Artist Michael McGregor designs a set at Rome’s Casa Monti

Rome has no scarcity of accommodations, however Casa Monti operates by itself frequency. Boutique at 36 keys and quietly lovely, it has earned a repute as a inventive hideaway. Its newest transfer is characteristically well-judged: a six-month residency with artist Michael McGregor, operating till 15 October 2026, throughout which he has remodeled one of many lodge’s suites right into a habitable paintings, bringing his tremendous artwork sensibility to bear on the intimacy of a hospitality house.

Over the previous decade, McGregor has lived and labored throughout Mexico Metropolis, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Greece and Italy, and now calls Athens house. A routine traveller and frequenter of accommodations, he has, since 2016, developed a observe of drawing on lodge stationery – a ritual that has since advanced into his visible signature: an expressive, instinctive language that blends impressionism with fauvism, taking part in on the strain between formal logotypes and unfastened, pastel-pencil gestures.

It’s this itinerant observe, and his intimate familiarity with accommodations as areas of each transit and inspiration, that made McGregor a pure match for Casa Monti. In his Roman residency, customized wall panels anchor the suite, whereas the artist’s solely designed patterns lengthen throughout upholstery and ornamental parts. Drawings and work unfold throughout paper and textiles, woven into the material of the room: a bespoke backgammon set, for instance, is adorned along with his signature motifs, whereas private artwork books and thoroughly positioned objects lend the house an air of pleasing informality – as if the artist’s stationery sketches merely took on a lifetime of their very own, and the visitor has stepped into McGregor’s non-public universe.

Debuting inside the suite is ‘Roma Amor’, a brand new assortment of drawings and sketches the artist created throughout a keep on the lodge in 2025, reflecting on visits to Centrale Montemartini, Villa Medici and Palazzo Venezia.

‘Casa Monti presents a uncommon alternative to work past the partitions of galleries and studios,’ says McGregor. ‘My goal is to craft moments of discovery by way of small gestures, playful particulars and delicate interventions that spark curiosity and invite private engagement.’

The suite speaks to Casa Monti’s expertise for creating areas that really feel curated but uncontrived, and to McGregor’s capacity to search out that means within the marginal and incidental. For many who discover themselves in Rome between now and October, you already know the place to search out the most popular room within the metropolis.

The Artwork Suite is accessible to guide now, with charges ranging from €1,200 per night time based mostly on double occupancy with breakfast included. Casa Monti is positioned at By way of Panisperna, 210/212, 00184 Rome, Italy