Inspiration…
I really don’t believe all things happen for a reason but our recent experience in Montreal made me rethink my position! We chose a hotel online — simply because we liked the online photos (dangerous…) and it was in Old Montreal. We walked into the lobby to check in and, OH MY GOSH. I’m looking at original art that I recognize and love on their walls! Lots of it!
The clerk confirmed that the owner has an extensive collection - all five floors of this hotel double as gallery space for Warhol, Stella, Lichtenstein, Rauschenburg, Johns, Dine, Indiana — all artists that I love from a period I adore.
It was an experience I’ll never forget. The sheer serendipity of it, the joy of it, and the thoughtfulness of it. Here is a private collection that was obviously built with love - being shared on a daily basis.
And we just walked into the place like it was Holiday Inn Express. Oh man!
