Raknida for Hospitality
Curated art for hotels and restaurants.
Art programs for hotels, restaurants and residences: named artists, museum-grade prints and a Cultural Passport for every work.
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Free
First consultation
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2–3 wk
To your proposal
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55%
Profit share to artists
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100%
Passport with every work
Why Raknida
Built for properties that take cultural identity as seriously as the food.
Curated for the property
Every program is built for the property's identity: its guests, its design language and the role art plays in the space.
Named artists
Artists working in living cultural traditions, today mostly Nigerian, Ghanaian, Ugandan and African Diaspora, with a 55% profit share to artists.
Project capability
Multi-room programs, sizes from intimate to monumental, framed or unframed. Delivery and installation coordinated with your team.
A Cultural Passport with every work
A printed 5 × 7 in card for every work: the tradition, the artist's voice and the curatorial context. A story your guests can read on the wall.
On request
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Ask about it
Murals and wallcoverings
Artists' works licensed as murals, wallcoverings and glass graphics, produced for your spaces. Each artist approves how their work is adapted.
Curatorial range
A sample of works on the platform.
A proposal tailors the concept to your property: typically 12–24 works, each placed as often as your rooms call for.
How a project unfolds
From first call to installed work.
Six stages, paced to your opening date. Every signed project starts with a 50% deposit; the balance follows approval and delivery.
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Discovery
A complimentary 45–60 minute conversation about your property, your guests and your design language. No proposal yet.
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Curatorial proposal
Within two to three weeks: a concept, 12–24 selected works with artist context, placements and quantities, timeline and indicative pricing.
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Iteration
We refine the selection together: works, sizes, finishes or scope. Expect one or two rounds.
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Agreement
A standard Master Services Agreement and a Statement of Work. The 50% deposit on signing secures production capacity.
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Production
Archival printing by our fine-art print partner. Each work is proofed and approved before the final run; its Passport is prepared alongside.
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Delivery and installation
Delivery scheduled to your install date, installation coordinated with your team, placement guidance for every work. The balance is due on delivery and acceptance.
Standard payment structure
Three milestones, each after your written approval.
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50%
on signing
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25%
on production approval
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25%
on delivery and acceptance
Project scale
What a Raknida project looks like.
24 works
Illustrative · Boutique hotel · Atlanta
Guest rooms, lobby and restaurant, anchored in West African textile traditions and Atlanta's diaspora story. Limited Edition works lead the lobby.
3 properties
Illustrative · Restaurant group · Houston
One curatorial language across three restaurants opening within a year. Distinct works for each, a statement piece at every entrance.
Illustrative projects. Yours will vary by curatorial scope, edition tier, finishes and installation.
Before you sign
The terms, and the questions we hear most.
The terms
- Project minimum
- $25,000. Smaller orders are served through the Trade program at 10–20% off artworks in size M and up. Raknida Trade
- Payment
- 50% on signing, 25% on production approval, 25% on delivery and acceptance.
- Timeline
- Paced to your opening or renovation date. The proposal comes within two to three weeks; production follows your written approval.
- Installation
- Coordinated with your team, with placement guidance for every work.
- In transit
- Transit cover, and the point at which risk passes to you, are set out in the Master Services Agreement.
- Confidentiality
- An NDA is available before discovery. Your project stays confidential unless you choose to let us feature it.
Full terms are in the Master Services Agreement, shared before signing.
Questions
Why a 50% deposit?
It secures production capacity and the artists' commitment to your dates. The balance is paid in two milestones, each after your written approval.
How many works does a program include?
Proposals usually set 12–24 works, each placed across guest rooms, lobby and dining as the design calls for. Your scope sets the final count.
Can you commission original work?
Yes, through Signature, which covers originals and commissions under its own agreement. We discuss feasibility on the first call.
What if a work arrives damaged?
Every work is checked with your team at delivery and acceptance. Anything damaged in transit is replaced under the project's Master Services Agreement.
Can one work hang in every guest room?
Yes, where the artist agrees. For guest rooms we print a Project Edition: the same work, numbered for your project and never sold in the shop. Limited works never repeat, so we pair them with complementary works or commission new pieces.
Start a conversation
Tell us about your property.
A few minutes here. We reply within two business days with a discovery call, or honest next steps if we are not the right fit.
Prefer to talk?
Book a callOr write to
trade@raknida.com
Raknida curatorial teamSt. Louis, Missouri
Client names and affiliations are listed once each organisation confirms in writing.