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Established | 2016 |
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Location | Whistler, British Columbia, Canada |
Coordinates | 50°07′04″N122°57′11″W / 50.1179°N 122.9531°W |
Type | Art museum |
Key holdings | Emily Carr, Dana Claxton, Stan Douglas, Rodney Graham, E.J. Hughes, Marianne Nicolson, Gordon Smith, Jack Shadbolt, Jeff Wall |
Collections | Artworks from coastal British Columbia |
Collection size | 200 |
Founder | Michael Audain |
Architect | Patkau Architects |
Website | audainartmuseum |
The Audain Art Museum is a 56,000-square-foot private museum located in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, that houses the private art collection of Michael Audain. [1] Designed by Patkau Architects and opened to the public in 2016, it holds a comprehensive permanent collection of British Columbian art. [2]
The site is moderately forested with mature spruce and cedar trees. [3] In an effort to preserve the site's ecology only a single tree was removed during the initial phase of construction. [3] The design is intended to blend into the existing site. Its cladding "is an intentionally recessive colour—it recedes into the shadows, and that's our view of the appropriate relationship between it and the context". [3]
The museum's design was shaped by its function as a gallery, by the challenging site in the Fitzsimmons Creek floodplain which poses a flood risk, and the enormous amount of annual snowfall Whistler receives. [4]
The Audain Art Museum displays a permanent collection of nearly 200 works of art from coastal British Columbia. [12] The works span from the 18th century to the modern era and present day, containing a collection of Northwest Coast First Nations masks, a collection of works encompassing all periods of Emily Carr's artistic career as well as art by important post-war modernists such as E.J. Hughes, Gordon Smith and Jack Shadbolt. [12] The collection also showcases art by internationally renowned contemporary British Columbia artists including Jeff Wall, Dana Claxton, Marianne Nicolson, Rodney Graham and Stan Douglas, among others. [12]
All public areas of the museum are wheelchair-accessible. [13]
Since its inception, the Audain Art Museum has hosted numerous temporary exhibitions, displaying a variety of artworks. [14]
The Audain Art Museum is incorporated under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, effective October 4, 2012, and is a Registered Charity. [20] The Museum's Board of Trustees serves as its governing body. [20]
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