Services

All four of UOVO’s New York facilities offer a complete suite of art services, including transportation and shipping, installation, packing, and collection management.  We tailor our approach to the needs of each client and collection.

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Transportation and Shipping

UOVO truck at The Bridge Art Fair 2017
A climate-controlled UOVO truck at The Bridge Art Fair 2017 in the Hamptons. Image Courtesy of Capitol Sunset.
UOVO art handlers de-installing a gallery exhibition
UOVO art handlers de-installing a gallery exhibition on Manhattan's Upper East Side.

UOVO can accommodate all your local, national and international art shipping and transportation needs.  Our fleet of 10 trucks—including a 48′ high-cube tractor trailer—is staffed by drivers trained to museum-standards for art handling.  For our storage clients, we offer free shuttle services between our New York facilities and key Manhattan neighborhoods.

Installation

UOVO art handlers installing "Scenes from the Collection" at the Jewish Museum, New York
UOVO art handlers installing "Scenes from the Collection" at the Jewish Museum, New York. Foreground: Eva Hesse. Untitled (1963-64). Gift of Helen Hesse Charash. Background: Mel Bochner, The Joys of Yiddish (2012). Purchase: Gifts of The Muriel and William Rand Collection, by exchange and Hyman and Joan C. Sall.
UOVO art handlers de-installing public art
UOVO de-installing Matt Keegan, what was & what is, 2019, Court Square Park, Long Island City, New York. Commissioned by SculptureCenter, New York. Photo: Kris Graves.

Our expert team of art handlers deliver museum-quality results in both public and private settings. We can install everything from a single painting, to a large traveling exhibition, to a monumental sculpture using specialized rigging equipment.

Packing and Crating

UOVO art handlers moving a crated work of art.
UOVO art handlers moving a crated work of art.
UOVO art handlers packing a painting.
UOVO art handlers packing a painting.

Our technical team can assist you in developing secure packing strategies for all your objects. UOVO’s trained art handlers will pack your collection using the highest-quality materials available and the industry’s most advanced techniques. In addition, all four UOVO facilities are TSA-certified to screen, pack and transport property for domestic and overseas air shipments.

Collection and Project Management

UOVO staff scanning an object into our digital inventory system.
UOVO staff scanning an object into our digital inventory system.
UOVO Account Manager

Drawing on our team’s diverse range of experience, UOVO can advise on everything from art conservation to digitizing your collection. We can arrange all the requisite art services, including photography, condition reporting and database creation. Collections management at UOVO is simple, because every client receives a dedicated Account Manager, serving as a single point of contact for all storage, service and management requests.