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The Hotel des Arts is a boutique budget hotel in San Francisco. When it opened in 2005, 16 of its 51 rooms were painted by local artists; today, 38 rooms are. Materials used include wall-mounted vinyl records, plastic bags, graffiti, fabrics, three dimensional art work, and even installations.

Rooms

Suite 500/501, painted by Regis Silva and Bloum, is the most impressive room and features a mix of two and three dimensional art. Bloum covered the living room wall with labels from plastic bags from around the world. Silva painted another wall as a red brick wall, with a big half circle window. A larger than life woman with curly hair is stands in the center of window. The bedroom was decorated by both artists. The wall behind the beds is painted bright orange, and the headboards are painted on the walls. On the opposite wall, is a mural of the sea created by Regis and decorated with bags by Bloum. The bathroom is painted red and black with some distinctive symbols, and miniature baby dolls are perched on top of the cabinet. Taiwan's X-Funs Magazine recently published a ten-page article on this room.

• Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum.
• Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum. Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum.
• Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum. Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum.
• Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum. Room painted by Regis Silva and Bloum.

Room 404, painted by Tim Gaskin, was the source of some controversy. The walls are adorned with larger-than-life Louis Vuitton logos as well as an image of Madonna. Louis Vuitton sent a cease-and-desist letter to the hotel ordering them to remove the logos, but the hotel refused and instead held a special public exhibition to display the room. Now the hotel's website has a disclaimer on the page for the room, which states, "Please Note: Room 404 is painted with fine art murals by Tim Gaskin. The Hotel des Arts is in no way associated with any of the companies or celebrities whose trademarks and likenesses appear in the murals."

External links

• Official site
• Painted room descriptions
• Video interviews and tour of the hotel
• Bloum - Artists Official site
• Regis Silva - Artists Official site

References

1. Courtney Colavita, Patty Huntington, Lisa Movius, Michelle Dalton Tyree, Nestor Restivo, Brian Dunn, Emilie Marsh. "GO GLOBAL; FROM HOTELS IN HANGZHOU TO BOUTIQUES IN BUENOS AIRES, HERE'S A LOOK AT SEVEN OF THE HOTTEST SPOTS IN THE WORLD." Women's Wear Daily (March 31, 2005).
2. http://www.sfhoteldesarts.com/paintedrooms.php
3. http://www.designtaxi.com/news.jsp?id=405&monthview=1&month=5&year=2005
4. http://startsoma.12hs.com/S1/36AOSK.HZ6WNHYV.M
5. http://www.sanfran.com/home/view_story/534/?PHPSESSID=d9ff5802b7ef2b2894c086a21b486a96
6. http://www.sfhoteldesarts.com/pr404timgaskin.php

Further reading

• http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/10/travel/10advart.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
• http://www.sanfran.com/home/view_story/534/?PHPSESSID=d9ff5802b7ef2b2894c086a21b486a96
• http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/18/AR2007051800559_3.html
• http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,21586555-5002031,00.html?from=public_rss
• http://travel2.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/travel/15SF.html
• http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/1023/
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20050813.THREENIGHTS13/TPStory/specialTravel
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20060401.ARTHOTELS01/TPStory/specialTravel
• http://www.sanfran.com/archives/view_story/1023/
• http://www.regissilva.com Bloum - Artists Official site
• http://www.bloum.net Regis Silva - Artists Official site

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