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32 SUMMER 2016 K KEENELAND.COM HOTEL 21C spotlight on group of glowing orbs dangling from the ceiling. Tomorrow's Weather, by Swedish artists Bigert and Bergstrom, utilizes acrylic spheres, LED lights, electric ca- ble, and weather data to change colors as a way of predicting the next day's local weather forecast. Guests also can get a hint as to what the notoriously unpre- dictable Lexington weather will be like from the single orb suspended over the registration desk. If it's blue, get out the coat; if red, it's shorts and T-shirt time. Take that, mete- orologist Bill Meck! Not quite as "in-your-face" but equally in- triguing are the three other permanent pieces: Ice Branch Chandelier, a scattering of Swarovski crystals by Dutch artist Tord Boonjte; American artist Ned Kahn's mixed media piece Aeolian Landscape, which creates a constantly shifting desert landscape through the use of air and sand; and BRASS, ceramic tiles from American artists Leslie Lyons and JB Wilson, which make up the foor of the private dining room, once the bank's vault. The art for Lexington's 21c, as with all the properties, is selected with the idea of connect- ing the hotel to its specifc building, as well as to the community, explains Alice Gray Stites, chief curator for all the 21c Museum Hotel galleries. "Each 21c features several site-specifc in- stallations that are integrated into the build- ing, and these are commissioned via a wide range of avenues," said Stites. "For example, the embracing lampposts, Totally in Love, were acquired from the Design Fair in Miami," she continued, "while Tomor- "We believe that all art can be thought-provoking," chief curator Alice Gray Stites says. "We feel that our art is a great place to begin diffcult discussions about the state of our world or of our hearts." KIRK SCHLEA PHOTOS