Art Services and Storage Articles
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...
Art Collector Disaster Mitigation & Planning Checklist
BE PREPARED The hurricane season runs from June through end of November. Hazards from these storms come in many forms including high winds and storm surges. Tornados, flooding and other disasters can happen at any time. A simple disaster plan along with employing...
Tax Notes – Space for Storage
Effective 10/1/06, amendments to the New Jersey Sales and Use Tax Act (P.L. 2006, c. 44) impose tax on the furnishing of space for storage of tangible personal property by a person engaged in the business of furnishing space for such storage. Charges for the service...
Active and Passive Microclimate Generation
Written for The Exhibitionist Magazine Copyright Jerry Shiner 2003 Perhaps there is a museum, someplace, where visitors can be trusted not to touch the objects on display, where the humidity is always stable, and the temperature is forever comfortable. With no dust or...
Relative Humidity and Temperature Guidelines
By: Stefan Michalski Publication What's Happening? There is a rumour going around that CCI no longer cares about temperature and humidity specifications! That there's no need to worry about those impossible standards! Well, the truth is that our approach has changed,...
Major Art Market Players Band Together to Shake Industry’s Image
Major Art Market Players Band Together to Shake Industry’s Image (2/7/17) The Responsible Art Market Initiative (RAM), launched in late January in Geneva, is a set of guidelines and best practices designed to help art businesses comply with anti-money laundering and...
USC Pacific Asia Museum gears up for big changes
USC Pacific Asia Museum gears up for big changes (7/5/16) The museum packs and moves 15,000 pieces into storage as it undergoes a retrofit and gallery renovations
Guide To…collecting art
Guide To...Collecting Art (Singapore Times) (4/8/16) Here is a quick guide.
inside the archives: storage at the smithsonian natural history museum
inside the archives: storage at the smithsonian natural history museum The collections of the national museum of natural history (NMNH) in washington, D.C hold the largest catalog of the smithsonian’s reference materials. these acquisitions aid museum staff in the...