Eclectic, random, unpredictable, and often bizarre describes the artwork on board the Radiance of the Seas, the Royal Caribbean ship we sailed from Sydney to Perth around the top of Australia.
The ship itself, while showing its age in a few spots, is beautiful. It’s the attention to detail, interesting artwork around every corner, and huge wall hangings that kept me smiling.
You have seen the centre atrium, so you already know the ship is decorated in good taste. I think radiance was the perfect name for this ship as her brilliance emanates happiness.
Check out some of our favourite artwork onboardRadiance of the Seas
In addition, there is an art and photography gallery on board. The art gallery offers a huge collection of artworks, usually auctioned to interested passengers at receptions offering free champagne. There are over 1000 pieces of art on rotating display, from modern to classic. I did not feature any of those here.
Artwork auctions
Attending the auctions or visiting the galleries is just one of the many optional things to do while at sea. It is easy to avoid if you are not interested, but worth a no-pressure visit just to check out.
We won a few small pieces of art. And even the artworks we brought home have registration numbers on the Certificates of Authenticity.
Photograph on board
The photo gallery is where you find the photos taken by the professional photographers around the ship, as well as photos of the various ports, photo albums, cameras, etc. Radiance of the Seas also has a professional photography studio creating portraits in black and white. We did this on our last cruise and love our results. Expensive, but worth every penny.
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What did you think of the artwork onboard? Do you have a favourite piece?
Disclaimer: In addition to VIP treatment onboard the Radiance of the Seas we were provided with many complimentary extras including a few pieces of artwork. The opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
Rhonda Albom
Yes, I loved walking around looking at the artwork.
Charles
So awesome, love all the creative art.
—Charles
Rhonda Albom
Thanks Charles
indah nuria
quirky but cute!
Rhonda Albom
And this is the ship that brought me to your country, finally 🙂
Travelera
I have been admiring the art pictures on board before, some cruises are really art galleries , I love going the corridors and look at the art work, the one in Britania cruise was amazing,
Regarding Radiance of the Seas, the painting is very nice and the toothpaste is kind of funny, haha
Have a lovely weekend!
Rhonda Albom
I thought the toothpaste was pretty cool in the colour I shared here, but I didn’t like it so much in the red.
JM Illinois U.S.A.
Quirky artwork but fun! Enjoyed the cyber tour.
Rhonda Albom
It was fun to walk around and find it. Too bad the ship didn’t offer an art tour.
messymimi
It’s fun to look at, and if you remember which piece is where, you will not lose your way up and down the stairs!
Rhonda Albom
The floors are well labeled, so you can’t get lost. My problem was usually remembering which way was forward 🙂
Rhonda Albom
There were artworks in the same style throughout the ship.
clairejustine
Some great art pieces here. Hard to pick a favourite one. Think it had to be the lady in the pink dress, it it a corkscrew?
Rhonda Albom
Yes, it is a corkscrew, that is why I like it so much. It is really clever.
Kristin Aquariann
Interesting art! My favorite are the birds, especially where they’re placed with limited view inside, like they’re really on display for real birds passing by outside. 😀
Rhonda Albom
They are up at the top of the ship, maybe they are there for the real birds to see.
Nancy Chan
I like the pink lady, tiny chairs, glass birds and the pepsi bottle. Interesting art display.
Rhonda Albom
Those are all found in the corner stairwell displays. There were two main staircases, 11 passenger floors, two corners per floor, so if I do the math correctly, 44 interesting corner artworks.
sccollections
Unexpected to see this on a cruise ship but why not indeed.
Rhonda Albom
It was a fun surprise around every corner.
Bill
Cool, not a modern art fan but I loved the bottle opener
Rhonda Albom
There was some traditional art too, like the sailing yachts.
Rhonda Albom
Thanks 🙂
Carol
My favorite is also the lady in pink. I really didn’t like the toothpaste. Great fun post.
Rhonda Albom
If you didn’t like the toothpaste in toothpaste colour, you really would have disliked it in red 🙂
Comedy Plus
I liked the sailboat the best, although everything is way cool.
Have a fabulous day. ☺
Rhonda Albom
Of course you do. There were also a few model boats around the ship that you would have loved.
Hilary Melton-Butcher
Hi Rhonda – I loved the stone and glass mosaic … but actually the wooden display cabinets … I loved! Interesting to see them all .. cheers Hilary
Rhonda Albom
I think the photos of hubby was really needed to put it all into perspective. Some of the wall art is huge, while some of the displays are miniature. In photos, they can all look the same with a reference.
L. Diane Wolfe
Some of it is really odd. The glass work is pretty though.
Rhonda Albom
Yes, the oddness is what made it so interesting.
Lexa Cain
I think whoever chose the artwork had a good sense of humor! Most of the ones you photographed were funny. (Though the sinking boat was a bit alarming!)
Rhonda Albom
LOL – I had to go back to see which photo you were referring too. It’s not sinking. That’s how yachts sail, they tip a bit to one side.
Paul F. Pietrangelo
I loved that Pepsi bottle and I liked the floor walking down the hallways.
Just to let you know Rhonda, my blog had a severe problem and I had to make another new blog. It will take me some time to get everything back to normal but I have a new one. To get to me now here is my new one.
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See ya Rhonda.
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Rhonda Albom
I thought that Pepsi bottle was pretty cool too.
I will check out your new blog 🙂
Photo(Geo)grapher
Cool photos 🙂
Rhonda Albom
Cool artwork to photo 🙂
ladyfi
I really like the artwork – it’s quirky and thoughtful rather than just being superficial.
Rhonda Albom
It sure is interesting.
Rhonda Albom
Love your choice of words so much, I just changed the title 🙂 Thanks
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Thanks for the art tour. I liked the mosaic and the glass works.
Rhonda Albom
There is so much of both, it was hard to pick for this page.