Akureyri Art Museum
The Art Museum Akureyri ( Icelandic Listafnið á Akureyri ) in Akureyri is the largest art museum in Iceland outside the commuting area of Reykjavik .
History and geography
The museum was established in 1993 in a former dairy that operated until 1980 and is an example of Icelandic Bauhaus-style architecture . The building was designed by the Icelandic architect Ðórir Baldvinsson , who worked for the Icelandic cooperative association Samband íslenskra samvinnufélaga . It is located in the city center of Iceland's second largest city in the north of the country.
Exhibition work
The well-known Icelandic artists Erró , Kjarval and Louisa Matthíasdóttir have exhibited in the museum alongside foreign artists such as the American Spencer Tunick and the Israeli video artist Guy Ben-Ner . An exhibition on the French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson has also been shown so far .
In 2006 the museum hosted the first Icelandic Visual Arts Awards ceremony .
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Coordinates: 65 ° 40 ′ 49.4 " N , 18 ° 5 ′ 30.8" W.