Art in Public Space - Responsibility and Maintenance A symposium on public art in Denmark and Iceland during the interwar period. Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum, November 19th, 2022. Symposium video recording (two first presentations in English) 2:00 pm Welkome 2:10−2:50 pm English Tom Hermansen art historian, University of Copenhagen, Department of Arts and Cultural Studies: Should they stay or should they go? Monumental mural painting - realized in the period 1925−1940 in Denmark. 2:50−3:10 pm English Jens Peter Munk art historian, Keeper of Monuments of the City of Copenhagen: Svend Rathsack's Monument to Mariners (1924−28). Restored and Reinaugurated 2011. 3:10−3:30 pm Icelandic Hlynur Helga­son assistant professor in Art history and theory, University of Iceland: Responses to magnificent sculptures of artists within the Kingdom of Iceland. 3:30−3:50 pm Coffee break 3:50−4:00 pm Icelandic Birgitta Spur founder of the Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum: A Mural without a Wall − Sigurjón Ólafsson’s bas-relief Stacking Saltfish. 4:00−4:20 pm Icelandic Indriði Níelsson civil engineer M.Phil., VERKÍS: Damages of the bas-relief Stacking Saltfish. 4:20−4:40 pm Icelandic Védís Eva Guðmundsdóttir attorney at law, Réttur-Aðalsteinsson & Partners: Overview: Copyright law – meaning of moral rights. 4:40−5:00 pm Panel discussion Light refreshments Moderator: Halldóra Jónsdóttir Dictionary editor - Árni Magnússon Institute.