April 17–19, 2026
Annex Building, The Royal Hotel, (6 Ross St, Picton, ON K0K 2T0)

Opening Reception: Friday, April 17th, 2026 7:30–9 PM (waitlisted)

Exhibition Hours: April 18th–19th, 2026, 11 AM–5 PM
Please reserve a ticket in advance to help us manage capacity, but walk-ins are also welcome.

Hotel Confidential is a three-day contemporary art exhibition that transforms the Annex Building of The Royal Hotel into a series of temporary site-specific installations. Sixteen artists have been invited to create new works within the building’s guest rooms and shared spaces, reimagining the hotel as both setting and metaphor.

Working across disciplines including installation, sculpture, performance, textile, biosonification, photography and radio, the artists use the architecture of a hotel as a stage for artistic experimentation and unexpected encounters.

With its title a playful nod to pulp novels and cinema noir, Hotel Confidential invites audiences into immersive artworks that reveal hidden narratives and explore the hotel as a space of fleeting encounters, private worlds, and passing lives.

Participating artists include:

Room 101: Shelter Bay (Sarah Cooper & Rob Southcott) & Margaret Pryde
Room 102: Bay Woodyard, Clara Polanco Talavera, and Nanotopia (Tosca Terán and Andrei Gravelle)
Room 103: Dainesha Nugent-Palache, curated by Joséphine Denis and presented by BAND Gallery
Room 104: Christopher House (Live Durational Dance Performance)
Hallways & Stairwells: LeuWebb Projects (Christine Leu and Alan Webb)
Radio Hotel Confidential (Live Broadcast Performance): Chip Yarwood
Barlow Room: Spark Box Studio (Chrissy Poitras & Kyle Topping) & State Goods (Joel Gregorio) (Note: The Barlow Room installation has additional hours April 4th–26th, Saturdays and Sundays from 11 AM–5 PM.)

Hotel Confidential is a collaboration between the Prince Edward County Arts Council and The Royal Hotel, and is curated by Christina Zeidler and Stacey Sproule.

Image credit: Hotel Confidential concept image of Key Codes: Room 101, Artists: Shelter Bay (Sarah Cooper & Rob Southcott) & Margaret Pryde. The Annex of the Royal Hotel photography by doublespace photography.