Culture Night | Guided tour of Karin Sander: 1957–2057
Hafnarhús, Tryggvagata 17, 101 Reykjavík Directions
Sat 22.08.2026 18:00
Sunna Ástþórsdóttir will guide visitors through Karin Sander’s exhibition 1957–2057 during Culture Night.
Karin Sander is a celebrated German artist who has cultivated a long-standing relationship with Iceland since her first visit thirty years ago. Many of her works draw inspiration from the country’s landscape, culture, and society.
Reykjavík Art Museum now presents a comprehensive exhibition of both new and earlier works, organized in collaboration with the Reykjavík Arts Festival. Sander’s practice often involves the participation of visitors and explores the interplay between material, time, and place. The exhbition presence in place examines notions of presence and site-specificity - geographical, bodily, and experiential. Visitors are invited to be 3D scanned and reproduced as small figurines; blank canvases placed throughout the country gather surface traces under varying conditions; and a neon sign situates viewers within Hafnarhús according to Google Earth coordinates.
Free admission on Culture Night.
Reykjavík Art Museum now presents a comprehensive exhibition of both new and earlier works, organized in collaboration with the Reykjavík Arts Festival. Sander’s practice often involves the participation of visitors and explores the interplay between material, time, and place. The exhbition presence in place examines notions of presence and site-specificity - geographical, bodily, and experiential. Visitors are invited to be 3D scanned and reproduced as small figurines; blank canvases placed throughout the country gather surface traces under varying conditions; and a neon sign situates viewers within Hafnarhús according to Google Earth coordinates.
Free admission on Culture Night.
Performers
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Culture night Lucky Records
CultureNight is a festival of arts, food and all kinds of entertainment, marking Reykjavik's foundation anniversary.
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Sunna Ástþórsdóttir
Curator providing the guided tour.
