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►The iconic shell-
shaped Guggenheim
Museum’s latest exhibit,
Visionaries: Creating a
Modern Guggenheim,
features the works of
modern masters such
as Calder, Kandinsky
and Mondrian.
►MoMA is always a
no-brainer and has
turned even more
alluring this year with
a new café, museumshop, a Bauhaus
staircase and an
exhibition celebrating
the 150th anniversary
of Frank Lloyd Wright.
►Discover Chelsea’s
artsy side as you hop
through galleries such
as Lisa Spellman’s
303 Gallery, Tyler
Rollins for South
Asian art, The Walther
Collection for Arthur
Walther’s Africanphotography and
P.P.O.W’s feminist art.
►Sign up for T.O.A.S.T
(Tribeca Open Artist
Studio Tour) for a
peek into the lives
and studios of artists
such as Franta Nedved
and Minnesota-born
Sam Wagner—his
pop-art celebrates all-
American icons such
as Marilyn Monroe and
Cindy Crawford.AN ART TRAIL IN NYC
Our picks from the city’s art spaces
Clockwise from left:
Reina Mariana’s work
in Park Hyatt Buenos
Aires; an installation
at Park Hyatt New
York; an art adorned
nook in Park Hyatt
New York.The hotel features over 350 museum quality
pieces of artwork curated by Erica Samuels, ten
of which were commissioned specifically for
the hotel. The collection flawlessly compliments
the interior design modelled after a well-
appointed luxury New York home. Just this
year, it acquired the installation Swarm Study/
XI, which occupies a prominent spot in Bevy,
the signature restaurant created by the artist
collective Random International. Carrying the
interactive theme further, the hotel’s concierge
crafts personalised experiences for guests in
collaboration with Carnegie Hall, MNDFL, the
Central Park Conservancy and Phaidon.PARK HYATT BEIJING
Located in Chang’an Avenue’s tallest skyscraper,
Yintai Centre, Park Hyatt Beijing has 246
spacious rooms, including 25 resplendent suites
decorated in contemporary style with accents of
ancient Chinese art. The lobby on the 63rd floor
is home to the hotel’s most striking artwork, Yi
Jiang Nan—a sculpture made by the renownedPARK HYATT NEW YORK
This three-year-old hotel—it opened in the
summer of 2014—literally towers over midtown
Manhattan, across the street from Carnegie
Hall and one block to Central Park. The hotel is
located on the first 25 floors of the One57 glass
skyscraper and offers 210 luxuriously appointed
guest rooms, including 92 suites. French
architect, Christian de Portzamparc, designed
the exterior of the building and interior designers
were Yabu Pushelberg. It has garnered much
acclaim for its attention to detail; think signature
Park Hyatt branded bottles with striking NYC
vignettes in the rooms and Le Labo’s exclusively
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