Art in Rooms and On-Premises at Hotel and Resort Properties
Jun 12, 2021, 8:05 pm
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LOL. You people.
That round painting looks very 1980s. (By the way, a round painting is called a tondo. You learned something today.)
This is all pretty typical hotel art. That painting from the Hilton ATL is a bad Joan Mitchell imitation. She's a great painter of the 1950s. It IS actually a little bolder than most hotel art.
This stuff is most commonly chosen by decorators who just pick things to match the decor. Artists crank it out for this specific purpose, often following directives from the decorators--sometimes they charge by the square foot. But some high-end hotels have really serious artwork--the Park Hyatt Washington comes to mind.
I'd much rather have these abstract paintings and prints than cheesy posters of landscapes and still-lifes.
That round painting looks very 1980s. (By the way, a round painting is called a tondo. You learned something today.)
This is all pretty typical hotel art. That painting from the Hilton ATL is a bad Joan Mitchell imitation. She's a great painter of the 1950s. It IS actually a little bolder than most hotel art.
This stuff is most commonly chosen by decorators who just pick things to match the decor. Artists crank it out for this specific purpose, often following directives from the decorators--sometimes they charge by the square foot. But some high-end hotels have really serious artwork--the Park Hyatt Washington comes to mind.
I'd much rather have these abstract paintings and prints than cheesy posters of landscapes and still-lifes.
Jun 13, 2021, 6:55 am
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I really know very little technically about art. It is just not on my radar. However, in contributing to and reading this thread, something has occurrd to me. I notice art when it is very good and when it is very bad. Most of the hotel art is in that vast middle where it is neither very bad nor very good. It is simply something that breaks up blank spaces on walls. If there were no "art," we would certainly notice and would probably build a thread on "Why are there so many blank walls in Hilton hotel rooms?"
Jun 13, 2021, 7:34 am
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I could let this thread go by without a mention of a Hilton hotel named The ART hotel...
We just recently stayed at the ART Hotel in Denver (Curio Collection) and we were upgraded to a King Mountain View Suite. As the hotel is next to the Denver Art Museum, the hotel has art pieces throughout the hotel - and even across the street.
When checking in, we were told that not only did we have a Mountain View, we also had an “ocean view” as that is the name of the picture that hangs on the side of the building opposite the hotel and is actually owned by that hotel.
Denver Post - Ocean View (picture in article)
We just recently stayed at the ART Hotel in Denver (Curio Collection) and we were upgraded to a King Mountain View Suite. As the hotel is next to the Denver Art Museum, the hotel has art pieces throughout the hotel - and even across the street.
When checking in, we were told that not only did we have a Mountain View, we also had an “ocean view” as that is the name of the picture that hangs on the side of the building opposite the hotel and is actually owned by that hotel.
Denver Post - Ocean View (picture in article)
Jun 13, 2021, 8:49 am
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Jun 13, 2021, 9:47 am
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The Rome Cavalieri has some amazing artwork throughout the property. https://romecavalieri.com/art-collection/
Jun 16, 2021, 2:00 pm
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I really know very little technically about art. It is just not on my radar. However, in contributing to and reading this thread, something has occurrd to me. I notice art when it is very good and when it is very bad. Most of the hotel art is in that vast middle where it is neither very bad nor very good. It is simply something that breaks up blank spaces on walls. If there were no "art," we would certainly notice and would probably build a thread on "Why are there so many blank walls in Hilton hotel rooms?"
That's the thing about hotel art. It typically strives for that middle ground. That's why it's generally not respected in the art world. I would add, though, that an artist friend did a lot of the art for the Renaissance Convention Center in DC, at least in the lobby, and her work was well above average (although she did indeed do it at the behest of a decorator). They may have remodeled and done away with it since I was last there--a shame if that's so. Her work was beautiful.
I do find that the upper-end Hilton brands usually go for abstraction and somewhat more ambitious works than the lower-end brands. (There's probably a master's thesis in that for someone.) You'll sometimes find actual signed and numbered prints in the rooms rather than just mass-produced, framed posters.
(I'm an art historian, in case you were wondering.)
Jun 16, 2021, 2:43 pm
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Well, there you go.
That's the thing about hotel art. It typically strives for that middle ground. That's why it's generally not respected in the art world. I would add, though, that an artist friend did a lot of the art for the Renaissance Convention Center in DC, at least in the lobby, and her work was well above average (although she did indeed do it at the behest of a decorator). They may have remodeled and done away with it since I was last there--a shame if that's so. Her work was beautiful.
I do find that the upper-end Hilton brands usually go for abstraction and somewhat more ambitious works than the lower-end brands. (There's probably a master's thesis in that for someone.) You'll sometimes find actual signed and numbered prints in the rooms rather than just mass-produced, framed posters.
(I'm an art historian, in case you were wondering.)
That's the thing about hotel art. It typically strives for that middle ground. That's why it's generally not respected in the art world. I would add, though, that an artist friend did a lot of the art for the Renaissance Convention Center in DC, at least in the lobby, and her work was well above average (although she did indeed do it at the behest of a decorator). They may have remodeled and done away with it since I was last there--a shame if that's so. Her work was beautiful.
I do find that the upper-end Hilton brands usually go for abstraction and somewhat more ambitious works than the lower-end brands. (There's probably a master's thesis in that for someone.) You'll sometimes find actual signed and numbered prints in the rooms rather than just mass-produced, framed posters.
(I'm an art historian, in case you were wondering.)
Jun 16, 2021, 2:59 pm
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A looooong time ago I stayed at the Westin Atlanta. Above the bed they had a 6' wide black-and-white photo of the skyline of Atlanta. After the stay, on a whim, I emailed the general inbox for the hotel asking where they got the photo. The GM emailed me back saying they were about to renovate and many were being trashed. He offered to mail me one (without the frame) at no cost. I was floored.
More hotels are going towards local artwork, or at least local photography. I like these much more than the abstract art seen in many places.
More hotels are going towards local artwork, or at least local photography. I like these much more than the abstract art seen in many places.
Jun 16, 2021, 7:03 pm
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A looooong time ago I stayed at the Westin Atlanta. Above the bed they had a 6' wide black-and-white photo of the skyline of Atlanta. After the stay, on a whim, I emailed the general inbox for the hotel asking where they got the photo. The GM emailed me back saying they were about to renovate and many were being trashed. He offered to mail me one (without the frame) at no cost. I was floored.
More hotels are going towards local artwork, or at least local photography. I like these much more than the abstract art seen in many places.
More hotels are going towards local artwork, or at least local photography. I like these much more than the abstract art seen in many places.
David
Jun 16, 2021, 7:43 pm
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I actually like the idea of discussing art in hotels in general and not just within the brands of Hilton.
Let us please continue this discussion in the TravelBuzz forum so that other FlyerTalk members may share their experiences with art in hotels from lodging companies other than Hilton as well.
Let us please continue this discussion in the TravelBuzz forum so that other FlyerTalk members may share their experiences with art in hotels from lodging companies other than Hilton as well.
Jun 16, 2021, 8:59 pm
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