Gallery & Art
The Oriental Hotel was often associated with contemporary artwork and a was a hangout for the Brighton art crowd. Consequently the Oriental is now an epicentre for displaying 'Brighton Art' on many different levels.
The Oriental is delighted to be able to announce that Patrick O'Donnell (a former resident artist here) will be showing his new Exhibition "You make Me Gay" as part of the Brighton Fringe Festival at the Oriental between 1 and 31 May 2010.
An exhibition of forgotten or overlooked gay icons.
"Mr O'Donnell is one of my favourite gay bearded brighton-based artists" David Walliams
"Patrick O’Donnell’s radiant and powerful abstract paintings won him the Neo Hotel Art Prize at 2008 ’s Brighton Art Fair. His oil paintings depict the power and grandeur of the forces of nature, swirling mists, and Krakatoan vistas." Latest 7, Sussex
Currently the Oriental is exhibiting paintings by another local artist Aaron Holmes.