Auction house Christie's rented for 30 years building in Brooklyn that will house high-tech store art

Auction house Christie's rented for 30 years one of the former buildings of New York Dock Company in the port quarter, Red Hook (Brooklyn, New York). Starting from January next year in the six-story structure of steel and concrete area of more than 23 thousand square meters will house the repository of works of art, manuscripts, furniture and even the rare cars.

There will be organized individual cells of storage systems with air purification, climate control and humidity, as well as private galleries look-up.

They will be works of authors such as Van Gogh (Vincent van Gogh), Monet (Claude Monet), Picasso (Pablo Picasso), Brancusi (Constantin Brâncuşi). Among them are certain to be the objects, the potential cost of which would be more expensive than the whole building. To protect these values will be used infrared cameras, biometric readers, monitors with motion sensors and smoke detection systems, fire and water.

«This is not a residential area, and industrial, are quiet and safe. And we liked this place, which is very close to the city », - said Joe Stasko (Joe Stasko), Managing Director Chrisite's Fine Art Storage Services.

Christie's provides services for storage of works of art in London for 25 years. Due to the fact that the demand for these services by collectors and art dealers around the world have risen steadily, recently decided to open new stores in Singapore and New York. According to Joe Stasko, the company will expand further. Already seeking new premises in the United States, Europe and Asia.

article prepared by Catherine Onuchina, AI

Source: theartnewspaper.ru , theartnewspaper.ru , artinvestment.ru