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| Established | June 2012 |
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| Location | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Coordinates | 59°18′25″N 18°20′52″E / 59.30694°N 18.34778°E |
| Website | www |
Artipelag is an art museum located on the archipelago in Stockholm, Sweden. Opened in June 2012, the building was designed by the late architect Johan Nyrén to fit into the surrounding landscape.[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]
According to The New York Times, the museum was the "brainchild of Björn Jakobson, who founded the Swedish infant-care products company Babybjörn in 1961, and his wife, Lillemor."[5] The parent company Lillemor Design provided funding (approximately $69 million according to estimates in Swedish media.[5]
Notable exhibitions have included works by William Wegman[6] and Candida Höfer.[7][8] The artistic director of Artipelag is Bo Nilsson.[9]
The name of the museum is a pun on "arkipelag," the Swedish word for "archipelago."[5]
- ^ "Artipelag / Nyréns Arkitektkontor". ArchDaily. Plataforma Networks Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide. 15 September 2012. Retrieved 2 December 2013.
- ^ a b Architizer. "Artipelag on Architizer". Architizer. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ Inta, Liepa. "Artipelag – a new stop in Stockholm". Arterritory. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
- ^ "Dalkia manages Artipelag". www.dalkianordic.com. Archived from the original on 2012-10-03. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ a b c Rose, Frank (3 September 2015). "The Swedish Museum That BabyBjörn Built". The New York Times. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
The brainchild of Björn Jakobson, who founded the Swedish infant-care products company BabyBjörn in 1961, and his wife, Lillemor, it was built by the parent company, Lillemor Design, at a cost estimated by the Swedish news media at some $69 million at the time.
- ^ Messina, Manuela (24 July 2013). "William Wegman: Hello Nature". Red Milk Magazine.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Candida Höfer first big show in Sweden". Phaidon. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ "Previous exhibitions". www.artipelag.se. Archived from the original on 21 October 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
- ^ Iltnere, Anna (4 December 2012). "An ambitious archipelago of art". Arterritory. Retrieved 2 December 2013.