Assess
Confirm artwork requirements, access, mounting conditions, and handling needs.
Installation + Art Handling
Careful handling, efficient execution.
Installation and deinstallation services grounded in long-term experience with galleries, artists, exhibitions, and private collections in New York.
Scope
- Exhibition installation and deinstallation
- Artwork unpacking and repacking
- Internal movement and staging
- Layout, placement, and leveling
- Hardware and mounting solutions
- Condition awareness and documentation
- Collection moves and rehangs
- Site protection and final checks
Every project begins with the requirements of the artwork and the conditions of the space. Handling methods, crew size, equipment, access, and sequencing are determined accordingly. Work can be completed independently or integrated into a broader production plan involving artists, registrars, fabricators, shippers, and venue staff.
Prepare
Organize crew, tools, protection, hardware, equipment, and movement sequence.
Install
Execute carefully, communicate changes, and complete final placement and checks.
Selected installation work
Projects completed by Ian Swanson and ACID-FREE NYC.
