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White Elephant Aspen
White Elephant Aspen is a new 54-room luxury boutique hotel in Aspen’s West End, designed by Boston-based EMBARC with a sophisticated contemporary alpine aesthetic. Central to the project is an extensive collection of more than 125 original artworks, curated by White Elephant Resorts’ longtime art advisor Emily Santangelo, and integrated throughout the guestrooms, suites and public spaces.
The collection combines established and emerging contemporary artists, including Alex Katz, Ian Davenport, Orit Fuchs, Robert Peterson, Bob Tabor and Joe Whale (Doodle Boy), alongside approximately 50 works selected through a partnership with Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Site-specific commissions and playful works inspired by Aspen and mountain culture complement paintings, photography, prints and mixed-media pieces, creating a residential, collector-driven atmosphere rather than a conventional hotel art program.
The result is an art-forward hospitality experience in which the collection is a defining element of the property, connecting White Elephant’s established visual identity with Aspen’s longstanding arts community and cultural heritage.
The collection combines established and emerging contemporary artists, including Alex Katz, Ian Davenport, Orit Fuchs, Robert Peterson, Bob Tabor and Joe Whale (Doodle Boy), alongside approximately 50 works selected through a partnership with Anderson Ranch Arts Center. Site-specific commissions and playful works inspired by Aspen and mountain culture complement paintings, photography, prints and mixed-media pieces, creating a residential, collector-driven atmosphere rather than a conventional hotel art program.
The result is an art-forward hospitality experience in which the collection is a defining element of the property, connecting White Elephant’s established visual identity with Aspen’s longstanding arts community and cultural heritage.
Link Apartments QPN
Link Apartments® QPN in Long Island City features a thoughtfully curated collection of original artwork integrated throughout the building’s shared spaces, reflecting both its architecture and the creative character of the surrounding neighborhood. Curated by art consultant Emily Santangelo for Grubb Properties, the collection brings together emerging and established artists—including Emilio Perez, Liz Roache, Yuke Li, John Clement, Tara Donovan, KAWS, Naomi Kawanishi Reis, and Stefan Heyne—with works extending from the lounges and co-working spaces to elevator lobbies, the mailroom, bike room, dog spa, and courtyard sculpture garden. The program was celebrated through a “Meet the Artists” event that invited residents and guests to engage directly with several of the featured artists and learn about their work, underscoring Grubb Properties’ approach to using original art to enrich the resident experience and create a distinctive sense of place and community.
74 Middlesex Lobby
74 Middlesex Lobby Artwork
74 Middlesex
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25 Lexington White Plans
Greystar's newest luxury residential property at 25 North Lex is a new 500-unit residential project designed by Handel Architects. Just a short walk from the White Plains train station in Westchester County, NY. The project creates one of the densest developments in the city of White Plains. The project includes a rich amenity program, including a fitness center, yoga studio, work from home spaces, a conference room, private dining room, sports lounge, game room, children’s playroom, and a dog spa. Exterior amenities are distributed between the 5th and 17th floor amenity decks and include a lap pool, sunbathing areas, outdoor grills, lawns for outdoor activities, and community gardens.
The WELL - 705 Mount Auburn
The WELL, a life-science complex outside of Boston, MA, developed by Spear Street Capital, is designed to support technology, innovation, biotech and life sciences research, and the decision to include a major art component in the project expresses the WELL’s belief in creative solutions that cross-pollinate between all disciplines. Art Consultant Emily Santangelo tapped the talent of LA Artist Kysa Johnson to bring the project to life.
For the three major mural components, Emily Santangelo knew that artist Kysa Johnson's work would embody that vision. Johnson’s images of space, flowers, and sea grass all rendered from the common language of particle decay patterns, demonstrate the continuity between the microscopic and macroscopic scales of existence and the stunning complexity that can arise from a smaller set of interacting elements. Each mural focus’s on a different system essential for life on earth - Space, Flora and the Sea. “Starlight from our own star, the sun,” Johnson reflects, “is turned into food by flowers, sea grass, and all other plants to form the atmosphere and the food chain’s base, thus enabling life.” These monumental murals are visible from the WELL’s interior common spaces and exterior campus, allowing all attendees to be inspired by their beauty while drawing a connection between innovation and the solving of today’s scientific obstacles.
For the three major mural components, Emily Santangelo knew that artist Kysa Johnson's work would embody that vision. Johnson’s images of space, flowers, and sea grass all rendered from the common language of particle decay patterns, demonstrate the continuity between the microscopic and macroscopic scales of existence and the stunning complexity that can arise from a smaller set of interacting elements. Each mural focus’s on a different system essential for life on earth - Space, Flora and the Sea. “Starlight from our own star, the sun,” Johnson reflects, “is turned into food by flowers, sea grass, and all other plants to form the atmosphere and the food chain’s base, thus enabling life.” These monumental murals are visible from the WELL’s interior common spaces and exterior campus, allowing all attendees to be inspired by their beauty while drawing a connection between innovation and the solving of today’s scientific obstacles.
Gia Apartments
Located at the Jia Apartments, the modern "gateway" to Los Angeles’ Chinatown, this monumental installation by artist Emilio Perez serves as a vibrant cultural and architectural landmark.
Spanning the entire six-story height of the complex, the work is a site-specific commission crafted from painted aluminum. Its presence anchors the intersection, providing a vertical narrative that bridges the neighborhood's rich history with its contemporary future.
Cultural Homage
The palette was meticulously selected to honor the foundational values of Chinese culture:
Red: Representing happiness, success, and vitality.
Yellow: Signifying royalty, prosperity, and power.
Green: Symbolizing health, harmony, and growth.
A Living Installation
While the aluminum structure is striking by day, the work undergoes a dramatic transformation after sunset. Integrated lighting allows the piece to illuminate in the evening, transitioning through a spectrum of colors. This kinetic quality ensures the artwork remains a dynamic, pulse-like presence, reflecting the constant energy of Chinatown.
Spanning the entire six-story height of the complex, the work is a site-specific commission crafted from painted aluminum. Its presence anchors the intersection, providing a vertical narrative that bridges the neighborhood's rich history with its contemporary future.
Cultural Homage
The palette was meticulously selected to honor the foundational values of Chinese culture:
Red: Representing happiness, success, and vitality.
Yellow: Signifying royalty, prosperity, and power.
Green: Symbolizing health, harmony, and growth.
A Living Installation
While the aluminum structure is striking by day, the work undergoes a dramatic transformation after sunset. Integrated lighting allows the piece to illuminate in the evening, transitioning through a spectrum of colors. This kinetic quality ensures the artwork remains a dynamic, pulse-like presence, reflecting the constant energy of Chinatown.
Alcott
Emily Santangelo curated a sophisticated art collection for The Alcott, selecting pieces that bridge the gap between architectural coldness and residential warmth. The lobby serves as the focal point, featuring a delicate, suspended glass sculpture by Graham Caldwell positioned above the reception desk to catch the light. Adjacent to this, a vibrant, textural painting by Emilio Perez injects energy and movement into the natural wood-toned space.
Throughout the building, Santangelo’s curation emphasizes "thoughtful details," ensuring the artwork complements the refined interiors by Elkus Manfredi. Each piece was chosen to enhance the "Sky Lounge" and common areas, creating an atmosphere that is both elite and inviting.
Throughout the building, Santangelo’s curation emphasizes "thoughtful details," ensuring the artwork complements the refined interiors by Elkus Manfredi. Each piece was chosen to enhance the "Sky Lounge" and common areas, creating an atmosphere that is both elite and inviting.
Lilly Seaport Innovation Center at 15 Necco
Lilly Seaport Innovation Center occupies a 12-story, 346,000-square-foot building developed by Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc., in partnership with National Development. The property is located at 15 Necco St. in Boston’s rapidly expanding Seaport district.
White Elephant Nantucket
To ensure that the White Elephant's historic building maintained its charm while integrating contemporary artwork, the hotel collaborated with art consultant and curator Emily Santangelo. Emily initiated the Artist in Residency Program in August 2022. Six artists stayed at the hotel for two weeks, drawing inspiration from the surroundings to create original works. Nearly 300 new pieces, ranging from New England-focused watercolors to dreamy beach portraits, now adorn the property's corridors, rooms, and garden cottages. Each room boasts a unique selection of artwork, offering guests a distinctive artistic experience. Among the standout pieces is a 16-foot-long painting by Israeli artist Orit Fuchs, depicting a woman in Nantucket reds in a rowboat against a backdrop of harbor cottages. This cheerful artwork greets guests in the lobby, setting the tone for a delightful stay filled with anticipation and lightness.
White Elephant Palm Beach
A luxury boutique hotel located in the heart of Palm Beach. This recent project, reimagined and renovated by Elkus Manfredi Architects as part of a New England Development project, boasts 32 suites, rooms, and a lobby containing a carefully curated collection of over 132 works of art by artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Richard Serra, Christopher LeBrun, and Jennifer Bartlet. Experience the art and luxury at White Elephant Palm Beach.
201 Brookline
Commissioned by Emily Fine Art, the spectacular indoor/outdoor mural carved into the exterior and lobby wall is the centerpiece of the building and speaks to the science that is taking place inside. Memorializing breakthroughs in research and in medical practice led by women, the mural celebrates three inspirational pioneers from the Boston area: Rosalind Franklin for her crucial contribution to the discovery of the double helix structure of DNA; Mary Eliza Mahoney, the first African-American nurse; and Clara Barton, founder of the Red Cross.
Foley Hoag
The goal for the artwork was to integrate the views from the expansive windows covering one side of the reception lobby high above the Seaport with their views of blue sky. The art installation by Tacita Dean, comprising 11 individual works and entitled "Magic Hour," brings the blue sky in the windows to the other side of the lobby, creating the sense of daylight and sky all around. The marble sculpture by Richard Erdman evokes the feeling of flight and the seagulls floating outside the conference center’s windows above the harbor waters.
The Apex West Bloomfield
The Apex West Bloomfield, a new apartment community offering exceptional residential living with top-notch amenities, design, technology and art.
AEW Global
Working closely with AEW leadership to select the artwork for the new office, with careful consideration not only of its role in the office design, but also how it reflects the values and ethos of AEW. The curated selection of original artwork is located throughout the new office, not as decoration but as mission, a layer to inspire employees with the core values of AEW as a company. As part of the art collection, AEW acquired the HELP Portfolio, which represents 16 artists, each of whom donated a new limited-edition print. All profits from the purchase of the prints went to 16 charities that were underfunded due to the pandemic, each one selected by the artists involved. This had a powerful impact on employees and visitors when the work was installed in 2021. A series of works by artist Charles Gaines titled "Tiergarten Series" was selected for the executive boardroom. Gaines was the first African-American student in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts program, receiving his degree in 1967 and going on to teach at California State University the following year. Additional color-coded original artwork helps with wayfinding throughout the reinvented space.
The Godfrey Hotel
The Godfrey Hotel sits proudly on Michigan Avenue, uniquely positioned to support up and coming businesses with a level of hospitality not seen since 1964. The Godfrey offers a stylish, luxury respite immersed in rich culture, trendy shops, and a thriving dining scene. Corktown, Detroit’s oldest and most vibrant neighborhood, is experiencing a remarkable rebirth, blending its rich historic charm with a wave of modern innovation, culture, and community-driven development that started with the renovation of the historic Michigan Central Station.
Hamilton's Restaurant
Hamilton Restaurant located at the Godfrey's Hotel in Detroit, Michigan
MITIMCO - One Broadway
401 Park Drive - Fenway Park, Boston
A Samuels & Associates project. Built in 1929 for Sears, Roebuck and Company, reimagined in 2019 by Elkus Manfredi Architects. 401 Park has become the heart of Boston's most vibrant and dynamic neighborhoods. Where history meets modern day spirit. Where visionaries work, foodies dine and the city comes together.
Emily Fine Art commissioned Boston artist Timmy Sneaks to create a mural on a wall located on the parking-garage level of the main stair to give arriving visitors to 401 Park their first experience of the environment they’re entering. Aligning with the goals for the artwork, the mural acts as an extension of the vision for the entire building: a contemporary interpretation that honors the roots of the building while placing it firmly in the present. The artist worked with old found black and white photographs of the Sears building and parking lot filled with cars from the late 1940s, blowing the photos up, wheat-pasting them onto the wall, and painting historic cartoon characters from the Looney Tunes Series that date back to the early 1930s, when the Sears building was built. Santangelo’s team traveled to the Texas Motor Speedway, the largest car parts swap meet in the country to source grilles, doors, and hoods of old Packards, Buicks, Chevys, and Fords, along with vintage gas pumps to stand alongside the garage mural. Sneaks incorporated the car parts into the mural, giving it sculptural dimension and detail.
Emily Fine Art commissioned Boston artist Timmy Sneaks to create a mural on a wall located on the parking-garage level of the main stair to give arriving visitors to 401 Park their first experience of the environment they’re entering. Aligning with the goals for the artwork, the mural acts as an extension of the vision for the entire building: a contemporary interpretation that honors the roots of the building while placing it firmly in the present. The artist worked with old found black and white photographs of the Sears building and parking lot filled with cars from the late 1940s, blowing the photos up, wheat-pasting them onto the wall, and painting historic cartoon characters from the Looney Tunes Series that date back to the early 1930s, when the Sears building was built. Santangelo’s team traveled to the Texas Motor Speedway, the largest car parts swap meet in the country to source grilles, doors, and hoods of old Packards, Buicks, Chevys, and Fords, along with vintage gas pumps to stand alongside the garage mural. Sneaks incorporated the car parts into the mural, giving it sculptural dimension and detail.
Red Horse, Rumson by David Burke
Red Horse by David Burke in Rumson, NJ
Red Horse, White Plains by David Burke
Red Horse by David Burke in White Plains
Toll Brothers City Living at 1000 Maxwell
Toll Brothers City Living is enhancing the luxury of its high-end communities by curating artful lobbies and shared spaces with exceptional attention to detail. With a growing demographic of young, urban home buyers, the company is open to innovative ideas such as exterior murals, video installations, and 3D experiences, depending on the environment and architecture of the properties.
Toll Brothers City Living at 77 Charlton
77 Charlton in Hudson Square, strategically located at the intersection of Tribeca, Soho, and the West Village in New York City, targets millennial home buyers. As a unique feature, Toll Brothers City Living commissioned a lively mural titled "Pool Party" by Timothy Curtis for the building's indoor pool area. Inspired by street art, the artwork aims to evoke the energetic atmosphere of Philadelphia public pools, adding vibrancy to the space, according to art consultant Santangelo.
Urban Rattle - High Line Park New York
Urban Rattle holds the distinction of being the only permanent work of art at the High Line in New York. A 20ft tall abstract sculpture by American artist, Charlie Hewitt, commissioned by Equity Residential for their new development project Ten23. With over 3 million visitors to this Park in the Sky, Urban Rattle has become an iconic part of the High Line.
Equity Residential at 455 Eye Street
This Equity Residential project is a thoughtful blend of historic and modern luxury in D.C.'s Mount Vernon Triangle. Hickock Cole Architects preserved the existing structures from 1896 and complimented them with sleek residential towers in glass and brick. A signature of this property is the installation of the bold selections of contemporary art that compliment the historic brick interiors and create a bespoke, sophisticated environment.
Equity Residential at 855 Brennan
A Baker Vilar design for Equity Residential in San Francisco's tech-heavy SOMA/Design District. Features 3 interconnected six-story buildings providing 449 apartments. A massive colorful blown glass installation welcomes you into the main lobby and leasing office space. Highlighted with beautiful lighting this installation is visible from the street for all passersby to enjoy.
Toll Brothers City Living at 91 Leonard Street
A Toll Brothers City Living project in New York City. This 19 story structure was designed in collaboration by Skidmore Owings & Merrill and Hill West Architects with Whitehall Interiors overseeing the buildings interior design. The interior courtyard is a private oasis for residents in the heart of TriBeca. A site specific sculpture by artist, John Clement, weightlessly floats within an infinity edge pool. The lobby features a 9ft painting by Cuban American artist, Emilio Perez, while the amenity space includes the playful works of emerging artist, Timmy Sneaks.
Toll Brother City Living at 121 East 22nd Street
Designed by renowned Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas and OMA, their studio specializes in ensuring even the mightiest of projects is integrated into its surroundings. Toll Brothers City Living was inspired to commission site-specific sculptures for both its interior and exterior to create a unique merger of art and architecture.
Toll Brothers City Living at 400 Park Avenue South
A Toll Brothers City Living project designed by Pritzker Prize Winner Christian dePortzamparc.
Equity Residential at 100 K Street, Washington, D.C.
An Equity Residential Project. Located in Washington D.C.'s vibrant NoMa neighborhood
One Henry Adams - San Francisco
Toll Brothers City Living at Pierhouse at Brooklyn Bridge Project
A Toll Brothers City Living project designed by architects Rogers Marvels
Cast Iron House - New York
Built in 1881 reimagined in 2019 by Pritzker Prizer winning architect Shigeru Ban. A stunning example of 19th century cast iron architecture. Shiguru Ban respected its historic detailing but re- envisioned its interior volumes and created two glass and steel penthouses that represent a cast iron house for the modern era.
Potrero San Francisco
170 Amsterdam
Flight Altitude Apartments - Los Angeles
Steve Zaluski Installations
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