Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare Castel di Tusa
The Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare is situated in the small Sicilian seaside resort of Castel di Tusa. The hotel occupies a three-storey building built in Mediterranean style, with white-washed façade, elegant hall, and 40 rooms opening onto wide corridors and large terraces overlooking the sea.
This said, the Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare is no ordinary Southern Italian seaside hotel but rather a unique center for contemporary art where the traditional function of the hotel bedroom has been completely revolutionized.
Guests staying in the hotel's 'art rooms' find themselves the protagonists of an artistic experience designed by some of the world's leading contemporary artists, where the guest's presence in the room is of vital importance for the completion of the artwork.
The 20 art rooms were created by famous Italian and international artists: Danielle Mitterand, Agnese Purgatorio, Antonio Presti, Cristina Bertelli (La Stanza dei Portatori d'Acqua), Mario Ceroli (La Bocca della Verità), Fabrizio Plessi (La stanza del Mare Negato), Mauro Staccioli (Trinacria), Renato Curcio (Sogni tra Segni), Maria Lai (Su Barca di Carta m'Imbarco), Raoul Ruiz (La Torre di Sigismondo), Paolo Icaro (Il Nido), Luigi Mainolfi (La Stanza della Terra e del Fuoco), Michele Canzoneri (Linea d'Ombra), Hidetoshi Nagasawa (Mistero per la Luna), Sislej Xhafa (Il Bagno Turco), Vincenzo Consolo, Umberto Leone e Ute Pyka (Lunaria - La Stanza della Luna).
With the Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare, Antonio Presti, the Sicilian art promoter behind this project and many other artistic initiatives including the magnificent Fiumara d'Arte sculpture park, has succeeded in radically transforming traditional concepts of art in hotels.
The Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare's restaurant serves as both exquisite Sicilian eatery and gallery in which numerous itinerant exhibitions are hosted, where the senses are stimulated by the genuine flavors and aromas of the Mediterranean gastronomic tradition and the powerful visual impact of stunning works of contemporary art.
Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare Map
The Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare overlooks the beach of Castel di Tusa, in close proximity of Cefalù on the stretch of Sicilian coast between Messina and Palermo.
Few kilometers from the hotel you can visit the park of Fiumara d'Arte, the biggest Regional museum of contemporary sculptures in Europe.
The park, made realized from Antonio Presti, consists of an unusual attempt at exhibiting contemporary sculpture in a kind of open-air museum, that takes advantage of the natural landscape to arrive at a symbiosis of art and nature and provides interested visitors an opportunity of exploring secluded and off-the-beaten- track spots.
Hotel's guests can enjoy guide tours to Messina, Agrigento, Palermo, Trapani, Cefalù, S. Stefano di Camastra, Taormina, Giardini Naxos and isole eolie.
Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare
Seaside Residences
Via Cesare Battisti, 4 - 98070 Castel di Tusa (Messina)
Phone +39 0921 334 295
Fax +39 0921 334 283
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Art Hotel Atelier sul Mare Services
Restaurant
Private beach
Meeting room
Pottery courses
40 Rooms
Artists involved
in the realisation
of the 20 art rooms:
Danielle Mitterand
Agnese Purgatorio
Antonio Presti
Cristina Bertelli
Mario Ceroli
Fabrizio Plessi
Mauro Staccioli
Renato Curcio
Maria Lai
Raoul Ruiz
Paolo Icaro
Luigi Mainolfi
Michele Canzoneri
Hidetoshi Nagasawa
Sislej Xhafa
Vincenzo Consolo
Umberto Leone e Ute Pyka
