Room service, fresh sheets and a lobby bar – what’s not to love about
hotels?
And while we use them for travel and the occasional watering hole,
hotels are about much more than thread count. Grand
Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life, the expansive new exhibit at the
Vancouver Art Gallery, explores the value and impact of hotels in
culture, tourism, architecture and art.
The show is a mix of mediums and full of fascinating pop-culture stories
(Katherine Hepburn being tossed out of the Claridge’s lobby for wearing
pants) and curious historical facts (like Pan-Am Airlines founding
InterContinental Hotels to expand influence in South America). The hotel
as a creative hub is explored in depth, with photos and works of
writers, poets, musicians and filmmakers who’ve made spots like the
Chelsea in New York City and the Chateau Marmont in LA infamous to this
day.
Also inside the exhibit is a stellar Ace Hotel pop-up shop. Part
exhibit, part boutique, many of the custom items with Grand Hotel/Ace
branding are for sale, including post cards (People Come and Go /
Nothing Ever Happens, a line from the exhibit’s inspiration, 1932 film
Grand Hotel, $1.50), Tees and leather hold-alls.
Time to check in.
Grand Hotel: Redesigning Modern Life on now at the Vancouver Art
Gallery, www.vanartgallery.bc.ca
See more photos from the exhibit on our Editors’
Diary.
(Photo by Rachel Topham for Vancouver Art Gallery)
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