Rome has always attracted artists. Casa Monti just gave one the keys.
Casa Monti is one of those hotels that already feels like stepping into someone’s creative world. 36 keys tucked into the Monti neighbourhood, every room filled with colour, texture, and an artistic eye. This spring, the hotel has taken its relationship with art one step further, inviting internationally acclaimed artist Michael McGregor to transform one of its suites into something you’ve probably never slept in before.
The Art Suite is available through October and it’s a proper experience. McGregor, whose work sits somewhere between impressionism and fauvism, has spent the last decade living across Mexico City, Los Angeles, Paris, London, Greece, and Italy, letting each place shape his practice. At Casa Monti, he’s turned the 41sqm suite into a fully liveable artwork. His signature patterns run across the walls and upholstery, sketches and art books are scattered throughout, and there’s a limited-edition backgammon set with his motifs on it, because of course there is. The whole thing feels like being handed the keys to an artist’s private apartment in Rome, which is more or less what it is.
Debuting in the room is ROMA AMOR, a new collection of drawings McGregor made during a stay at the hotel in 2025. Sketches that capture what Rome does to you when you’re paying attention.
Since 2016, McGregor has had a habit of drawing on hotel stationery wherever he travels, finding something in the contrast between crisp logotypes and loose pencil marks. It’s a small, personal ritual that somehow ended up here, filling an entire suite in one of Rome’s most characterful hotels. We love to see it.