Is it art? Why not sleep on it?
Lucky culture junkies will be bedding down overnight inside the Guggenheim Museum as part of its newest installation piece, “Revolving Hotel Room,” starting next week.
For up to $799 a night, two guests can privately snuggle in the artwork itself – a luxury double bed with a wet bar mounted on one of four revolving glass discs that makes a complete rotation every two hours.
Better yet, they can roam the museum alone all night in their jammies.
Slippers will be provided – along with bathrobes for bashful guests wishing to cover up in front of the museum guards stationed at every ramp.
The unprecedented offer brought in 1,000 calls for reservations in one day and quickly sold out. Actress Chloe Sevigny must have speed dial, because she is the first confirmed booking. The funds raised go to the museum.
The artwork, by Belgian artist Carsten Holler, is part of the museum’s “anyspacewhatever” exhibition, which includes nine other works.
It’s partly funded by the Waldorf-Astoria, so for the slumber partiers there’s room service. A breakfast of croissants and coffee will be served in bed – but before the 8:30 a.m. checkout time, because housekeeping needs to tidy up before the museum’s doors open at 10 a.m. Bathrooms and showers are available, too.
Otherwise, there’s no food allowed, and you can’t take snapshots posing next to a Picasso.
But the guests can come and go as they please after hours.
“I think this is a collector’s fantasy. You can see the art at night at your own time and pace and without any interruptions,” chief curator Nancy Spector said.
The exhibit runs through Jan. 7.