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The Sigurjón Ólafsson Museum was founded in 1984 by the artist's widow
Birgitta Spur who had his studio and their home
converted to a museum building, opened for public in 1988. In 2012
the museum, including a large collection of Sigurjón
Ólafsson's sculptures, was donated to the National Gallery
of Iceland and was run as a division of it for almost a decade.
Since December 2021 the Museum has been run by Gríma ltd., a management
company directed by Sigurjón Ólafsson's family
members.
The museum is dedicated to
exhibiting Sigurjón
Ólafssons's sculptures - alone or in dialogue with other artists.
It also houses a vast amount of biographical material and is the research
center of Sigurjón Ólafsson's work. In addition to housing
different exhibitions the museum sponsors
various cultural programs.
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| Born in Iceland, Sigurjón Ólafsson (1908-1982) studied and
worked in Denmark 1928-1945. After his return to Iceland he lived and worked
in Laugarnes, Reykjavík. |
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Current exhibition
Face to Face
Portraits by Sigurjón Ólafsson
Rev. Friðrik Friðriksson LSÓ 1121
Concert Tuesday August 25th at 8:30 pm
Soprano, violin and piano
Ucrainian soprano
Christina Daletska with violinist
Hlíf Sigurjónsdóttir
and pianist Helga Bryndís Magnúsdóttir.
Works by Hugo Wolf, Fritz Kreisler, Rebecca Clarke, Vaughan Williams
and Vocalise for voice, violin and piano by Icelandic composer
Hjálmar Helgi Ragnarsson.
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