by CNNGo staff
Riding the wave of the nation?s booming art scene, hotels in China are getting ever more serious about art.
They don't just hang up a watercolor painting or frame calligraphy; these hotels, mostly in big cities, curate art tours, organize exhibitions and even operate private art galleries.
Jumeirah art tourJumeirah Himalayas Hotel Shanghai, the Dubai-based brand?s only hotel in China, recently launched what they call ?China?s first lobby art tour program.?
It?s essentially a self-guided audio tour around the hotel?s lobby, which showcases more than 40 art pieces, including ?Portrait of Chairman Mao? by celebrated contemporary artist Chen Yifei (???) and ?Portrait of Iron-Crutch Li? by legendary painter Qi Baishi (???).
The portrait of Mao Zedong by late Chinese artist Chen Yifei is displayed at Shanghai's Jumeirah.?We?re the first hotel in China to organize such a lobby art tour with verbal explanations,? said Jasmine Ye, assistant marketing communications manager at the hotel. ?We hope this is a way for our guests to get to know more about Chinese art.?
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