For the exhibition “Caravaggio: The Wonders of Baroque” at Museum of Art Pudong in Shanghai, Cina, the technical team of Safe Tech studied and built 7 climaframes upon original frames as well as adapted portions of Optium TruVue to protect precious artworks belonging to Galleria Borghese. As all Safe Tech products, all climaframe were constructed using pH neutral and inert materials. The exhibition will last until April 2024, date after which Arterìa will be in charge of transporting back to Italy all artworks.

During building renovations at the UNIPOLSAI headquarters in Turin, Arterìa specialized art handlers were in charge of moving out and conserving many artworks. Specifically, efficient coordination with the team of technicians made it possible to safely move the large artwork “Map of Italy” by Larry Rivers as well as removing it from the frame. Safe Tech conservator and preventive conservation specialist carried out preservation activities such as de-dusting, surface cleaning of the painting, frame and glass.

Eleven years ago a tragic earthquake hit Emilia Romagna and caused the collapse of Civica Pinacoteca di Cento ‘il Guercino’. On November 25th 2023 the building, finally restored, reopened to the public. Arterìa Safe Tech was pleased to play a relevant role in it. The team installed various showcases for the long term preservation of different artefacts. All vitrines are made of epoxy coated metals and neutral materials in order to better preserve the collection in the long-term.

In order to guarantee the safety and conservation of the panel painting “Madonna col Bambino e Santi, Angeli e Federico da Montefeltro” by Piero della Francesca, owned by Pinacoteca di Brera, Arterìa Safe Tech crafted and installed a very specific showcase. Made of a solid metal structure, the vitrine is sealed and can therefore be considered a quite big climaframe type where the RH is passively controlled via the use of Artsorb sheets as well as monitored via the use of a built-in datalogger. Looking at the structure, the existence of a vitrine is almost indiscernible: only the depth of the original frame of the panel has changed of 100mm to allow the glass being added to it.

During the ‘Paolo VI a Verolavecchia. La Vita del Mondo’ exhibition at Villa Alghisi (from October 2023 to January 2024) several artifatcs needed to be displayed and preserved. For such a purpose, the City of Verolavecchia commissioned Safe Tech to set up the system for accrochage of the artworks that needed hanging, and to produce floor display cases and wall displays. In particular, a large custom-built display case was used to show the precious clothing in red velvet and gold and silver threads donated to the municipality by the Archbishop of Milan.

Thanks to the preventive conservation expert, Arterìa Safe Tech has conducted a monitoring campaign at Giardini di Boboli in order to verify the suitability of the Limonaia building to host contemporary artists exhibitions. The entire monitoring campaign involved measuring temperature and relative humidity values with a HOBO MX1101 datalogger, a device that works via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) technology.

Arterìa Safe Tech specialized team built several climaframe for artworks belonging to Gallerie degli Uffizi and Palazzo Pitti for the traveling exhibition ‘Titian and the Venetian painters of the sixteenth century’ than can be seen until February 2024 at the Honk Kong Museum (HK). As usual, all climaframe were constructed using pH neutral and inert materials.

A climaframe built in a new frame was crafted for Bramantino’s Adoration. It will be on display at the Royal Castel in Warsaw until September 2023. Once the painting makes its way back to Pinacoteca Ambrosiana in Milan, the climaframe can easily be adapted to the original frame thanks to its versatility. As all Safe Tech products, the climaframe was constructed using pH neutral and inert materials.