HotelChatter - Tag: Hotel Art

Key Biscayne: The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne Serves Art With a Side of Rum

MsRebecca — 2009-11-13T01:39:26-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/ritzcarltonkeybiscayne.jpg" class="top"> Art galleries and wine go together like rum and cigars. But in Key Biscayne, they like to shake things up. So when the folks at <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Ritz-Carlton,+Key+Biscayne/ian/193318">The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne</a> decided to do something special for Art Basel, they decided to pair it with their Old Havana-style den, RUMBAR. Thats where the hotel is hosting a private pre-Art Basel cocktail soiree for artist Carlos Estevez on December 1st. Its invitation only but if you happen to be a guest at the hotel we bet you can sweet-talk your way in. The party marks the unveiling of the largest work Cuban artist Estevez has ever createdan 8-foot circular painting on canvasso you should be able to find your

Miami Hotels Love Art All Year Round, Not Just During Art Basel

MsRebecca — 2009-11-12T15:47:35-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/30451/Setai_art.jpg" class="top"> Boy, that Miami is an arty town, huh? With Art Basel approaching next month, loads of hotels are coming out of the woodwork to remind us that they are art-oriented year round. Weve already covered the art-collector owners of the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/10/102632/90/hotels/What_You_Get_for_Art_Basel_at_the_W_South_Beach_Gansevoort_South">W South Beach</a> and the <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2009/11/11/104838/88/hotels/Get_Insider_Art_Basel_Advice_at_the_Riviera_South_Beach">Riviera South Beach</a>, and today we bring you two other Miami hotels bursting with pride at whats on their walls. First up, the posh-zen oasis of South Beach, <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/The+Setai/local/41">The Setai</a>. Sure to be the temporary home of many Art Basel fans with deep pocketsand the site of the swankiest art partiesThe Setai was keen to remind us that its something of a gallery in its own right any day

New York: Mister Cartoon Now Accepting Tattoo Reservations at The Marcel Hotel

juliana — 2009-11-03T15:35:15-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/1425/mistercartoon.jpg" class="top"> Perhaps we spoke too soon about <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/hotel graffiti">Hotel Graffiti</a> being the new hot hotel trend. Perhaps Hotel Tattoo Artists are the new new hot hotel service instead. <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/Marcel+Hotel/local/1588">The Marcel at Gramercy Hotel</a> has announced today an ongoing art series called, M.O.A.R.--Marcel Original Art on Rotation. The program will bring "progressive, burgeoning artists" into the hotel to show off their work. But the first artist to come onboard will not be displaying his talent on the walls. No, try your skin instead. <blockquote>Famous for tattooing celebrities such as Beyonce, Christina Aguilera, Eminem, Mena Suvari and Ryan Phillippe Mister Cartoon will set up his very own Ink Suite at Hotel Marcel, where he will see his

New York: Stay at The Strand, Get a Pretty Print

MsRebecca — 2009-09-30T09:25:41-05:00

As regular HotelChatter readers know, we’re tracking a healthy handful of new hotels opening in New York this winter, and the race is on to see which of them not only opens first but wows guests in the biggest way. The garment district’s major contender, The Strand, is making its first offensive play in the game with its “Room With a View” grand-opening package.

San Diego: The W San Diego Puts Kanye West On Display

Jennifer Kester — 2009-08-31T09:24:43-05:00

<![CDATA[<img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/34094/02_not_moving.jpg" class="top"> The <a href="http://www.hotelchatter.com/hotel-reviews/W+San+Diego/ian/206051">W San Diego</a> may be on its way to foreclosure, but the hotel must figure if it's going to go down, it's gonna do it in style. The W is hosting a cool photo exhibit by Chris Milkbest known as a music video director to big-name musicians such as Kanye West, U2, Green Day and Gnarls Barkleythrough September. Among the oversized photos, which hang throughout the public spaces in the W, some of the best star frequent collaborator Kanye West. Milk, who directed videos for "Jesus Walks," "All Falls Down" and "Touch the Sky," used 3-D scanning and CGI to create the black-white-and-gray images for the works "Kanye West (Wall)" (shown above), where the rapper