Hotels have become some of Boston's most interesting galleries. This section follows the collaborations between properties and artists, from lobby commissions to residencies and rotating collections.
A city dense with museums, art schools and studios gives its hotels unusual access to working artists, and the smart ones use it. Collaborations range from permanent commissions and curated collections to residencies, pop-up exhibitions and rooms designed with a single artist. Done well, they give a property a point of view no brand standard can supply; done cynically, they produce corporate wall filler at gallery prices.
This category covers who is collaborating with whom in Boston, what the works add to a stay, and how these programmes affect the artists themselves, commissions, visibility and the economics behind the lobby wall.
Art-forward properties concentrate in a few districts; the hotels hub helps you pick a base within walking distance of the museums as well. Several of the properties featured here also appear in our 50 Boston creators and hotel lists, and the makers behind the work turn up in our People interviews. To pair gallery days with the right stay, our where-should-you-stay quiz takes culture into account alongside budget and pace.
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