A distinguished collection of Peruvian contemporary art and colonial-era antiques enlivens the hotel’s public spaces and reflects the hotel’s history and local Limeño character.
Modern Art
Contemporary pieces, as cosmopolitan and forward-looking as the capital city that inspired them, include:
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Conjunto de Lanzas, a large sculptural piece by the renowned Limeña artist Maricruz Arribas, originally from Piura on the northern coast. According to the artist, the installation of colorful totems speaks to "the plurality of what being Peruvian is."
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Ricardo Wiesse, a Peruvian who studied in London, Paris and Peru, contributed a dynamic three-dimensional mural, Textiles del Sur in bold red and black. The artist says the work “alludes to the textiles of the Andean south.” Wiesse's best-known public work is the enormous ceramic mural (10,000 m/32,800 ft) that graces Paseo de la República Avenue (known popularly as “El Zanjón”).
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The Limeño sculptor Alvaro Roca Rey crafted this large, tactile sculpture, Cóndor Metálico, a modern wood-and-metal interpretation of a condor. The entire back wall displays a massive, tactile fresco, Fauna Limeña - created expressly for the space - by the Dutch artist Gam Klutier, a two-decade resident in Peru. Engravings of contemporary Peruvian artists grace the restaurant's other walls.
Antiques
The hotel's valuable collection of colonial antiques speaks to Lima's unique Spanish and mestizo heritage. Pieces in public areas include furniture, religious statues, and 15 original works from the renowned Cusco School of Painting. Other colonial pieces found in the hotel include benches, tables, and a 300-year-old ceramic botija (a large earthen jug used to collect rain water). The colonial pieces are particularly appropriate in the 2nd-floor corporate event rooms, several of which preserve colonial-style arches and vaulted ceilings.
Guest rooms of the Miraflores hotel display replicas of Moche engravings, from the northern coast, as well as replicas of Chancay culture ceramics-specially made for the hotel by the celebrated Larco Museum in Lima (replicas of the ceramics, called huacos, are available for purchase at the Indigo shop and in Sama - café de viajes). The Imperial Suite features original Cusco School paintings.
The ceramic room numbers, the work of the potter Iturri, are original items from Hotel Cesar's. New room numbers required post-renovation were made by the same potter.
RATES
These are the highest rates available in our website. If you go to Rates & Reservations you will find up to 35% discounts. Rates include 10% of services fee and breakfast buffet.
