Art Hotel
Hotel San Francesco Borgomanero
When hospitality is art
A hotel with an unconventional character
Hotel San Francesco is a fresh and informal environment, where comfort is designed to be functional and the details blend into a pleasant mix of vintage and contemporary. It is a character you can feel in every space, and which finds its most authentic expression in a precise choice: opening the doors to art and making it part of the stay experience. Not just a place to sleep, but a place with a personality to tell.
Staying among the works
Sculptures, canvases and unique objects await you
The love for art and free expression has led us, over the years, to create a space where we can exhibit artists from the area, because we believe that art lives everywhere and should be accessible to everyone.
Sculptures, busts, canvases, portraits and unique objects accompany your stay: you can admire them while having breakfast or stopping for dinner, as if inside a museum hall. The exhibited works can be purchased directly and, if you are curious to know who created them, it is possible to book a private lesson with one of the artists at a special price. Sometimes you may even meet them in person, perhaps over a drink at the lounge bar.
Listen to art
Our invitation to pause
The world asks us to run,
to live frenetically,
to do continuously,
Art asks us to stop
and take the time it needs.
Listen to Art.
Our artists
The faces behind the works we host
The artists we host each tell a different path, and over time the selection of works on display may change. Here are some of the names that have found space among our walls.
Luana Muntoni: born in Borgomanero in 1983, she has taken part in numerous competitions, including the Arte Laguna Prize in Venice and Dantebus, and was among the artists in the group exhibition Andy Warhol & Friends at the Mazzoleni Art Events Gallery in Alzano Lombardo. In 2021 she presented her works at the contemporary art exhibition Venice StArt, and she is featured on the art-shop.it portal in the Emerging Artists section.
Emiliano Guastella (Guemi): born in Milan in 1980, he is active in the city's avant-garde cultural circles, where he has exhibited in Navigli venues such as Le Trottoir, Nidaba and Aquarium and on the occasion of the Fuorisalone. In 2020 he took part in the Modigliani Tribute for the Modigliani Foundation of Rome and in the Arte Laguna Prize in Venice.
Marcello Corrà: born in Arona in 1970, he trained at the Art High School of Novara and in his father's artisan workshop, working with metals such as oxidized iron, copper and lead. He further studied sculpture alongside master Kengiro Azuma and in 2005 won first prize for sculpture at the biennial "Pavia Giovane Arte Europea". In 2013 he exhibited his sound sculptures in the United States and Japan, and since 2017 he has been making harmonic drums.