Heat Reprieve

These Area Hotels Offer Pool Day Passes

No pool? No problem. Stay cool, meet out-of-towners and craft a staycation day this summer.

08/03/2026 By Kim Doleatto

Restaurant Review

At Tzeva, Inside Downtown Sarasota's Art Ovation Hotel, Food Is Art

The hotel restaurant offers an unexpected culinary journey filled with Mediterranean-inspired twists and turns.

09/07/2023 By Lauren Jackson

Shiso Good

A New Restaurant Is Opening Next Month Inside the Art Ovation Hotel

Chef Ken Shiro Lumpkin will draw from Israeli, Middle Eastern and Japanese influences at Tzeva.

01/17/2023 By Lauren Jackson

Weekly Planner

Forks & Corks, a Seafood and Music Festival and More of This Week’s Best Food and Drink Events

Also on the menu: a winemaker dinner at Mattison's Forty-One and a Texas barbecue stand in Wimauma.

01/22/2020 By Rachel Suwak

Staycation special

Your New Sunday Splurge: Brunch & Brushes at the Art Ovation Hotel

This fun weekly event lets you stuff yourself silly, then hang out in the hotel's rooftop pool.

12/20/2019 By Cooper Levey-Baker

October is the coolest month

Student Poets Will Be in Residence at Art Ovation Next Week

Led by educator Joanna Fox, creative writing students from Booker Middle School will be typing up poems inspired by random words plucked from a jar.

10/03/2019 By Cooper Levey-Baker

Weekly Planner

A 'Build Your Own Biscuit' Brunch and More of This Week's Top Food and Drink Events

Also on the menu: a free cooking class, a brewery tour for those wearing kilts and a beer and yoga session.

09/04/2019 By Sarafina Murphy-Gibson

It's On

Watch Three Painters Face Off in Artistic Combat at Art Ovation

Summer Skirmish is a friendly competition inspired by last January's popular Sarasota Art Battle .

08/05/2019 By Olivia Letts

Eat This Now

First Bite: Overture at Art Ovation Hotel

Art Ovation's restaurant is worthy of applause.

05/30/2018 By Judi Gallagher

Bravo!

Art Ovation Fills an Empty Corner Downtown

The hotel is creating buzz on a corner of downtown that has been vacant for years.

05/30/2018 By Ilene Denton

Preview

Downtown's New Art Ovation Hotel Offers Guests a Sneak Peek

The hotel on Palm Avenue aims to provide a focus on Sarasota's arts and cultural opportunities.

12/14/2017 By Kay Kipling

Sarasota Magazine

Art Ovation Hotel