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. Opened in June 2012, the building was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén to fit into the surrounding landscape. The building covers an area of approximately 10,000 square meters and includes 3,000 square meters of art galleries and has 22 acres of surrounding natural scenery. Artipelag 09

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in 1961, and his wife, Lillemor." The parent company Lillemor Design provided funding (approximately $69 million according to estimates in Swedish media. Notable exhibitions have included works by William Wegman and

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. The artistic director of Artipelag is Bo Nilsson. The name of the museum is a pun on "arkipelag," the Swedish word for "archipelago."

Exhibitions

The legacy of Andy Warhol April 15, 2016 - September 25, 2016 The Monochrome Symphony – Single-coloured Constellations of Art, Design, Fashion & Music October 16, 2015 – March 28, 2016 Land meets water – European and American photography from 1860 to the present May 29, 2015 – September 27, 2015 Mats Theselius – Urban Cowboy July 8, 2015 – August 23, 2015 Carouschka – The woman on the island April 29, 2015 – June 28, 2015 Earth Matters February 6, 2015 – May 3, 2015 HERE/NOW: A physical encounter in time and space October 17, 2014 – January 6, 2015 No man is an island – Artistic forays into the Stockholm archipelago May 23, 2014 – September 28, 2014 Reflections on mankind and the biosphere July 11, 2014 – August 17, 2014 The visible – Swedish contemporary photography February 7, 2014 – May 11, 2014 Blackboard – Teaching and learning from art October 11, 2013 – January 19, 2014 Hello Nature. How to Draw, Paint, Cook and Find Your Way May 25, 2013 – September 29, 2013 One, two, tree! June 14, 2013 – August 21, 2013 Poul Gernes / Sidekick / Cosima von Bonin March 8, 2013 – May 12, 2013 Enlighted: Electric light as the fairy of art October 27, 2012 – February 17, 2013 Candida Höfer – Affinities, Affinitäten, Affiniteter June 30, 2012 – October 28, 2012 Genius Loci June 3, 2012 – September 30, 2012

Photo gallery

File:Artipelag 02.JPG, The façade as seen from the water File:Artipelag 04.JPG, The entrance seen from the entrance hall File:Artipelag 08.JPG, Stairwell File:Artipelag 03.JPG, The entrance hall seen from the second floor File:Artipelag 05.JPG, The restaurant File:Artipelag 01.JPG, The cafeteria File:Artipelag 07.JPG, Tarred outer wall File:Artipelag 06.JPG, The sedum roof over the gallery

References

External links

Official website
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Exhibitions

Photo gallery

See also

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