{"id":390712,"date":"2025-05-09T12:42:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T12:42:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/news\/demenagement-oeuvres-art-kinshasa-kempton\/"},"modified":"2025-06-02T09:47:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T09:47:32","slug":"fine-art-transport-kinshasa-kempton-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/news\/fine-art-transport-kinshasa-kempton-park\/","title":{"rendered":"An exceptional move: 1,200 works of art between Kinshasa and Kempton Park"},"content":{"rendered":"

When he met with the AGS team last September, the client wanted to move nearly 1,200 works of art<\/span><\/a> from the DRC to Kempton Park in South Africa, for exhibition in a new museum. AGS Kinshasa<\/a> managed the project from start to finish. To best meet this request, Stanislas Smialek, deputy branch manager of the Kinshasa branch, sought advice from AGS fine arts specialist Cl\u00e9ment Maxime Beauvais.<\/p>\n

The first step was to define the project scope. \u201cTo guarantee high-quality service, we needed to inventory the works and document their medias and dimensions to understand how best to transport them,\u201d explains Stanislas.<\/p>\n

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Extraordinary dimensions<\/h2>\n

The works included numerous paintings, but also sculptures of various sizes. One was particularly impressive, standing two meters tall. \u201cSome of the works didn’t fit in our trucks, so we had to find larger vehicles to transport them safely,\u201d Stanislas points out.<\/p>\n

Due to the humidity of the DRC\u2019s climate, the paintings could also not be packed in tissue paper, as is usually the case. \u201cThe moisture causes the tissue paper to stick to the surface of the paint, and the risk of damage was too great,\u201d explains the deputy branch manager. The decision was therefore made to use bubble wrap and foam paper, which are more suitable.<\/p>\n

A dozen highly trained packers then packed each piece, secured them in crates, loaded them into containers, and cleared them through customs before they were transported by sea to their final destination. \u201cWe brought the shipping containers to the customer’s premises for loading,\u201d explains Stanislas. In total, eight shipping crates and three 40-foot containers were needed to transport this extraordinary collection.<\/p>\n

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Finding the right equipment<\/h2>\n

\"Caisses\u201cWe had to find crates that were suitable for the works,\u201d emphasises Stanislas. \u201cFor the largest statue, we devised a system of base reinforcement and straps to keep it stable during transport in the container.\u201d This is the kind of personalised service that AGS strives to provide for each customer.<\/p>\n

The teams also used refrigerated containers to maintain stable humidity and temperature levels and thus protect the works during their journey to South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis was a first for our branch,\u201d emphasises Stanislas. \u201cWe often transport works of art, but never in such large numbers and as a collection. It was a great opportunity to showcase our expertise in this specialised service.\u201d<\/p>\n

 
\nGive your artwork the care it deserves. Get your free quote today<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Transporting a single work of art requires caution and care, but moving nearly 1,200 pieces across a continent? This was the challenge AGS Democratic Republic of Congo faced when they were tasked with relocating an entire collection from Kinshasa to South Africa. It was an ambitious project that demanded and advanced technical and logistical skills.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":390216,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1431],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-390712","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-corporate-news-english"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390712","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390712"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390712\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":390830,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390712\/revisions\/390830"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/390216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.agsmovers.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}