Art: March/April 2020

Canopy by Hilton Cancun La Isla, Mexico

The details: For the recently opened Canopy property in Cancun, HBA and Kalisher worked in tandem to translate the vibrant signature styles of local artists into pieces that evoke the otherworldliness of the location. “Street art and the muralist movement have become an important influence in Cancun,” says Brittany Spinner, senior project designer at HBA. Over the bar, for instance, a large, colorful fox “undertakes the search for something special in the desert,” says artist Sleepwalck. Adds collaborator Marisol D’Estrabeau: “When he arrives at an oasis of magical agaves, drinks from them, and stays in that place where everything is forgotten, fear is lost.”

Photo by Ione Ascanjo Green