Hotel Confidential at The Royal Hotel

Hotel Confidential is a three-day contemporary art exhibition that transforms the Annex Building of The Royal Hotel into a series of temporary site-specific installations. Sixteen artists from different disciplines and geographies have been invited to create new works within the building’s guest rooms and shared spaces, re-imagining the hotel as both setting and metaphor.
Working across disciplines including installation, sculpture, performance, textile, bio-sonification, photography, and sound design, the artists use the architecture of a hotel as a stage for artistic experimentation and unexpected encounters.
With its title a playful nod to pulp novels and cinema noir, Hotel Confidential invites audiences into immersive artworks that reveal hidden narratives and explore the hotel as a space of fleeting encounters, private worlds, and passing lives.
A collaboration between County Arts and The Royal Hotel, Hotel Confidential is curated by Christina Zeidler and Stacey Sproule.

Participating artists include:
Room 101: Shelter Bay (Sarah Cooper & Rob Southcott) & Margaret Pryde
Room 102: Bay Woodyard, Clara Polanco Talavera, and Nanotopia (Tosca Terán and Andrei Gravelle)
Room 103: Dainesha Nugent-Palache, curated by Joséphine Denis and presented by BAND Gallery
Room 104: Christopher House (Live Durational Dance Performance)
Hallways & Stairwells: LeuWebb Projects (Christine Leu and Alan Webb)
Radio Confidential (Live Broadcast Performance): Chip Yarwood
Barlow Room: Spark Box Studio (Chrissy Poitras & Kyle Topping) & State Goods (Joel Gregorio)
Note: The Barlow Room installation is open April 4–26th, Saturdays and Sundays from 11am–5pm.

Who is it for?

All ages

Tickets : Free

Tickets need to be reserved in advance

How to get tickets?

Buy online

 

Date: Saturday April 18, 2026 to Sunday April 19, 2026

Saturday, April 18 | 11am-5pm
Sunday, April 19 | 11am-5pm

Venue & Address

The Royal Hotel, 247 Picton Main St, Picton ON

Wheelchair accessible