Art Hotel

The rooms at the Art Hotel can only be reached via stairs.

The concept of the art room

The Teufelhof was practically the inventor of the art room, for it is the first art hotel of its kind. Essentially, it is about experiencing art in a new context. The idea is that the hotel rooms are realised as works of art and created as «three-dimensional art».  These spatially expansive installations, veritable realms of experience, place their own demands on residents, allowing art to be experienced in a whole new manner. In conventional exhibitions, the audience has only a restricted amount of time to pause and reflect before being disturbed by other visitors. If you wish to exclude these aspects, there is only one option: You must create “exhibition terms and conditions” which provide the opportunity to make such a work of art habitable and capable of being experienced individually. This is exactly what the principles of the Kunsthotel im Teufelhof Basel are based on: Here, in the hotel rooms, art installations are created that can be experienced in the truest sense of the word — by the guests, but also by the visitors. 


the new art rooms

The «Kunsthotel» has eight rooms and a suite, all of which are furnished as habitable works of art. The rooms are redesigned at irregular intervals. The idea is that the guests live in art and not, as usual, that art can only be seen on the walls of the rooms. This is an intention that has great significance in its implementation: Guests should be able to experience art in a new context. 

The Gast- und Kulturhaus Teufelhof Basel presents the newly designed art rooms in the art hotel. The theme of the new production is “Crossing Definitions”.

The focus is on artistic works from various genres: from contemporary art and contemporary art and architecture to fashion and design as well as photography. Under “Crossing Definitions” seven internationally renowned artists from different generations have been invited to individually design the art rooms. The artists use different media, materials and concepts tailored to the space in their works.

The new art rooms were created in collaboration with curator Jean-Claude Freymond-Guth.

And this is how the rooms were assigned:

Room 1 Sonnhild Kestler
Room 2 Dieter Meier
Room 3 Mickry 3
Room 4 Polina Moroz
Room 5 Claudia & Julia Müller
Room 6 Bruno Zhu
Room 7 Gina Folly
Room 8 Renée Levi
Room 9 Clare Kenny

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