Product Description

For artists, collectors, gallery staff, and art curators—here's everything you need to know about presenting and protecting works of art being transported or on display in the studio, home, gallery, or museum. In CARING FOR YOUR ART, Jill Snyder explains the secrets of displaying, transporting, storing, and insuring art objects that help extend the life of paintings, prints, photography, and sculpture against all possible odds. New to this edition are interviews with key figures from the art insurance, art risk management, and conservation industries that have been conducted by Ann Albano, registrar of the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art.

Includes
* cutting-edge ways to limit environmental hazards
* the latest techniques for creating, packing, transporting, and storing art
* recommendations for the use of acid-free materials
* using manual and computer systems for record keeping
* checklists that help identify gaps in the safekeeping process
* easy-to-grasp illustrations of complex technical problems

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #238650 in Books
• Published on: 2001-10-01
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

Fidelity's Home Magazine
"This book . . . is a guide for artists, collectors, galleries, and art institutions, and is sure to be helpful in the safekeeping of your art as well as becoming an invaluable addition to your library."

Antiques & Auction News
"Caring for Your Art will be an invaluable addition to the library of anyone who creates, collects, or exhibits art."

Decor
"The information is useful for any person who must care for art. The methods mentioned are taken from interviews with artists, conservators and other art professionals."

Customer Reviews

Best so Far.
Created ideally as intended for the artist as well as the dealer and collector. Just Great !