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Summer of Art: An Exhibition Guide around Iceland vol. II

Iceland’s endless summer days have us travelling all around the country, and whether you are an urbanite wanting to stick to the bigger cities and nearby towns, or a nature-lover looking for a breath of fresh(er) air, there is always an exciting exhibition around the corner waiting to be stumbled upon.

In the capital, The Reykjavík Art Museum has a diverse exhibitions in three locations: Iðavöllur - Icelandic Art in the 21st Century at Hafnarhúsið, Eternal Recurrence - an extensive exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir including works of Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972) displayed along with the works of Icelandic contemporary artists, Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir & Ásmundur Sveinsson - As If. Iceland’s endless summer days have us travelling all around the country, and whether you are an urbanite wanting to stick to the bigger cities and nearby towns, or a nature-lover looking for a breath of fresh(er) air, there is always an exciting exhibition around the corner waiting to be stumbled upon.

In the capital, The Reykjavík Art Museum has a diverse exhibitions in three locations: Iðavöllur - Icelandic Art in the 21st Century at Hafnarhúsið, Eternal Recurrence - an extensive exhibition at Kjarvalsstaðir including works of Jóhannes S. Kjarval (1885-1972) displayed along with the works of Icelandic contemporary artists, Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir & Ásmundur Sveinsson - As If.

As a day trip from Reykjavík you can visit Reykjanes Art Museum for the show Classification, a retrospective and new works by Steingrímur Eyfjörð; Listasafn Árnesinga in Hveragerði, with four exhibitions on this summer; or take the ferry to Vestmanneyjar to see Erling Klingenberg’s latest show Post Power, on show all summer at Eldheimar.

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