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Corporate Art Management Stories
To say the tools available to corporate art managers and firm’s ability to enjoy and benefit from collectable art holdings are underdeveloped would be an understatement. Here are some of solvable stories we hear over and over…
What Exactly Is Provenance? Well…It Depends.
When you think a work is by a collectable artist but proving it is difficult, or you hope a piece was acquired “on the up and up” but you’re not quite sure, it’s time to put your paperwork in order.
Onward makes it easy to track pieces that require research and attach documents to each record.
I Love Art! But Not So Jazzed About Managing Insurance. Please Help!
Condition, location, provenance…valuation? There’s a lot to keep organized to protect 7-10-figure art collections.
Onward makes it easy to track all of that info, share it with insurance agencies, and attach policies to pieces to ensure everything is covered.
Excel Is My Best Friend. Why Should I Invest in an Art Management Tool?
Documenting art at all is a great first step but Excel doesn’t remind to you make updates, store images and documents, or help you coordinate.
Onward tracks each piece in a way that can be leveraged with stakeholders of all types and makes long-term tracking a breeze.
We Have a Lot of Art in Storage. What Can I Do to Get It Back in the Spotlight?
Sadly, amazing pieces of art aren’t even visible to employees of many corporations with amazing collections, not to mention their communities.
With tagging, location-tracking, and loan management, Onward makes it easy to curate sub-collections and rotate them through offices or loan them out in the community.
Our Art Collection Is the Bomb! Pssst…Got to Admit, Sometimes I Don’t Really Know What We Got.
With holdings spread across buildings and continents, it’s not easy to track everything without the right tools and sometimes pieces just walk out the door.
Onward makes it easy to coordinate with facilities teams across the enterprise and put timed “check-ins” of each piece on autopilot.
So Stoked to Be Working for a Company that Buys Cool Art. But Everyone Wants Different Styles. Ugh!!
Understanding what styles, genres, etc. you already have and what makes sense for the future is challenging.
Onward makes it easy to categorize existing and each new piece as it is sourced and look at how styles are coordinated (or not) across your footprint.
Value of Our Holdings? Couldn’t Tell You 10 Years Ago…Couldn’t Tell You Today.
Getting all pieces documented in the first place is challenging but then attaching values, updating them, and tracking the changes over time is nearly impossible without the right tools.
Onward gives you the ability to track time-stamped valuations and report on the value of your whole collection over time.
Our Art as PR/Marketing? Makes Sense but No Idea How to Manage That.
Many corporations bought art in the first place to make their firms more attractive to employees and appear more successful in the community, but then it just sits in storage or an obscure conference room.
Onward gives you the ability to coordinate the loan of a set of work to galleries, museums, and others where you can reach new audiences via exhibitions themselves and the PR they generate.
