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October 15, 2006  New York Times: Affordable San Francisco
"The best of the lot is the Hotel des Arts."

September 3, 2006  Los Angeles Times: Perks and Quirks for $200
"Convenient location...Funky and artsy...it's a deal."

January 4, 2006  Canada Globe and Mail: The Artful Lodger
"These creative havens aren't just for twentysomething hipsters or wealthy art collectors — they offer comfort along with imagination, and room rates can be surprisingly affordable."

December 19, 2005  Time Magazine: Boutique On a Budget
"fanciful approach to its décor"

December 2005  Food&Wine: Design - Hotel Room or Art Exhibit?
"At these trendsetting hotels, art is all over the place"

Novmeber 10, 2005  Travel Intelligence: The Hotel des Arts
"honors the artful past by showcasing the work of some of the city’s leading artists"

Novmeber 2005  Juxtapoz: Hotel California, One Habitat's Extreme Makeover
Great coverage of the rooms from the art world.

October 9, 2005  Los Angeles Times: Art, It's What's Beyond Bed and Bath
"stylish, unique artistic universes"

October 7, 2005  CBS: Living Large on a Budget
"Television program on great reasonably-priced travel ideas."

August 13, 2005  San Francisco Chronicle: If Hotel Walls Could Speak?
"The aesthetic tilts toward the hip and urban."

July 10, 2005  NEW YORK TIMES: Hotel Rooms Where the Art Is the Walls, Not on Them
"The luxury is in having a gallery of underground art at your doorstep, on your door, and, in some rooms, dangling over your head."

July 2005  San Franisco Magazine: BEST Quarters for Out-of-Towners
"It's near all the action especially on the nights when the hotel hosts an opening reception."

June 2005  Mesh Magazine: Low Cost - High Concept
"A boutique hotel that specializes in showcasing emerging and underground artists from around the world."

June 2005  San Francisco Magazine: Art Galleries in Strange Places
"Hotel des Arts is the city's most recent and radical, experiment in artistic infiltration."

April 22, 2005  Josh Spear, the pulse of cool
"Their roster of top notch underground and emerging artist created rooms is totally impressive--and the sky is the limit here."

April 21, 2005  Wooster Collective: A Celebration of Street Art
One of the hottest underground websites in the world. Out of NYC.

April 14, 2005  Art Business: Gallery Openings
"Hotel Des Arts is well on its way to becoming a significant contemporary urban art collection."

April 14, 2005  FecalFace: Painted Rooms 3.0
Over a hundred photos from the Painted Rooms 3.0 opening at the Hotel des Arts.

April 14, 2005  SFist: Painted Rooms At The Hotel Des Arts
"Thirty rooms have been covered in the liquid whimsy of some of the scene's hottest emerging artists."

April 13, 2005  AOL: Big City Getaways With A Twist
"San Francisco is known for trendy artists, and the hippest place to catch their work is the Hotel des Arts."

March 2005  Condé Nast Traveler
"The most popular rooms at San Francisco's newly renovated Hotel des Arts have graffiti-inspired murals by artists such as Sam Flores, Apex, David Choe, and Vulcan, one of New York City's early graffitists..."

November 14, 2004  San Francisco Chronicle: Arty Digs for Thrifty Tourists
"Penny-wise travelers shouldn't have to settle for unhip..."

November 13, 2004  Wooster Collective: A Celebration of Street Art
Some great photos of some of our most unusual rooms.

November 3, 2004  San Francisco Bay Guardian: Outside the Lines
"Local guest artists Sam Flores and Brian Barneclo got to unleash their unique talents and paint murals in the rooms..."

September 21, 2004  San Francisco Examiner: The Hip List

September 18, 2004  Art Business: Painted Rooms
"America appears on the threshold of a mural-painting revival."

September 18, 2004  SF Station: Painted Rooms

July 24, 2004  San Francisco Examiner: Is It A Hotel Or An Art Gallery?
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