‘The Art of Welcoming’ at the Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

Exhibition until 8 September 2026

'The Art of Welcoming' unfolds as a new cultural chapter at Mandarin Oriental Mayfair, developed in collaboration with the charity QEST and curated by Mayfair Design District.

Exploring hospitality as both ritual and art form, the exhibition brings together artists and makers whose practices examine how craft, material and atmosphere shape the emotional experience of space. Installed throughout the hotel, the works consider welcoming not as spectacle, but as a language expressed through objects, textures, light and quiet gestures of care.

As part of The Living Square, the evolving cultural programme rooted in Hanover Square’s legacy of exchange, the exhibition invites guests into a contemporary salon where craftsmanship, design and human connection meet.

Rooted in Mayfair, shaped by craftsmanship and cultural exchange.

CREDITS

Presented by: Mandarin Oriental Mayfair

Exhibition Initiated by: Mayfair Design District

In Collaboration with: QEST (Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust) 

Curation: Anne-Laure Pingreoun-Lastro

Images by: Mark Cocksedge