Fine Art Transportation
Fine art transportation with route planning, access review, climate-aware vehicles, and delivery handoffs.
Fine art logistics, built for the industry we serve.
Transport, storage, installation, crating, viewing, documentation, and shipping for artwork that cannot be treated like freight
Fine Art Logistics in New York City
Serving New York collectors, galleries, advisors, designers, estates, museums, and institutions from Long Island City.
Founded in 2002, Aiston plans each project around the object, access path, vehicle or storage requirements, schedule, documentation, and final handoff.
Aiston at a glance
Fine art logistics built around condition, access, timing, and accountability
One team connects handlers, trucks, storage, viewing rooms, documentation, and routing so artwork is not passed from vendor to vendor without context.
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Founded in New York
Since 2002
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SQFT Fine Art Storage
30,000+
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Facility Monitoring
24/7
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Manhattan, Queens & Brooklyn
NYC
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International Art Shipping
Global
Services
One accountable team from pickup through placement
Clients come to Aiston when the artwork, location, schedule, or condition requirements make a standard mover the wrong choice.
Art Installation
Precise, conservation-minded installation for artworks, furniture, sculpture, and complex layouts.
Climate-Controlled Storage
Fine art storage with intake records, environmental monitoring, viewing access, and release coordination.
International Art Shipping
Global fine art shipping with packing, crating, documentation, customs coordination, and agent handoffs.
Viewing Services
Discreet private viewing rooms for client showings, inspection, photography, and review.
Packing & Crating
Object-specific packing and crating using conservation-appropriate materials.
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Service Values
The work is handled as an object, not a shipment
Careful logistics begins before a crew touches the artwork.
Before pickup, installation, storage intake, viewing, packing, or shipment, Aiston reviews the object, access path, timing, documentation needs, and handoff conditions. The job is shaped before handling begins.
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Condition Comes First
Crews review the object, packing status, site conditions, and handling path before movement begins.
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Planned Before Handling
Crew size, equipment, vehicle needs, hardware, packing, access, and documentation are matched to the actual project.
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Clean Site Conduct
Crews work around finished interiors, gallery schedules, storage access, viewing rooms, and institutional site rules.
Operations
Inside Aiston
The facilities, equipment, and people behind every project.
Facilities Storage Climate-aware environments
Climate Controlled Storage
Storage environments supported by intake records, location tracking, access control, and release coordination.
Fleet Fleet Air ride transportation
Fine Art Transportation Fleet
Air ride vehicles planned around route conditions, liftgate needs, packing status, and delivery handoffs.
Personnel Install Specialized crews
Installation Teams
Installation crews reviewing wall conditions, hardware, site protection, placement, and deinstallation needs.
Appointments Viewing Private appointments
Private Viewing Rooms
Viewing spaces prepared for object review, photography, condition checks, advisor meetings, and return logistics.
Systems Records Documented movement
Inventory & Documentation
Object photos, condition notes, barcode references, location status, release history, and movement records.
Planning Coordination One accountable plan
Project Management
Coordination of crews, timing, access notes, vehicle needs, documentation, and handoffs before work begins.
The Aiston Process
Every project begins with a plan.
Whether coordinating a single artwork or an entire collection, every project follows a sequence of intake, planning, handling, documentation, and handoff steps from first request through closeout.
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Consultation
Discuss project goals, artwork requirements, scheduling, access, and logistics.
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Planning
Develop transportation, storage, installation, crating, or shipping strategies around the object and site.
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Collection
Crews confirm object details, packing status, access notes, and documentation at the point of origin.
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Transportation & Handling
Artwork moves through route-planned transportation and documented handling procedures.
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Storage, Viewing, Installation, or Shipping
Services are executed based on the project requirements and the next handoff.
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Documentation & Completion
Final documentation, reporting, completion notes, and project closeout.
Representative Project Snapshots
Common projects, handled with structure.
Representative project types showing how planning, handling, documentation, and handoff come together across collection work.
Collector Relocation Upper East Side to Tribeca, Manhattan
Collector Relocation Upper East Side to Tribeca, Manhattan
Collector relocation
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- Packing, Transportation, Installation, Documentation
- Operational Challenge
- Two residences, elevator windows, mixed media, and finished interiors required one coordinated handling plan.
- Outcome
- The plan keeps movement, installation, documentation, and building access aligned within the approved window.
Gallery Exhibition Chelsea, Manhattan
Gallery Exhibition Chelsea, Manhattan
Gallery exhibition support
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- Lender pickup, Condition notes, Delivery sequencing, Installation support
- Operational Challenge
- Multiple pickup points and a fixed opening schedule require works to arrive in installation order.
- Outcome
- The receiving sequence gives the gallery clear timing, handling notes, and placement context before opening.
Hamptons Seasonal Installation East Hampton, Long Island
Hamptons Seasonal Installation East Hampton, Long Island
Seasonal residence installation
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- Storage release, Transportation, Residential installation, Room notes
- Operational Challenge
- A residence opening required coordination with advisors, household staff, site access, and room readiness.
- Outcome
- Seasonal work is released, delivered, installed, and documented before the residence is occupied.
Aiston's operating platform
Artwork records, locations, and movements kept in one accountable system.
Hadrian helps Aiston track what each object is, where it is, what has happened to it, and what needs to happen next.
FAQ
Common questions
Details vary by artwork, site, schedule, and route. These answers cover the questions our team hears most often.
View all FAQsWhat services does Aiston provide?
Aiston manages fine art transportation, installation, climate-controlled storage, packing and crating, private viewing, inventory documentation, domestic logistics, and international art shipping from New York City.
Do you offer climate-controlled transport and storage?
Yes. Aiston uses climate-controlled vehicles and fine art storage workflows with environmental monitoring, controlled access, intake records, and digital inventory records for short- and long-term collection needs.
Can Aiston handle fragile, oversized, or complex artworks?
Yes. Each project is planned around the artwork's material, size, fragility, access conditions, route, and installation requirements, with custom packing, crating, equipment, and handling methods selected as needed.
Where does Aiston operate?
Aiston is based in New York City and works throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, The Hamptons, Long Island, the tri-state area, and domestic or international destinations by request.
Do you provide private viewing rooms?
Yes. Aiston offers private viewing rooms for collector previews, condition inspections, photography, authentication, and client showings by appointment.
How do I request a quote?
Share artwork details, dimensions, pickup and delivery locations, timing, access notes, insurance needs, and requested services. Aiston will review the scope and follow up with the practical next step.
More questions
How far in advance should I book transport or installation?
For standard New York City transport or installation, a few business days of notice is ideal when possible. Larger exhibitions, estate projects, storage intakes, Hamptons work, and international shipments should be scheduled earlier so routing, staffing, access, and documentation can be coordinated cleanly.
Can Aiston handle entire exhibitions or art fair logistics?
Yes. Aiston can coordinate packing, crating, transport, installation, deinstallation, storage, and return shipping for exhibitions, art fairs, galleries, institutions, and private collection projects.
Is my artwork insured during transit or storage?
Many clients use their own fine art insurance policies. Aiston can provide documentation and condition checking for transit or storage records. Insurance through Aiston may be available when requested and confirmed in writing.
What information helps Aiston prepare an accurate quote?
Helpful details include artwork photos, dimensions, medium, weight if known, pickup and delivery addresses, access notes, stairs or elevator details, requested date, insurance needs, storage requirements, and any special handling concerns.
Do you perform site surveys for installations?
Yes. For installation work, Aiston can review wall structure, placement, access, lighting, hardware needs, and site conditions so the installation plan fits both the artwork and the space.
Can artwork be stored temporarily between pickup and delivery?
Yes. Aiston offers short-term and long-term fine art storage for projects that require holding artwork between pickup, installation, viewing appointments, shipping dates, or collection moves.
Do you handle packing, crating, and international shipping?
Yes. Aiston can coordinate conservation-minded packing, custom crating, export documentation, customs coordination, air or sea freight routing, and destination agent coordination for international fine art shipments.
Who does Aiston typically work with?
Aiston works with private collectors, galleries, advisors, designers, estates, artists, museums, institutions, auction houses, and corporate collections that need transport, storage, installation, documentation, viewing, packing, or shipping coordinated around artwork requirements.
Planning a move, installation, storage intake, or shipment?
Share the object details, locations, timing, access conditions, and service needs. Aiston will review the scope and respond with the next operational step, not a generic estimate.
New York based. Art-focused. Planned before handling begins.
