Hotel Confidential is a three-day contemporary art exhibition that transforms the Annex Building of The Royal Hotel into a series of temporary site-specific installations. Sixteen artists have been invited to create new works within the building’s guest rooms and shared spaces, re-imagining the hotel as both a setting and metaphor.

Working across disciplines including installation, sculpture, performance, textile, bio-sonification, photography and sound design, the artists use the architecture of a hotel as a stage for artistic experimentation and unexpected encounters.

With its title, a playful nod to pulp novels and cinema noir, Hotel Confidential invites audiences into immersive artworks that reveal hidden narratives and explore the hotel as a space of fleeting encounters, private worlds, and passing lives.

Participating artists include:

Room 101: Shelter Bay (Sarah Cooper & Rob Southcott) & Margaret Pryde
Room 102: Bay Woodyard, Clara Polanco Talavera, and Nanotopia (Tosca Terán and Andrei Gravelle)
Room 103: Dainesha Nugent-Palache, curated by Joséphine Denis and presented by BAND Gallery
Room 104: Christopher House (Live Durational Dance Performance)
Hallways & Stairwells: LeuWebb Projects (Christine Leu and Alan Webb)
Radio Confidential (Live Broadcast Performance): Chip Yarwood

Barlow Room: Spark Box Studio (Chrissy Poitras & Kyle Topping) & State Goods (Joel Gregorio)

Note: The Barlow Room installation is open April 4–26th, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am–5pm.

Hotel Confidential is a collaboration between County Arts and The Royal Hotel, and is curated by Christina Zeidler and Stacey Sproule. This event is supported by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Gaming, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.

Registration is mandatory as tickets are in high-demand and limited. 

Banner Image: The Annex of The Royal House, concept image from Room 101 Shelter Bay (Sarah Cooper & Rob Southcott) & Margaret Pryde, Royal Hotel Photo by doublespace photography