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In this article we will describe and show the process of packaging art objects (paintings, sculptures, graphics, icons) for sending abroad to Ukraine.

In this article we will describe the procedure for obtaining a document for the export of an object of art abroad of Ukraine. 

Today, Ukraine has tightened control over the movement of cultural property. In this regard, customs services are closely monitoring paintings, graphics and decorative and applied art objects that people want to take abroad.

Often artists send us their paintings for us to do a "turnkey" delivery, i.e. make export documents (expert's conclusion), packaging and hand over to the postal operator for delivery abroad.

We received an icon painted on canvas in a very bad condition from a customer. Having seen the pictures in messenger, we told the customer that the restoration process would take at least 4 weeks. The customer agreed and brought the painting for restoration. 

Three months ago we transported over 100 paintings and sculptures from the artist's studio to Paris. We described the details of the first shipment in our article " Transportation of paintings from Kiev to Paris ".  In June 2023, the artist asked us again to move a second private piece of art from his studio. 

5 reasons to register the copyright of a painting. 

In the life of a painting there are different cases and one of them is damage to the canvas. In our services page under " Restoration of paintings " we have already described types of damage to paintings and frames. And in this article, we'll look at a specific example of how to restore a painting. 

More and more often on the accounts of artists and galleries come messages with offers to buy NFT paintings. And the proposed value is very high - $ 1000, $ 5000. Why is it crooks - consider in this article. 

A frequent question for artists, gallerists, and collectors is how to ship, transport art objects abroad? When moving through customs points, you must fill out a customs declaration, in which you must list the goods, things, their quantity and value.