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One Aldwych Hotel

Art Contact was engaged to undertake a full audit, including condition report, of One Aldwych Hotel’s wonderful art collection amassed over thirty years.

Several days were spent at the hotel collating and photographing 280 artwork hung throughout the hotel corridors and rooms including sculptures displayed in the public areas including works by Emily Young (limestone carved head of Dionysus), Andre Wallace (The Boatman with Oars) and Justine Smith (two pop-art paper mâché dog’s one decorated with Beano cartoons and the other English Pound notes).

The collection also includes works by Jaroslav Rossler, Keith Millow, Joost Beerents, Ronald Grierson and Enid Martin, Richard Bartle, Nick Malone, Arabelle Sim, Keith Grant and Philip Diggle to mention a few.

Art Contact were delighted to be engaged to start the process of bringing the artwork back to life by reviewing each artwork creating a detailed catalogue including replacement value and condition report being the first stage in developing a suggested care programme to maintain the collection.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Audit of Art Collection including Condition Monitoring
Client – One Aldwych Hotel
Sector – Hotel and Leisure
Location – Aldwych, London
Status – Complete

SERVICES PROVIDED

Audit
Cataloguing
Valuation
Conservation Reports

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One Aldwych Art Collection Audit

March 12, 2020

One Aldwych Art Collection Audit including Insurance Valuation and Condition Report as part of our Art Collection Management Service.

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Equatorial Traders

Working directly with the client, Art Contact was asked to curate and manage the relocation programme for Equatorial Traders artworks to their new offices.

Our brief included; the review of existing framing, assessment of any restoration/conservation requirements to the artwork, printing and framing of previously commissioned photographs.

In advance of the move Art Contact pre-arranged the artwork layout for Equatorial Traders new offices, which was presented to the client for approval.

Art Contact over saw and managed the printing and framing of the new photographs, prior to installing them as arranged. Most of the artworks were re-framed in house, to suit the decor in their new offices.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Curate, Frame & Install
Client – Equatorial Traders
Sector – Office & Corporate
Location – Kings Cross, London
Status – Complete

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Project Management
Curation
Framing & Display
Art Handling
Installation

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BMA – Conference and Meeting Rooms

Art Contact was asked to find appropriate artwork to be included in the refurbishment of various meeting and conference rooms.

To meet the brief a series of photographic montages were commissioned printed onto acrylic panels. In the circulation spaces montages were created of the BMA and the surrounding area but in the named meeting rooms very specific themes were chosen relating to the name of the meeting room.

As well as these commissions, there were also a number of pictures that required re-framing to match the new colour scheme and the interior design of the refurbishment.

To further enhance the interior design clocks and other accessories were also supplied.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Commission acrylic panels for Conference and Meeting Rooms
Client – BMA
Sector – Institution
Location – London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Art Purchases & Commissions
Art Selection
Commissioning
Project Management
Framing & Display
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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Waverton Investment Management Ltd

Working in conjunction with Denton Associates, Art Contact was asked to oversee and manage the relocation programme for Waverton’s artworks to their new offices.

Our brief included; the review of existing framing, assessment of any restoration/conservation requirements to the artwork, packing and moving of artwork to their new site and the installation of the artwork.

In advance of the move Art Contact pre-arranged the artwork layout for their new offices, which was presented to the client for approval.

Art Contact over saw and managed the packing and labeling of the artwork, prior to moving the existing artwork to the new site and installing them as arranged. Most of the artworks were re-framed in house, to suit the decor in their new offices.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Review and relocation of art collection for London offices
Client – Waverton Investment Management Ltd through Denton Associates
Sector – Offices and Corporate
Location – London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Project Management
Framing & Display
Art Packing
Art Handling
Transportation

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Virginia provides Denton with a first class artwork consultancy service. She deals direct with all our clients, eliminating any added margin and advises on the strategy, sourcing and supply of all types of art. Given the diversified nature of these clients and their requirements, this is no mean feat! She has restored and valued existing portfolios and delivered some really innovative and creative ideas in all nature of products, to suit the modern and contemporary workplace, as well as within listed buildings. She is a true expert and makes it a thoroughly enjoyable process.

James Lang, Director, Denton Associates

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Corporate Client – Relocation to Nova South

Our client, one of the largest private equity investors, with offices globally. Art Contact was commissioned to review, refresh and supplement their existing art collection to suit their new offices at Nova South, Victoria.
To assist with the move Art Contact audited the collection and produced a detailed plan for each artwork. Where necessary artworks were re-framed to suit the new offices.

In addition Art Contact was invited to source and select new site specific artworks to complement both the existing collection and also their corporate identity. The resulting purchases and commissions were managed from design through to installation and at the appropriate time the collection was delivered and installed in their new offices.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – To review, refresh and supplement the existing art collection and co-ordinate the relocation to Nova South
Client – Corporate Client
Sector – Corporate
Location – Victoria, Central London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Strategy
Planning
Art Selection
Procurement
Commissioning
Project Management
Audit
Cataloguing
Sale of Artworks
Framing & Display
Art Packing
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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Worshipful Company of Fishmongers – Pageant Scroll

Art Contact was asked by the Fishmongers Company to arrange for the Conservation and Restoration of their Pageant Scroll. The scroll depicts the Lord Mayors pageant of 1616 and dates from around that time.

The scroll was hanging in a frame, mounted on fabric stretched over a wooden support. As part of their on-going refurbishment of the Hall it was decided to make a feature of the scroll by placing it in a purpose built display cabinet in the Library of the Fishmongers Hall.

Art Contact made the arrangements for the scroll to be removed from its existing frame and support. The scroll was then transported to our paper restorer for conservation, restoration and re-mounting onto a new conservation grade support.

The mounted scroll was then packed and placed in storage until the display cabinet had been installed ready to receive the re-mounted scroll.

See the images below in the various stages of the project.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Assist with the Conservation and Restoration of the Pageant Scroll of 1616 at the Fishmongers Hall
Client – Worshipful Company of Fishmongers
Sector – Office & Corporate
Location – London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Strategy
Conservation
Restoration
Conservation Reports
Art Packing
Art Handling
Transportation

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M3 Capital Partners

Art Contact was asked to assist M3 Capital Partners with the display of some of the photographs of development sites they have been involved in. Images were selected and enhanced by adding strategic colour to highlight areas within the image to give a ‘pop-art’ feel to their original photographs.

Images were selected for a number of wall recesses. These images were printed onto Di-bond panels and floated inside perspex boxes which were designed to fit into the recesses.

One large image, again printed onto Di-bond and floated in a large perspex box was installed leaning against the wall on a slightly raised shelf in the reception.

Other items were mounted and framed in specially milled Oak moulding to match the other woods use in the design of these offices. The images were again selected from detail photographs of their development projects.

The installed artworks were so well received that we have since supplied similar imagery to their offices in the USA.

PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Frame and Display images for London Offices
Client – M3 Capital Partners
Sector – Corporate
Location – London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Project Management
Framing & Display
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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Charles Russell Speechley

Main Brief: Review existing artwork and arrange for relocation to new offices. Review existing framing, asses and restoration requirements to the artwork, consolidate artwork from both venues to be re-house on the refurbished site. Pack and move artwork, transportation and installation.

Sculpture Brief: Commission wall sculpture for the main reception required to suit the general design of the space with special attention to the available fixing points within the wall.

Art Contact was already familiar with Charles Russell Speechly’s existing art collection as we had purchased all the artwork for Speechly Bircham and following their amalgamation with Charles Russell,

Art Contact was invited to oversee and manage the relocation programme for the artwork.

In advance of the move Art Contact pre-arranged the new artwork layout for each floor onto a plan, which was presented to the client for approval. Art Contact over saw and managed the packing and labelling of the artwork, prior to moving the existing artwork to the new site. Existing artwork form Charles Russell collection, where reviewed and re-framed to complement, those from Speechly Bircham. In addition, a site specific wall sculpture by Phillip Melling was commissioned in a recess by the main reception area.

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PROJECT SUMMARY

Object – Review and relocation of art collection for London offices
Client – Charles Russell Speechley
Sector – Offices and Corporate
Location – London
Status – Completed

SERVICES PROVIDED

Consultation
Art Selection
Commissioning
Audit
Cataloguing
Sale of Artworks
Framing & Display
Art Packing
Art Handling
Transportation
Installation

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Open University

The Open University campus has a large collection of artworks from around the world. Art Contact has been assisting the team at the Open University to maintain, conserve and restore their collection for many years. Most recently Art Contact was appointed to conserve and re-frame where appropriate their large collection of limited edition prints and paintings.

The pictures were largely re-framed in similar moulding so that any combination of artworks could be hung together as required. When required artworks were enclosed behind acrylic covers to add additional protection to vulnerable artworks.