We like our Yokoisms here at Hotel.com.au. In 1964 Yoko Ono asked her audience to ‘Cut off my clothes!’ and strip her bare in a performance piece. Asian artists and art can range from wild and exotic to serene and soft. So why not jump on one of our Asian art inspired holidays, where you’re guaranteed to see more than just modernism and Matisse…

Ponder the wonders of Malaysian art with an ice-cream at The Artists’ Space at Malaysia’s Concorde Hotel Shah Alam. The café is also an art gallery filled with local and international artworks, inspiring enough to wander over to the nearby Blue Mosque and Garden of Islamic Arts. Marvel in the majesty of the massive monument as well as the detail of decorative calligraphy and blue stained glass.

What has hair like scorpion stingers, legs like a deer and a head like an egg? Discover Thai art in Siam City, and see Buddhas from the Sukhothai period with these features as you walk through the walls of Siam City Hotel Bangkok. Absorb the atmosphere of antiques and commissioned works of art adorning the European grandeur of the past. Even the rooms have an individual touch of Thai history, and as you drift off to sleep, you can dream of exotic palaces.

Was Mickey short for Michelangelo? Discuss whether Japanese animé is art with a tour of the Studio Ghibli Museum in Tokyo. Called the Disney of the East, this tour includes a theatre presentation and exhibitions to learn all about the animation process. You’ll feel like Jack and the Beanstalk having a surrealist moment at the Park Hotel Tokyo, with the spectacular indoor atrium over 9 storeys designed by French interior designer Frederic Thomas, and including real trees.

Eat, sleep and breathe art with a tour of Taipei’s National Center for Traditional Arts. The 24 hectares is packed with historic buildings, live artistic performances, a music hall and aromatic street stalls where you can pick up your very own bit of art. The inspiration continues at the renovated French art deco style Landis Hotel Taipei, with French cuisine in a Paris café experience.

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