Delight in our Manhattan Hotel’s Distinguished Art Program

This winter, Jumeirah Essex House unveiled stunning new artwork in the hotel's newly redesigned lobby, as part of the new 'artists-in-residence' program - created and developed by the hotel's curator, Katherine Gass.

Katherine proposed an art program that celebrated the magnificence of Central Park in art - with two very special commissioned works, created by noted Korean photographer Atta Kim and the renowned American contemporary urban landscape painter, Mark Innerst. Both Mr. Kim and Mr. Innerst researched their individual projects at the hotel last fall, and developed their artwork based on their own artistic and creative interpretations of the hotel and its environment.

The program also includes a collaboration with the Museum of the City of New York and Magnum Photos, in the form of an exhibition of historic images of Central Park, curated by Katherine, from their archives that dates from the mid-1800s to the present day. The exhibition, which will be on view for one year, is housed in the new lobby gallery created expressly for that purpose: The Heart of Central Park - An Exhibition of over a Century of Images of Central Park from the Archives of The Museum of The City of New York and Magnum Photos.

Please visit us at Jumeirah Essex House and enjoy our exhibition.
For more information about our gallery and the featured artists, please email us.

Always in touch with the Park. Never out of touch with the City!