Artipelag

Artipelag is an art hall outside Stockholm in Sweden. The art hall opened in June 2012. The building and the surrounding landscape was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén.[1][2][3] The building covers an area of approximately 10.000 square meters [4] and includes 3.000 square meters of art galleries and has 22 acres of surrounding natural scenery.[2] Coordinates: 59°18′25″N 18°20′52″E / 59.30694°N 18.34778°E / 59.30694; 18.34778

Entrance to Artipelag
View over the bay Baggensfjärden from the main hall

The art hall is founded on a donation by Björn Jakobson, founder and owner of the baby product company Babybjörn.[1]

Notable exhibitions have included works by William Wegman[5] and Candida Höfer.[6][7] The artistic director of Artipelag is Bo Nilsson.[8]

The name of the museum is a pun on "arkipelag," the Swedish word for "archipelago."[9]

Photo gallery

References

  1. 1 2 "Artipelag / Nyréns Arkitektkontor". ArchDaily. Plataforma Networks Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  2. 1 2 Architizer. "Artipelag on Architizer". Architizer. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. Inta, Liepa. "Artipelag – a new stop in Stockholm". Arterritory. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  4. "Dalkia manages Artipelag". www.dalkianordic.com. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  5. Messina, Manuela (24 July 2013). "William Wegman: Hello Nature". Red Milk Magazine.com. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  6. "Candida Höfer first big show in Sweden". Phaidon. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  7. "Previous exhibitions". www.artipelag.se. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
  8. Iltnere, Anna (4 December 2012). "An ambitious archipelago of art". Arterritory. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
  9. Rose, Frank (3 September 2015). "The Swedish Museum That BabyBjörn Built". New York Times. Retrieved 30 January 2016.

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