsson
Ascension Day Organ Concert at Hallgrímskirkja L'Ascension by Olivier Messiaen Thursday May 14th at 11hrs. Björn Steinar Sólbergsson, organist at Hallgrímskirkja, performs L'Ascension by Olivier Messiaen – a sublime, spiritual masterpiece in four movements depicting the Ascension of Christ. The concert takes place on Ascension Day, a sacred occasion that Messiaen’s music reflects with profound…
Bingo
A popular and enjoyable bingo event with great prizes. Eight rounds will be played. The price is ISK 600 for one card and ISK 1,200 for three cards. The kitchen opens at 3:00 pm, offering coffee, pancakes, and cakes. Everyone is welcome to join.
Winter Break | Newspaper Animals
Are you good with scissors? Can you glue? Then let's make animal pictures from paper. We are going to use old newspapers, magazines and perhaps even some discarded childrens books to create pictures of animals. A cozy and creative time for the whole family. No pre-registration required. We look forward to seeing you. Further information: Sæunn Þorsteinsdóttir, Children's Librarian …