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The National Gallery of Iceland (Icelandic: Listasafn Íslands [ˈlɪstaˌsapn ˈistlan(t)s]) is an art museum in Reykjavík which contains a collection of Icelandic art. The gallery features artwork of famous Icelandic artists and artwork that helps explain the traditional Icelandic culture .
The Museum houses the largest art collection and the most voluminous gallery space in Iceland. With more than 3000 square meters of gallery space, over twenty exhibitions are run here annually, ranging from extensive exhibitions of the museum's collection to installations of contemporary art by young and international artists.
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In Iceland, Ms. Emilía Björg Sigurðardóttir displayed her creation, Next Soil, as part of product design art. The portrayal of the landscape through visual art has remained a prominent (perhaps the most prominent) theme in Icelandic art to the present day, often reflected in the exhibitions at the country's national gallery .
The National Gallery of Iceland owns more than 150 paintings by Ásgrímur Jónsson that have Þingvellir as their subject. Þingvellir grew popular among artists not only for its natural environment but also because it was close to the capital of Iceland, Reykjavík and thus relatively inexpensive to travel there. [citation needed]
The gallery of passport stamps by country or territory contains an accurate alphabetical list of sovereign states, partially recognised states, ... Iceland India ...
Its largest exhibit is a portion of a blue whale's penis measuring 170 cm (67 in) long and weighing 70 kilograms (150 lb), [18] which Iceland Review has dubbed "a real Moby Dick". [19] The specimen is just the tip, as the entire organ, when intact, would have been about 5 m (16 ft) long and weighed about 350–450 kilograms (770–990 lb).
The National Museum of Iceland (Icelandic: Þjóðminjasafn Íslands [ˈθjouðˌmɪnjaˌsapn ˈistlan(t)s]) was established on 24 February 1863, with Jón Árnason the first curator of the Icelandic collection, previously kept in Danish museums.