Santiago Sierra

20 January – 15 April 2012

The Spanish artist Santiago Sierra shocks people with his radical and provocative works that challenge the audience‘s sense of propriety. Sierra has been accused of abusing the miserable situation of less fortunate people by paying them for participating in his works with forms of compensation that many consider extremely problematic.

Erró – Posters

7 January – 14 March 2012

Exhibition posters have two major functions; to inform the public about an existing exhibition and what‘s on exhibit and to attract visitors to the site (a museum or a gallery).

Erró - Drawings

3 September 2011 - 26 August 2012

World-renowned artist Erró might not be as well known for his drawings as for his paintings, but this exhibition presents around 200 of his works. The oldest are from 1944, the latest quite recent, and the artist has utilized a multitude of techniques and methods in creating them.

Architecture and time travel

14 January – 4 March 2012

An open and informative art workshop for families was set up in connection with the exhibitions Snøhetta - Architecture, landscape, interior, and “My dreamland in the North“ - Karen Agnete Þórarinsson, presently in the West Wing.

My dreamland in the North – Karen Agnete Þórarinsson

14 January – 4 March 2012

The painter Karen Agnete (1903-1992) was one of many Danish women who married an Icelander and moved with their husbands back to Iceland from Copenhagen in the first half of the 20th century, after both having studied at the Danish Art Academy.

Snøhetta – architecture, landscape, interior

14 January – 4 March 2012

The international recognition that the architecture firm Snøhetta has received is quite unique in a Norwegian context. The firm has won two open, international competitions: Bibliotheca Alexandrina and Oslo’s new Opera House, which have become landmarks in their countries.

Kjarval – Key Works

27 January – 31 December

From Sketch to Sculpture - Drawings by Ásmundur Sveinsson

30 April 2011 - 22 April 2012

The exhibition From Sketch to Sculpture – Drawings by Ásmundur Sveinsson presents a small insight into the rich collection of drawings by the sculptor Ásmundur Sveinsson.

Magnús Árnason - Homage

30 April 2011 - 22 April 2012

Magnús Árnason´s installation Homage, in the dome of the Ásmundarsafn art museum, refers to Louis Pasteur´s (1822-1895) experiment who´s findings conflicted with the theory of spontaneous generation.