Art and Design

Highlights

• The Etymology of the Baroque

  Feel a sense of wonder from the moment you step into our Hotel’s lobby with its 13-metre (43-foot) illuminated spiral stairway. Also taking centre stage, British artist Marc Quinn’s “The Etymology of the Baroque” – a lavish bronze orchid sculpture – is framed by stunning rings of light with orange flowers that echo the Hotel-wide burnt umber tones, reflective of a Kuwait sunset.

• Khalvat

  On the first floor, gaze upward at David Henderson’s gravity-defying “Carbon Fibre Wall Sculpture,” which reflects the artist’s keen interest in physics, while geometry is the inspiration for the striking “Metal Sculptures on Plinths” by Iranian artist Sahand Hesamiyan.

• Framed Porcelain and Gold Leafed Pomegranates

  Canadian artist Alissa Coe channels nature’s abundance in “Framed Porcelain and Gold Leafed Pomegranates” – an elegant, handcrafted diptych hand leafed in gold – while the quiet and minimalist “Framed Photograph” by Adam Katseff incorporates themes of the elemental, ideally placed by the Hotel’s prayer rooms.

• Hand-cut crystal chandelier

  Even the Hotel’s lobby chandeliers are pieces of art. Redefining the traditional notion of a grand chandelier, interior design firm Yabu Pushelberg worked with global glassware company LASVIT to create an iconic crystal sculpture installation – the world’s largest crystal – suspended in the centre of our lobby. Elsewhere in the lobby, a sizable brass chandelier by VISO Lighting of Toronto comprises an artistic orchestration of rectangular metal tubes aligned through gravitational studies and pieced together with no visible screws.