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Petit Pli: One Garment in Many Sizes04/10/2026, 12:00Museum of Design and Applied Art, Garðatorg 1, 210 Garðabær

Exhibition on Petit Pli, Icelandic-born designer Ryan Mario Yasin's award-winning children's clothing that unfolds to grow through several sizes, developed from research on foldable satellite structures. Open 12–17, closed Mondays. More details

29/11
Guðjón Ketilsson: Spor10/10/2026, 08:00Ásmundarsalur, Freyjugata 41, 101 Reykjavík

Solo show of four new bodies of work: text-filled drawings, repurposed found objects, oil-pastel drawings and enlarged fingerprints paired with personal reflections. Free entry. More details

08/11
Embodying a Building: Bodies in Aalto Buildings21/10/2026, 10:00Nordic House, Sæmundargata 11, 102 Reykjavík

Elina Brotherus, Dafna Maimon and Ilona Sagar explore how bodies and Alvar Aalto's buildings shape each other, after living and working inside them. Curated by Sabina Westerholm. More details

05/01
Stúdíó Suð Gallery Opening22/10/2026, 17:00Holtsgata 5, 101 Reykjavík

Stúdíó Suð, the duo of artist Markús Bjarnason and Heiðbjört Arney Höskuldsdóttir, opens a seven-square-metre, two-storey gallery in a 122-year-old Vesturbær stairwell, showing paintings that double as sound dampeners and works that make sound. More details

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Ambient October: Jesper Pedersen22/10/2026, 18:00Space Odyssey, Bergstaðastræti 4, 101 Reykjavík

Short ambient set by Reykjavík composer and sound artist Jesper Pedersen, who works with modular synths, electronics and theremin, presented with Extreme Chill Festival. More details

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Orsugiak: The White Gold of Greenland – Screening and Panel22/10/2026, 18:30Nordic House, Sæmundargata 11, 102 Reykjavík

Documentary on Denmark's cryolite mining at Ivittuut, Greenland (1854–1987), followed by an English-language panel on narrative sovereignty and censorship in the Nordics with filmmakers and researchers including Inuk Jørgensen and Ken Are Bongo. More details

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Strandir / Rebekah Hong22/10/2026, 20:00Mengi, Óðinsgata 2, 101 Reykjavík

Double bill: Strandir, a German-Icelandic quartet (Tumi Torfason, Tobias Link, Daníel Helgason, Stefan Vidal-Schneider) improvising between acoustic and electronic, plus new solo piano pieces by Massachusetts-based pianist Rebekah Hong. Doors 19:30; 2,500 ISK / 2,000 students / pay what you can. More details

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Party by Default b2b DJ No Service22/10/2026, 21:00Röntgen, Hverfisgata 12, 101 Reykjavík

Berlin/Reykjavík DJ Party by Default goes back to back with DJ No Service in a vinyl-only set, from 21:00 until close. More details

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Húsdjús: Apex Anima22/10/2026, 21:30Kaffibarinn, Bergstaðastræti 1, 101 Reykjavík

Thursday house night with DJ Apex Anima at Kaffibarinn. Ages 20+. More details

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