Do you care if your hotel has good art?

by Anthea GerriePatriotic, but is it profitable?It?s Queen Elizabeth, but not as we know her. Oblivious to the world, she sits blissed-out and eyes closed beneath her crown in a giant photograph, a piece of art from Britain?s cutting-edge Saatchi Collection.
But she?s not on show in a museum, or an art gallery.
This tranche of Britain?s finest contemporary collection is laid out  in London?s Churchill Hotel, and there are no lines to get in or entrance fees.
The Churchill is one of a growing number of properties putting themselves up as substitutes for the world?s leading art galleries.
Blame it on Las Vegas, where Impressionist paintings were brought in by the Bellagio in 1998 to set it apart as the poshest place on the Strip, a repository of culture as well as gambling and showgirls.read more

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