Installation, production planning, and fabrication coordination across a multi-site exhibition.


Installation, production planning, and fabrication coordination across a multi-site exhibition.

Ongoing gallery and art-fair production support, installation, handling, and presentation.

Exhibition handling, installation support, and private placement in New York.

High-level custom framing production and exacting preparation for artists, galleries, and collections.

Selected prior clientsGreene Naftali · Josée Bienvenu Gallery · Leslie Feely Fine Art · Thomsen Gallery · Jack Hanley Gallery · New York Live Arts · ISCP · Outsider Art Fair · Another Space · Douglas Clark Interiors · Galerie Lelong · JDJ Gallery · Advisors · Private collectors · Corporate clients
Project planning, scheduling, fabrication coordination, crews, vendors, and on-site production.
View service →Installation and deinstallation, packing and moving artwork, and careful handling on site.
View service →Custom framing, mounting, finishing, and display solutions for exhibitions and collections.
View service →ACID-FREE NYC is an independent art-production company based in New York, led by artist and preparator Ian Swanson.
The company brings an artist’s eye and two decades of hands-on experience to projects for artists, galleries, institutions, and collections. Its approach is direct, adaptable, and grounded in the material realities of the work.