Art Services and Storage Articles

10 Galleries to Visit Now on the Lower East Side

Galleries, small and midsize, are having a rough ride. Rents keep climbing. So do art-fair fees. And certain people who might help pay the gallery bills — collectors, big-museum curators — keep not showing up except at a handful of spaces with social cachet and...

The Best Investments of 2018? Art, Wine and Cars

Who beat the market this year? Investors who like the finer things in life. Luxury assets, including wine, art, classic cars and fancy colored diamonds, have outperformed stocks and bonds this year. “People are looking for a place for their cash, and the security of...

Vogue: How To Collect Art

In The Price of Everything – a new HBO documentary, which takes rare glimpse into art collecting process through the voices of the collectors themselves – the film’s director Nathaniel Kahn describes the art world as a slippery fish, “one that I have tried to get...

Shipping firms seek to replace single-use crates

Thousands of items have been shipped to Frieze London and Frieze Masters from around the world—but how these works are transported, and at what cost, remains something of a trade secret. Now, as public awareness of the environmental impact of packaging increases, a...

Art Business Conference to Launch in NY

Art Business Conference to Launch in NY (4/4/17) The Art Business Conference launches on April 4, 2017 at 10 on the Park at Time Warner Centre. Building on the success of its previous three editions in London, the one day conference for art market professionals offers...

IMA Expands Acceptable Temperature and Humidity Guidelines

The Indianapolis Museum of Art recently expanded the temperature and relative humidity ranges allowed in most of its museum galleries and art storage spaces in order to reduce the energy usage of the museum while continuing rigorous stewardship of the art objects in...