When Elizabeth Germana Arthur, Art & Culture Curator at Jumeirah Capri Palace, speaks of creating a 'koinè dialektos' - a universal cultural language – she articulates a principle that quietly unites Jumeirah's most compelling addresses.  

“At Jumeirah, art - in all its expressions - is identified as the vocabulary with which to communicate.”

It is a philosophy that stretches from Italy to the Emirates, from the limestone calm of London to Abu Dhabi' cultural shoreline. Across this constellation of properties, art becomes both narrative and navigation: revealed in the architecture, expressed through curated collections, and reflected in design choices that speak to heritage, landscape, or innovation. The thread between them is not uniformity, but sensibility - the belief that art can deepen a traveller's experience, lending each space texture, resonance, and meaning.

Jumeirah Capri Palace

In Capri, this shared language finds perhaps its most intimate expression. Jumeirah Capri Palace stands in the sun-washed heights of Anacapri, where white façades, maritime air, and wide-open views across the Gulf of Naples have long drawn painters and writers in search of clarity. Within its walls, the hotel has evolved into one of the island's cultural enclaves, home to a quietly powerful collection featuring works by Pomodoro, De Chirico, Haring, Paladino, and Jones.
Rather than being formally staged, many pieces appear almost incidentally – tucked into corridors, embedded in suites, or emerging within gardens – giving the hotel the character of a lived-in atelier.

The entrance walkway leading to the hotel lobby introduces guests to this sensibility with Arnaldo Pomodoro's Rive dei Mari, a forty-metre fibreglass relief that evokes the seafloor, while nearby hangs De Chirico's Ettore e Andromaca. Sculptures, mirrored forms, and mixed-media installations continue the dialogue throughout, reinforcing the hotel's longstanding intention to let creativity intermingle with place. Through evolving commissions and curatorial focus, its artistic voice remains dynamic.

Jumeirah Burj Al Arab

In Dubai, the language of art takes architectural form. Jumeirah Burj Al Arab began as a simple line sketch by Tom Wright in 1993, its curved outline recalling the sail of a traditional dhow and has since become one of the world's most recognisable silhouettes. Inside, designer Khuan Chew shaped an aesthetic of marble inlay, gold leaf and regional motifs, punctuated with saturated colour that gives the interiors their unmistakable character.

Over time, the hotel has doubled as a stage for the city's cultural expression: illuminated façade projections, light installations and occasional displays of contemporary work - including pieces by Anish Kapoor – have appeared within its spaces. These gestures, alongside its iconic profile, explain the hotel's enduring position as part of Dubai's evolving creative landscape.

Jumeirah Saadiyat Island

Saadiyat Island carries two identities at once: a landscape of protected dunes and pale beaches, and a gateway to Abu Dhabi's emerging cultural heart. Positioned between these two worlds, Jumeirah Saadiyat Island reflects both. The Louvre Abu Dhabi sits nearby, while the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and Zayed National Museum rise steadily on the horizon. Each year, NOMAD Art Fair draws global attention, and this year, in its debut to the UAE, the resort played host to Shifting Terrains, an off-site design installation, giving guests privileged access to the island's artistic programme.

Sustainability anchors the resort's design language. Its soft elliptical layout imitates the coastline, while filtered light, natural shading, and environmentally conscious materials minimise impact on the protected surroundings. At its centre hangs a multi-tone chandelier made from 2,000kg hand-blown Bohemian crystal pieces, their opalescent tones and fluid shapes echoing marine life. Organic interiors - sand, limestone, sea – continue the connection to the island's protected turtle-nesting shoreline.

Jumeirah Carlton Tower

In Knightsbridge, a neighbourhood defined by fashion houses and the cultural design institutions of South Kensington, Jumeirah Carlton Tower has held its place since 1961. Opened as London's tallest hotel, it made an immediate statement with a commissioned sculpture by Dame Elisabeth Frink at its entrance. Its fashionable reputation rose quickly, drawing the creative set of The Swinging Sixties – among them Mary Quant, who used the rooftop for early editorial shoots during the ascent of London's fashion scene.

Today, the relationship between the hotel and the arts continue through curated partnerships and collaborations. Most recently, it served as the hospitality partner to Christie's retrospective Marwan: A Soul in Exile, offering guests private exhibition access and experiences shaped around the artist's heritage. Its The Peak Lounge, framed by floor-to-ceiling windows, open onto sweeping views of London's skyline and Cadogan Gardens below, offers another quiet articulation of the hotel's place within the city's creative fabric.

Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab

The newest chapter to Jumeirah's narrative, completes the nautical trilogy. Designed by Shaun Killa, the architect behind the Museum of the Future, Jumeirah Marsa Al Arab draws inspiration from the silhouette of a superyacht underway. Advanced digital modelling enabled the hotel's double-curved structure, a form that would have strained the limits of engineering a decade ago. “We aimed to evoke the sensation of being on water through the building's curvatures, much like a yacht setting sail,” Killa explains.

Perhaps its most striking feature is its entrance arch: an elegant, 3,000-tonne sculptural sweep that frames a perfect view of Jumeirah Burj Al Arab, catching the golden light of sunset and creating a dialogue between the two landmarks. Across the resort, the interplay of line, light and movement gives the building a presence that resonates instinctively, the way meaningful artworks often do.

Viewed collectively, these destinations reflect Jumeirah's belief that art, in all its forms, whether sculpted, curated, built or imagined - creates a universal form of connection. Each hotel becomes a kind of contemporary majlis, where ideas unfold naturally and travellers encounter the world through a shared creative language.

A journey through Jumeirah's most art-forward destinations invites guests not just to see this language, but to feel it.