Sven-Harry's Art Museum, Art museum in Vasaparken, Sweden
Sven-Harry's Art Museum occupies a five-story building at Eastmansvägen 10 in Vasastaden, Stockholm, designed by Wingårdh Arkitektkontor. Its facade is clad in gold-tinted copper-aluminium-zinc alloy panels that do not darken with oxygen exposure. The building holds an art gallery of about 400 square metres, a museum, a restaurant, a museum shop, 18 apartments and commercial premises.
The museum opened in 2011 based on an art collection that builder Sven-Harry Karlsson began assembling in the mid-1960s. His passion for collecting and commitment to sharing art with the public became the foundation for establishing this institution.
The museum's name honours its founder, builder Sven-Harry Karlsson, who began collecting art in the mid-1960s. The foundation behind it has awarded a 100,000-kronor scholarship since 2002 to emerging artists and to work in architecture and construction. The gallery has shown Karin Mamma Andersson, Karin Broos, Jan Håfström, Torsten Andersson and Lage Lindell.
The building stands at Eastmansvägen 10 in Vasastaden, beside Vasaparken. The art gallery occupies about 400 square metres across three halls, two on the entrance level and one on the fourth floor, with a media room one level down for film and video. The museum itself sits in the recessed top floor, reached by lift, and the rooftop sculpture terrace is part of the same visit.
The top floor houses an exact recreation of a 1770s manor house from Lidingö island, complete with original furnishings and the owner's collected artworks. This space offers visitors an uncommon view into Karlsson's personal passion for collecting and historical living.
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