Akureyri_Art_Museum

Akureyri Art Museum

Akureyri Art Museum

Art museum in Akureyri, Iceland

The Akureyri Art Museum (Icelandic: Listasafnið á Akureyri [ˈlɪstaˌsapnɪð au ˈaːkʏrˌeiːrɪ], regionally also [ˈaːkʰʏr-]) was founded in 1993. The museum is located in the center of Akureyri, the second-largest city in Iceland. Originally home to a dairy, the building which houses the gallery is noted as a good example of the Bauhaus school of architecture.

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Artists that have had their work displayed in the Akureyri Art Museum include Icelandic artists Erró, Kjarval and Louisa Matthíasdóttir, American artist Spencer Tunick, Israeli video artist Guy Ben-Ner and French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.[1]

The museum has been host to the Icelandic Visual Arts Awards since 2006, when they were first given.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    "List of exhibitions in Akureyri Art Museum". Akureyri Art Museum website. Archived from the original on 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2009-10-30.
  2. [2]
    "Visual Arts Awards 2008 by Jón Proppé". Artnews.is. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2009-10-30.

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