{"id":28193,"date":"2020-12-08T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2020-12-08T11:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/?p=28193"},"modified":"2023-07-11T13:55:02","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T12:55:02","slug":"be-an-artful-lodger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/be-an-artful-lodger\/","title":{"rendered":"Be an Artful Lodger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Opened in 1837, <strong>Brown\u2019s Hotel<\/strong> in the heart of Mayfair is London\u2019s oldest hotel. Named after James Brown \u2013 no, not the soul singer, but the butler to the Romantic poet Lord Byron \u2013 its guests over the years have included many stellar names.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It was here that Alexander Graham Bell made the first ever UK telephone call, US President Theodore and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt spent their honeymoon (after which she remarked: \u201cWe were given the royal suite with a sitting room so large that I could not find anything that I put down\u201d), Mark Twain startled his fellow guests clad only in bathrobe and slippers, Agatha Christie and Rudyard Kipling penned many of their novels, Ethiopian Emperor Haile Selassi took refuge from Mussolini\u2019s incursions into his country and Stephen King began the story which would become <em>Misery<\/em>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Surrounded by elite international galleries and a short walk from the Royal Academy, Brown\u2019s is a perfect base for the hotel\u2019s Saturday Art Walks led by art curator and BBC Art Correspondent Maeve Doyle.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Open to both residents and non-residents, the cost of \u00a385 per person includes tea or coffee in the Drawing Room upon arrival, a tour of up to four galleries, a glass of champagne back at the hotel and a three-course lunch at Charlie\u2019s restaurant (headed by Michelin-starred chef Adam Byatt) with a glass of sommelier\u2019s choice wine. Advance booking is recommended.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Browns is also the exclusive hotel partner of the Mayfair Art Weekend (Sep 25-27, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mayfairartweekend.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.mayfairartweekend.com<\/strong><\/a>), when around 50 galleries join forces for an extensive programme of free exhibitions, events, performances and talks. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.roccofortehotels.com\/hotels-and-resorts\/browns-hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.roccofortehotels.com\/hotels-and-resorts\/browns-hotel<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28139\" style=\"width: 2560px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28139 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Gallery-goers on a Brown\u2019s Hotel Saturday Art Walk\u00a0\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28139 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"Gallery-goers on a Brown\u2019s Hotel Saturday Art Walk\u00a0\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-scaled.jpeg 2560w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-480x360.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-150x113.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/image00023-600x450.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>Gallery-goers on a Brown\u2019s Hotel Saturday Art Walk<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28195\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28195\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28195 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Browns Hotel Front Hall. Photo Janos Grapow\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28195 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG.jpg\" alt=\"Browns Hotel Front Hall. Photo Janos Grapow\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Browns_Hotel__Front_Hall_4163_photo_credits_to_Janos_Grapow-JPG-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>No, not a salon in a Loire Valley chateau, but the Olga Polizzi-designed Reception Room in Brown\u2019s Hotel. Photo Janos Grapow<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>The <strong>Cheval Gloucester Park<\/strong> is one of a collection of luxury apartment residences across London. Spread over 10 floors, the fully-equipped apartments can be booked for any length of stay from one night to one year or more and include one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments as well as three spectacular, five-bedroom penthouses with sweeping views over the London cityscape.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Art consultants Verdigris Art commissioned original artwork to feature throughout the residence, which together form a private collection to rival many contemporary art galleries. Artists include: Sophie Derrick (UK), who paints onto her own skin, photographs it, then paints onto the photographs, thus blurring the lines between the two media, losing the \u2018self\u2019 beneath the paint and questioning the very notion of portraiture; equine photographer Astrid Harrisson, who \u201cgrew up infatuated with all things cowboy\u201d and whose work appears in the photographic book The Majesty of the Horse; and Elisabeth Lecourt (France), who uses maps to form clothes in her series Les Robes Geographiques and whose framed Tube Map dress hangs in the living room. www.chevalcollection.com\/cheval-gloucester-park<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28141\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28141 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area.jpg\" alt=\"Living area in a two-bedroom apartment\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28141 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area.jpg\" alt=\"Living area in a two-bedroom apartment\" width=\"1200\" height=\"750\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area-480x300.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area-150x94.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Cheval-Gloucester-Park-Two-Bedroom-Living-Area-600x375.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>Living area in a two-bedroom apartment<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28140\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28140 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Derrick\u2019s self-portraits (left) hang near work by Heidi Lanino (USA), one of several pieces in the residence with a horse theme. (\u2018Cheval\u2019 is French for horse.)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28140 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612.jpg\" alt=\"Sophie Derrick\u2019s self-portraits (left) hang near work by Heidi Lanino (USA), one of several pieces in the residence with a horse theme. (\u2018Cheval\u2019 is French for horse.)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612-480x270.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/20200310_121612-600x338.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>Sophie Derrick\u2019s self-portraits (left) hang near work by Heidi Lanino (USA), one of several pieces in the residence with a horse theme. (\u2018Cheval\u2019 is French for horse.)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>In the heart of bustling Soho, the <strong>Ham Yard Hotel<\/strong> signals its commitment to art before you even step inside the door, with a large, specially commissioned bronze sculpture by Tony Cragg entitled Group standing in the courtyard.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>One of eight London properties operated by Firmdale Hotels, Ham Yard\u2019s interior is alive with colour, pattern and texture put together under the supervision of co-owner Kit Kemp, herself an interior designer with her own line of original fabrics throughout the property.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The many beautiful touches include: a neon silk thread installation by RCA graduate Hermione Skye O\u2019Hea hanging above the reception desk; bespoke rugs by Christina van der Hurd; framed fabrics in the bedrooms designed by the young Australian artist Shilo Engelbrecht; works by the British abstract painters Sandra Blow (1925-2006) and Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) and one by Joanna Carrington (1931-2003) in her distinctive naive\/primitive style; and a wall of illuminated pots by ceramicist Martha Freud. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firmdalehotels.com\/hotels\/london\/ham-yard-hotel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.firmdalehotels.com\/hotels\/london\/ham-yard-hotel<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28136\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28136 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow.jpg\" alt=\"Work by the British abstract painter Sandra Blow (1925-2006)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28136 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow.jpg\" alt=\"Work by the British abstract painter Sandra Blow (1925-2006)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Sandra-Blow-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>Work by the British abstract painter Sandra Blow (1925-2006)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28138\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28138 size-full lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Cragg\u2019s Group (2014) stands outside the Ham Yard Hotel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"933\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28138 size-full lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903.jpg\" alt=\"Tony Cragg\u2019s Group (2014) stands outside the Ham Yard Hotel\" width=\"1200\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903-480x373.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ham-Yard-Hotel-Tony-Cragg-e1607427679903-600x467.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>Tony Cragg\u2019s Group (2014) stands outside the Ham Yard Hotel<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>The designer William Morris, a pioneer of the British Arts and Crafts movement, was an avid \u2018twitcher\u2019 and his keen observations of birds found their way into his wallpapers. Rather than using realistic depictions, he abstracted their form to give the patterns structure, his Strawberry Thief thrush design being one of his most popular.\u00a0Conveniently located for some of London\u2019s top attractions, including the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum and the Royal Albert Hall, the <strong>Melia Kensington<\/strong> has Morris-patterned wallpapers in the bedrooms and other delightful design touches inspired by him right down to the cocktail menu. The dinner menu is excellent for a boutique hotel. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.melia.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>www.melia.com<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28134\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28134 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997.jpg\" alt=\"Food as art at the Melia Kensington\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28134 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997.jpg\" alt=\"Food as art at the Melia Kensington\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/BJ8A0997-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>Food as art at the Melia Kensington<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28137\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28137 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7\" data-src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227.jpg\" alt=\"William Morris-inspired wallpaper in a Junior Suite at the Melia Kensington\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28137 lazyload\" src=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227.jpg\" alt=\"William Morris-inspired wallpaper in a Junior Suite at the Melia Kensington\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/artmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/308-JUNIOR-SUITE-5A2A9227-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/noscript> <em>William Morris-inspired wallpaper in a Junior Suite at the Melia Kensington<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>This article appears in Artmag&#8217;s digital edition, 4th September.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a day of gallery-hopping, you can continue your art experience at some of London\u2019s top 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