Crates and handlers in the aisles of an art fair during installation.

Case study 01 · Art fairs

Sydney Contemporary.

Total logistics for Australia's largest art fair.

The brief

What we were asked to do.

IAS provides a total logistics solution to Sydney Contemporary, the largest art fair in Australia, where galleries from around the world come together to showcase their art.

The challenge

What made it hard.

Over 60 individual galleries, each with its own works and timings, arriving into one venue on a tight install and deinstall window.

Client
Sydney Contemporary
Location
Sydney
Services
Packing, crating, installation, on-site storage, transport

Our approach

How we delivered it.

  1. 01

    Gallery-by-gallery collection and delivery scheduling

  2. 02

    Packing and crating where required

  3. 03

    Installation on each stand

  4. 04

    On-site storage for crates during the fair

  5. 05

    Deinstallation and return transport

The outcome

By the numbers.

01

0+

Galleries

02

0

Logistics partner

From the floor

Gloved hands fitting foam corner blocks inside an open crate.
Crate build, corner protection
A single wrapped work on an A-frame trolley in a corridor.
In transit, on site
Spirit level resting on top of a newly hung frame.
Install, final check

Related services

Services used

Few consignments involve a single service. Most begin with a crate, cross a border, pause in climate-controlled storage and end on a gallery wall. Explore the parts of that chain we also handle.

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