Art galleries in Reykjavik
Galleries are best taken slowly. Reykjavik, Capital Region has 22 mapped right now. That's 22 galleries mapped around Reykjavik. The exhibition schedule matters more than the count: a small gallery with a great current show beats a big one between exhibitions. Opening nights are the cheat code — free entry, the artists in the room, and a crowd that actually wants to talk about the work.
This guide covers every art gallery we could verify in and around Reykjavik (within about 40 km), built from OpenStreetMap's community-maintained data. Names you'll run into include Arctic Photo and Fiskhöllin, plus Art 67. If a gallery's missing from Reykjavik's list, it probably just hasn't been mapped yet.
The Reykjavik gallery lineup
22 mapped within about 40 km:
Arctic Photo
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Arctic Photo is Art gallery.
Fiskhöllin
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Fiskhöllin — Art gallery.
Art 67
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Art 67 — Art gallery, found on Laugavegur in Reykjavík.
Laugavegur, Reykjavík, 101
Nýlistasafnið
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Nýlistasafnið — Art gallery on 13-21 Völvufell. Also worth knowing about Nýlistasafnið: the map lists its hours as Tu-Sa 12:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
13-21 Völvufell, 111
Hours: Tu-Sa 12:00-17:00
Phone: +354 551 4350
Gallerí Fold
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Gallerí Fold is Art gallery.
Mink Viking Portrait Studio
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Mink Viking Portrait Studio is Art gallery on 11 Laugavegur, Reykjavík.
11 Laugavegur, Reykjavík, 101
Art Gallery 101
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Art Gallery 101 is Art gallery. Art Gallery 101 also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00.
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-18:00; Sa 12:00-16:00; Su 12:00-16:00
Hafnarborg
Art gallery
Hafnarborg is Art gallery. Hafnarborg also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as We-Mo 12:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We-Mo 12:00-17:00
Kaolin Keramik Gallery
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Kaolin Keramik Gallery is Art gallery on 22 Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík.
22 Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, 101
Art Ceramic Studio Gallery
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Art Ceramic Studio Gallery is Art gallery on Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík.
Skólavörðustígur, Reykjavík, 101
I8 Gallery
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I8 Gallery — Art gallery on 16 Tryggvagata. Also worth knowing about I8 Gallery: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 13:00-17:00; it has a website with more detail.
16 Tryggvagata, 101
Hours: Mo-Fr 11:00-17:00; Sa 13:00-17:00
Flæði
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Flæði is Art gallery.
Nullid
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Nullid is Art gallery.
Marshallhúsið
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Marshallhúsið — Art gallery. Also worth knowing about Marshallhúsið: the map lists its hours as We-Su 12:00-18:00; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: We-Su 12:00-18:00
Gallerí undirgöng
Art gallery
Gallerí undirgöng is Art gallery on 76 Hverfisgata, Reykjavík. Gallerí undirgöng also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
76 Hverfisgata, Reykjavík, 101
Tolli
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Tolli is Art gallery run by Tolli ehf. on 14 Koparslétta, Reykjavík. Tolli also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Fr 14:00-18:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
14 Koparslétta, Reykjavík, 162
Hours: Fr 14:00-18:00
Phone: +354 820 8696
Olith
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Olith — Art gallery.
Höfuðstöðin
Art gallery
Höfuðstöðin is Art gallery. Höfuðstöðin also notes on the map: the map lists its hours as Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa-Su 11:00-17:00; a phone number is listed — worth a call before a special trip; it has a website with more detail.
Hours: Mo-Fr 12:00-18:00; Sa-Su 11:00-17:00
Phone: +354 550 0077
Kogga keramik galleri
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Kogga keramik galleri is Art gallery.
Art Gallerí
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Art Gallerí is Art gallery.
Sím
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Sím — Art gallery.
Herma
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Herma is Art gallery on 4 Hverfisgata, Reykjavík. Herma also notes on the map: it has a website with more detail.
4 Hverfisgata, Reykjavík, 101
What the map tells us about art galleries in Reykjavik
7 of the 22 list their opening hours on the map, which is genuinely useful — galleries keep proper public hours, so plan around the listed times.
8 have websites listed. That's where the current exhibition is announced — the one thing worth checking before you visit.
8 galleries list websites — that's where the current exhibition is announced, and it's the one thing worth checking before you visit.
The Reykjavik gallery walk
Plot these on a map and the day plans itself: Arctic Photo, Fiskhöllin, Art 67 on Laugavegur, Nýlistasafnið on 13-21 Völvufell, Gallerí Fold, Mink Viking Portrait Studio on 11 Laugavegur, Art Gallery 101, and Hafnarborg. That's 22 stops on the Reykjavik gallery walk. 14 more are listed below.
Gallery tips for Reykjavik
Gallery-going in Reykjavik? A few habits help:
- Check for late openings at Arctic Photo. Some galleries open late one evening a week. After-work art is an underrated pleasure.
- Ask what's coming next at Fiskhöllin. Gallerists love talking about the next show. It also tells you when to come back.
- The café is part of the visit. If the gallery has a café, use it. Lingering over coffee after the show is half the experience.
- Small galleries take risks. Artist-run spaces show the work the big institutions won't. Some of it's baffling; some of it's the future.
Good to know
We searched about 40 km around Reykjavik — that covers the town itself plus the surrounding communities you'd reasonably drive to. Listings come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by local volunteers, so a brand-new art gallery in Reykjavik can take a while to appear. If you spot one of the 22 that's closed, or a great art gallery we missed, the fix is to update the map itself — that's where this guide reads from.
We don't review exhibitions — shows change too fast. What we list is the where: real galleries, verified by real mappers.
If you run one of the 22 listed here and something's wrong — a closure, a move, new hours — the fix is the same: update the shop on OpenStreetMap and the correction flows through to this page on the next daily refresh.
Art gallery listings for Reykjavik: 22 mapped from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Photos from Wikimedia Commons contributors; individual photo credits appear in captions. Listing data was last refreshed automatically — verify hours before visiting.