Warhols and Basquiats are positioned near each other in the steakhouse. A Banksy hangs behind the DJ booth in one of the swanky restaurants. Ultimately his efforts ended up touching every venue. His background in the Los Angeles street art scene led to an expansion in duties that included overseeing the effort to choose museum-quality works for installation all over the resort. Palms Casino ResortĬooperman was originally invited onboard the Palms team to market the new nightlife offerings. Damien Hirst’s The Unknown on view at The Unknown Bar. But it was Cooperman’s expertise that guided the acquisition strategy for the transformation. “The Fertittas put a lot of thought into the pieces that would come to the property and carefully considered what each would bring,” Tal Cooperman, creative director at the Palms told Observer.

It’s impossible, however, to traipse around this rededicated temple of bacchanalia without noticing the surplus of works by famous and upcoming artists. As the resort has reopened in full over the last several months, locals and visitors have flocked to the expanded and redesigned casino as well as the new nightclubs and restaurants by Food Network darlings like Michael Symon and Bobby Flay.

The palms casino station