On our last trip to Kentucky, we stayed at the 21c Museum Hotel in Lexington. It’s right downtown, walkable to everything, and only turned a year old last month.
Upon entrance: this SOFTlab Spectralline light sculpture
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this seating area features a Tord Boonjte ice branch chandelier
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Nice Cave Soundsuit
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Our room — comfortable but not plush, and for whatever reason didn’t come across as quite as much fun or quirky as our 21c room in Bentonville
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There were TCHO chocolates on the bed, and Malin and Goetz bath products
Shugie was with us on this trip, and he got to move the blue penguins around — here on the elevator
and another was thoughtfully delivered to our room by a staffer so we played around for a while
view from our room
We explored all the art spaces. A small fraction posted here (and they change exhibits often), but on this visit:
a Mariu Palacios
Yinko Shonibare
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…these are Ebony G Patterson coffin sculptures
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more Ebony G Patterson works:
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blue penguins were stationed in the galleries to admire the art
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Here, the hotel’s Lockbox restaurant
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…and out front, a Pieke Bergman ‘Totally in Love’ light sculpture (I think I see another of his sculptures going up in downtown Huntsville, Alabama, but haven’t gotten close enough to be certain)
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