Once elected the European Cultural Capital, Umeå has throughout its lifetime given rise to cultural giants and maestros creating generations of artists and thought changers. Bildmuseet, clad in striped Siberian Larch to match its brethren is one of the latest additions to the family. It stands proud over the Ume River, the single illuminated block a wavering mirage over the water’s surface. A composite of 7 floors, Bildmuseet creates space for exhibition halls and an auditorium, empty walls prepared in wait for intriguing Contemporary Art. The open corridors branching through its interiors like its veins lead to works by renowned architects and artists. Bildmuseet reveals how the shared laughs and thoughts of Charles and Ray Eames led to their revolutionary lifestyle creations and furniture. It invites artists from several continents away to pour their grief into its vessels in the aftermath of war and poor governance. Always shifting, always changing, the only constant in Bildmuseet is its commitment to spreading the depth of art.