9 Luxury Art Hotels Designed for an Artful Escape

A night in these luxury art hotels feels like a night at the museum. The world’s best art hotels incorporate phenomenal art pieces into every square foot, waiting for all the art buffs to appreciate them.

While art pieces may not be at the top of every traveller’s criteria when picking a hotel to stay, it can be a crucial factor for serious art lovers. It appears that there are a number of luxury hotels around the world that are determined to bring life to design with a collection of artworks, whether they be from globally well-known or local artists.

Artistic elements are scattered all around these five-star properties. From the centre of Europe to the capital of China, keep these luxury art hotels on your must-visit list this year.

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Le Royal Monceau—Raffles Paris, France

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Le Royal Monceau was refurbished by Philippe Starck in 2008 and was known to contribute fully to the art circles. The Art District is one of Bel-Air Fine Art’s outposts in Paris, and all around the property you’ll find over 350 artworks, letters from poet Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais showcased in the rooms, and 15 wooden deer sculptures, to name but a few. Want to know more about each of the pieces? Just ask the hotel’s art concierge.

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Villa La Coste, France

This 500-acre land in southern France is where art meets luxury comfort. Villa La Coste is a 28-suite hotel with uncluttered aesthetics, loved for its private and Provencal ambience. What attracts art lovers here is Château La Coste, an outdoor art venue that boasts 40 works from Sophie Calle, Ai Weiwei, Jean-Michel Othoniel, and several others. Additionally, the property is also looking to expand its offerings soon.

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The Dolder Grand, Switzerland

One of the world’s most historic hotels turns is also a stunning gallery that houses some extraordinary artworks. Redesigned by Sir Norman Foster, the hotel is a gallery-like hideaway, featuring Andy Warhol’s Big Retrospective Painting, Fernando Botero’s Woman With Fruit, Takashi Murakami’s Troll’s Umbrella, and more. It’s an exquisite choice to enjoy sophisticated aesthetics along with Swiss hospitality.

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The Silo, South Africa

Cape Town’s most expensive hotel is located above the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art. The Silo is known as an international art enthusiast’s favourite destination, for it showcases the works of South African artists like John Meyer, Beezy Bailey, and Sasha Hartslief. The private art gallery, The Vault, has even more to boast.

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Hotel Éclat Beijing, China

Located in the diplomatic district of Beijing, Hotel Éclat is an outstanding hotel to stay and learn about local art. The hotel occupies the 16th to 21st floors of Parkview Green pyramid, and welcomes guests with prints from Andy Warhol’s Marilyn Monroe and Giant Panda series in the lobby. Chinese art is well-presented too, including pieces like Chen Wenling’s Red Boy, Shen Jingdong’s Hero and Gao Xiaowu’s Standard Time.

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White Elephant Palm Beach, USA

‘Some hotels decorate with art. We built our entire hotel around it.’ This is what this boutique hotel had in mind when it was restored. With only 32 rooms and suites, White Elephant Palm Beach boasts over 120 pieces of art on show, including the gigantic White Elephant sculpture by Frederick Prescott, from which it gets its name.

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Izza, Morocco

The interior of Izza is a work of the same legend who designed Yves Saint Laurent’s Marrakech home Le Jardin Majorelle, Bill Willis. Having recently opened after eight years in the making, Izza has one of the largest digital and generative art collections in the world, showcasing NFT pieces and over 300 framed paintings on the walls. The exclusive 14 guest rooms are decorated in honour of famed individuals of the 1960s-80s, such as Marianne Faithful and Jimi Hendrix.

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The Karl Lagerfeld, Macau

With the mention of Karl Lagerfeld, you already know this property is a one-of-a-kind. The Macau hotel is a playground for plenty of crossovers between all forms of art, whether it be sculptures from Jean-Michel Othoniel and Marcel Wanders, Terzani chandeliers, or a book lounge with more than 4,000 books. It is also the only hotel that has an interior entirely designed by Karl Lagerfeld.

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The Fife Arms, Scotland

Located in the countryside of Scotland is this luxury hotel, originally initiated as a passion project by art dealers and gallery owners Iwan and Manuela Wirth of Hauser & Wirth. The Fife Arms is home to over 16,000 antiques and 12,000 artworks including the portraits of Picasso and Freud, which are scattered in each of the 46 guestrooms and corridors. The hotel is stunning, bringing to life the history of Scotland and all forms of art.

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