{"id":163020,"date":"2025-09-27T04:22:19","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/163020\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T04:22:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T04:22:19","slug":"serena-williams-showed-off-cotton-art-piece-in-home-before-hotel-comments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/163020\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams showed off cotton art piece in home before hotel comments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Serena Williams proudly showed off a cotton art piece in her Florida home before calling out a New York City hotel for displaying a cotton plant decoration<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In their mansion located north of Miami, Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have a sculpture by Radcliffe Bailey titled \u201cMonument for a Promise,\u201d which the late artist created in 2013.<\/p>\n

The steel and concrete structure\u00a0depicts a donkey carrying a trunk and standing over a mound of cotton, per ARTnews<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Serena Williams proudly showed off a cotton art piece in her Florida home before calling out a New York City hotel for displaying a cotton plant decoration. Instagram\/@serenawilliams<\/p>\n

In their mansion located north of Miami, Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have a sculpture by Radcliffe Bailey titled \u201cMonument for a Promise,\u201d which depicts a donkey carrying a trunk and standing over a mound of cotton. Instagram\/@alexisohanian<\/p>\n

The outlet noted that Bailey \u201cassembled an influential body of work\u201d using \u201cobjects he collected within a continuum of Black history\u201d throughout his career.<\/p>\n

\u201cTintypes from his family\u2019s archive, Georgian red clay, shipping tarp and African figurines were among the many elements that appeared in his art, which primarily took the form of sculptural installations, some of which were monumental in scale,\u201d ARTnews reported<\/a> when Bailey died in November 2023.<\/p>\n

Williams, 44, spoke about displaying the \u201cMonument for a Promise\u201d sculpture in her foyer and formal sitting room, which she transformed into a colorful art space featuring eccentric pieces, in a February 2021 profile for Architectural Digest<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bailey \u201cassembled an influential body of work\u201d using \u201cobjects he collected within a continuum of Black history\u201d before his death in 2023. Getty Images<\/p>\n

Williams gushed about displaying the \u201cMonument for a Promise\u201d sculpture in her foyer and formal sitting room in a 2021 profile for Architectural Digest. serenawilliams\/Instagram<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you walk in, it\u2019s like walking into an art gallery,\u201d the retired tennis superstar gushed at the time. \u201cThat\u2019s my favorite part of the house. It\u2019s so unique. I\u2019ve never seen anything like it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ohanian \u2014 with whom Williams shares daughters Olympia, 8, and Adira, 2 \u2014 has even posted about the \u201cMonument for a Promise\u201d on Instagram.<\/p>\n

In October 2020, the Reddit co-founder, 42, uploaded a photo of Olympia<\/a> looking up at the sculpture.<\/p>\n

Almost five years later, the retired tennis superstar took to her Instagram Story to film herself in the hallway of an unidentified Manhattan hotel where a cotton plant sat atop an entryway table. Instagram\/@serenawilliams<\/p>\n

\u201cHow do we feel about cotton as decoration?\u201d she asked her followers, panning to the arrangement. \u201cPersonally, for me, it doesn\u2019t feel great.\u201d Instagram\/@serenawilliams<\/p>\n

Almost five years later, Williams took to her Instagram Story to film herself in the hallway of an unidentified Manhattan hotel where a cotton plant sat atop an entryway table, with seemingly no meaning other than decor. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow do we feel about cotton as decoration?\u201d she asked her followers, panning to the arrangement. \u201cPersonally, for me, it doesn\u2019t feel great.\u201d<\/p>\n

Plucking a cotton ball off a branch, the former athlete noted that \u201cit feels like nail polish remover cotton.\u201d<\/p>\n

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