"Notmerely anothershowcase for a wealthy patron’s personal collection, the Audain Art Museum isarguably Canada’s most important cultural installation to open recently and a significantresource for scholars and fans of Canadian and First Nationsart. The works include a rangeof aboriginal masks and several seminalcanvasesby Canadian artist Emily Carr. Photographs by members of the Vancouver School, along withthe works of many other regional artists, are well represented in theglass-lined galleries of the museum. Only one tree was removed from the heavily wooded site, and the building, on stilts, seems practically to lift off from the forest floor andhoveramong the dense conifers."