Art
Art & Design: Four Hotels, Four Distinct Visions
What does contemporary art look like in an iconic Beaux-Arts hotel? How do you honor artisan traditions in a luxury Hawaiian resort? In 2025, our Hospitality Art Advisors were tasked with answering questions like these across over 390 distinct projects, each with its own unique history, location, and vision. Our art advisors commissioned new works, sourced local and global artists, and curated bespoke programs where art became the soul of an experience. Take a look at four projects they loved working on this year alongside some of the world’s leading design studios and hotel brands.
Bellagio, Las Vegas
Las Vegas means spectacle, but Bellagio‘s Spa Tower Suites called for something different: quiet luxury. Collaborating with Champalimaud Design, the team translated the property’s Old World elegance into custom bas reliefs depicting Italian flora and fauna. The ivory-white sculptural works serve as architectural elements and focal points throughout the suites, complementing the rich velvets and muted tones of the space. Commissioned paintings of Lake Como create portals to the region’s serene shores.
Photography by Michael Kleinberg
W New York – Union Square
Rockwell Group invited Chief Curator and VP of Art Advisory Rebecca Wilson to curate a custom art program for the W’s dramatic redesign, and the team leaned into the eclecticism and high energy that defines New York’s Union Square. Saatchi Art commissioned a new media artist to create a site-specific film of the city in motion, transforming the hotel’s living room into an immersive space. Throughout the corridors and guestrooms, the collection features Neo-Expressionist collages by Carmine Santaniello, Susan Washington’s Subway Sonnets, and limited-edition prints by the legendary graffiti artist Stephen J. Powers (ESPO), channeling the rebellious energy deeply embedded in New York’s cultural zeitgeist.
Photography by Michael Kleinberg
St. Regis New York
The St. Regis‘ Gilded Age opulence and theatrical history guided the curatorial vision for this Champalimaud-designed reimagining of the 1904 Beaux-Arts landmark. The team started from the legacy of the original owners, the affluent Astor family. Champalimaud’s interiors drew color from gemstones—a love of the matriarchs—so the art program layers in paintings with similarly saturated palettes and metallic finishes. The team also drew inspiration from the Astors’ love of roses, commissioning expressive florals. The collection turns cues from the Gilded Age into a dramatic and dynamic contemporary visual language.
Photography by Joseph Weaver
Four Seasons Maui
For the Maile Suite at the Four Seasons Maui, Rebecca Wilson and her team collaborated with artists connected to the islands, focusing on makers whose practices are directly tied to Hawaiian traditions. Pam Peterson’s woven wall piece and Tiare Kanahele’s lauhala fan were created by ancestral techniques. Ruben Aira’s carved wood relief depicts species native to Maui, while Sean Yoro’s portrait of a local man connects the suite to the community beyond the resort. Meyer Davis’s interiors provided the framework, and the art ties the space to its sense of place, building a collection that respects its locale.
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