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. You can feel everywhere, but its most authentic expression lies in a precise choice: opening the doors to art and making it part of your stay. Not just a place to sleep, but a place with a personality to tell.
Surrounded by Artworks
Sculptures, canvases and unique objects await you
The love for art and free expression has led us, over the years, to provide local artists with a year-round exhibition area: 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 as if you were inside a museum hall, but… you may be enjoying breakfast or dinner in the meanwhile! All the exhibited works can be purchased 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 slow down
The world asks us to run,
live frenetically,
produce endlessly,
Art invites us to stop
and take our time.
Listen to Art.
Our artists
The people behind the artworks
Each of the artists we host followed a different path. Here are some of the people we welcomed 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. She 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. 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 Kengiro Azuma and in 2005 won the first prize for sculpture at the biennial "Pavia Giovane Arte Europea". In 2013 he exhibited his sound sculptures both in the United States and Japan. Since 2017 he has created several harmonic drums.