Day: August 11, 2011

The Icelandic Phallological Museum, which displays specimens of all Icelandic mammal penises—including a human specimen—will close its doors in Húsavík, north Iceland, for good on September 10 and move to Iceland’s capital.

The British director James Marsh, who won the Oscar for the documentary Man On Wire in 2008 will be among guests at this year’s Reykjavík International Film Festival (RIFF), September 22-October 2.

“In the Footsteps of a King” is a themed hiking/biking tour to historical trails in the county of Árnessýsla, south Iceland, organized by Icelandic Farm Holidays and various tour operators in the region inspired by the visit of Frederik VIII King of Denmark to Iceland in 1907.

The performance group The Weird Girls Project’s “Episode 13” took place at the highland resort Thórsmörk and surrounding areas producing a piece for Imogen Heap’s “Love the Earth” score. Part of the episode will premiere at Bíó Paradís on Hverfisgata in Reykjavík on Sunday, August 14, at 5 pm.

Nicolas Bourriaud, an author and former director of Palais de Tokyo in Paris, will participate in a symposium organized by Reykjavík Art Museum August 13-14 in relation with the exhibition “Perspectives – On the Borders of Art and Philosophy”.

The government of Iceland is considering selling an 18.7 percent part of the state’s share in the bank Landsbanki Íslands. The share is currently in the safekeeping of the Landsbanki resolution committee but should go mostly undivided to the state.

The majority coalition in Reykjavík City Council handed in a three-year budget plan at a council meeting on Wednesday, almost six months behind schedule. The leaders of the council’s opposition have criticized the majority for its work methods.