Bespoke Display Solutions
Expert Art Display Services
Transforming spaces with tailored display solutions for art and artefacts.
Purchasing & Acquisition
Aesthetics and taste are personal to you, and choosing a piece is just the start of a project. I provide assistance liaising directly with artists, dealers and galleries. Helping clients find what they want, overseeing purchases and commissions. While most importantly and often overlooked, the same time I check the practicalities of a piece in order to head off potential problems at shipping or install.
Shipping & Logistics
I have experience working with a variety of shippers in the industry and bonded warehouses. I can advise on the best approach for each piece. The safety of a pieces is paramount but there are so many other factors to consider such as shipping and crating times, tax on imports and rules around artwork, to way of reducing a piece’s carbon footprint.
Insurance
A lot of the artefacts I work with are one of kind pieces and can be impossible to replace and value. Using bespoke insurance companies, I can make sure the piece is correctly covered and ensure any rules around this are implicated at the correct times i.e. during its shipping, install or transfer of ownership make sure all sages are within the specification of any cover.
Installation
One of the most important aspects of any artwork project. This is a time that an artefact can be at its most vulnerable, planning for the event is paramount. The safety of the piece, the engineering of any fixation and methodology of moving the piece all need to align. Not only to give a smooth install, but to also make sure the piece is shown correctly to its full potential. There are other factors that need to be consider from the disruption this may have to others during the install to aftercare and how a piece may need to be move in the future or in the event of an emergency.
Aftercare
Anyone considering any art acquisition needs to understand the work doesn’t end at install. Aftercare, particularly for object is important to ensure their survival, safety and investment potential. From cataloguing and making sure collection data is kept and stored, to the physical treatments needed to maintain different mediums from marble to woodwork.
Collection Care & Management
Working with clients regularly I can help to maintain collections, keeping up relationships with dealers and artists, carrying out or overseeing the aftercare mentioned. I can advise and oversee other activities from selling to loaning pieces, restoration and conservation.
“Working with Alex was very beneficial for our project. We had very specific site conditions that require strong coordination with the on-site teams as well as with multiple artists around the world. The logistics coordination involved crating, shipment, and the design of multiple fixation solutions for a big variety of pieces. I strongly recommend Alex to centralize the coordination of any major art installation.”
Victor Aylagas, ARB Architect