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There’s no escaping the alluring presence of art at the Four Seasons Hotel. With a personal interest in art and design, Executive Chairman Christos Mouskis chooses every piece placed in or around the hotel.
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Whether it comes at you through the shimmering light of hanging glass leaves, the explosion of floral colour on canvas or the sounds from a copper tree fountain, one way or another, the art at the Four Seasons will find you. And when it does, it may or may not resonate. But in the event that a piece of art captures your attention, then there’s no putting a price on it, says Four Seasons Executive Chairman Christos Mouskis. “Art is a very personal thing,” he says. “It either talks to you or it doesn’t. Even when it does, you can’t always explain why or how.” Christos has been collecting art since the first day he opened the hotel in February 1993, and has no plans to stop.
ARTISTIC NAMESAKE The hotel’s very first painting was the ‘Four Seasons’ by Andreas Charalambides, a large canvas depicting the changing seasons through four female figures. After more than two decades of exploring and purchasing art from various galleries, it remains a favourite, “because that’s where my heart is,” says Christos. The painting still decorates the hotel lobby, along with other treasured works purchased over the years. A while back, the hotel hosted an exhibition of the artist Joseph Demiris (ΝΤΕΜΙΡΗΣ). The biggest painting in the collection was ‘Navarino 1827’, depicting the decisive naval
