Fine Art & Antiques Care Onboard

Independent study. xplor is not an accredited training provider and awards no certificate. Nothing here qualifies anyone to clean, treat or restore a work of art.

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ART-CARE-1 · The Collection and the Hostile Environment

4 lessons

ART-CARE-1.1 The Agents of Deterioration at Sea Practice in examiner →

ART-CARE-1.1.1

Why a Yacht Is a Hostile Home for Art

Sets the governing principle of the course: interior crew practise preventive conservation and documentation, never restoration. Explains why a superyacht is a hostile environment and names the agents of deterioration.

ART-CARE-1.1.2

How Each Agent Attacks the Work

Explains how light and UV, heat, humidity swings, salt, vibration, pests, pollutants and people each physically attack works of art, and the preventive controls for each.

ART-CARE-1.2 What Is Aboard: Materials, Value and Records Practice in examiner →

ART-CARE-1.2.1

Knowing the Collection: Materials and Their Weaknesses

Surveys the kinds of art typically found aboard - paintings, works on paper, sculpture, glass, ceramics, textiles, antique furniture, silver and contemporary mixed media - and the specific vulnerability of each.

ART-CARE-1.2.2

Value, Provenance, Insurance and the Inventory

Explains value, provenance, the insurance schedule, condition reports, photographs and valuations, and why documentation is part of the asset and dissociation is the quiet loss.

ART-CARE-2 · Preventive Care, Cleaning and Handling

4 lessons

ART-CARE-2.1 Environment and the One Rule of Cleaning Practice in examiner →

ART-CARE-2.1.1

Controlling the Environment Around the Art

Covers environmental control around art onboard: stable temperature and relative humidity, the air conditioning as both saviour and enemy, sunlight and spotlights, UV-filtering glazing, and safe positioning.

ART-CARE-2.1.2

The One Rule of Cleaning, and the Products That Destroy Art

States the single cleaning rule for interior crew - light dusting with a soft brush or dry lint-free cloth on sound, robust surfaces only - and the list of products and methods that must never touch a work of art.

ART-CARE-2.2 Handling, Frames and Fixings Practice in examiner →

ART-CARE-2.2.1

Safe Handling: Hands, Gloves, Two People, a Planned Route

Practical handling discipline for interior crew: preparation, clean hands versus nitrile gloves, why cotton gloves are usually a bad idea, two hands and two people, never lifting by an extremity, and planning the route before the lift.

ART-CARE-2.2.2

Frames, Glazing, Hanging Systems and Sea Fixings

Covers frames and gilding, glazing types and why liquids near a glazed work are catastrophic, hanging and security fixings that keep art on the wall in a seaway, and the rule that the interior never removes fixed art.

ART-CARE-3 · Movement, Incidents and the Professional Line

3 lessons

ART-CARE-3.1 Moving, Crating and Storing the Collection Practice in examiner →

ART-CARE-3.1.1

Yard Periods and Passages: De-installation, Crating and Storage

Explains when art is de-installed and stored ashore, that professional art handlers and the art-management company do the work, the interior role of documentation, condition checking, escorting and access control, and the basics of packing, crating and storage.

ART-CARE-3.2 Incidents, People and the Professional Line Practice in examiner →

ART-CARE-3.2.1

When Things Go Wrong: Damage, Fire and Water

The incident protocol when art is damaged - stop, do not touch, never clean or repair, photograph, secure, report immediately and record honestly - plus fire, flood and water ingress, where people come first and salvage is a professional decision.

ART-CARE-3.2.2

People, Confidentiality and the Professional Boundary

Covers guests, drinks, children and contractors around art, confidentiality about the collection, the ethics of provenance and cultural property, and the honest professional boundary between the crew and a conservator.

Aligned to the IAMI GUEST Program framework. Preparatory study only — assessment and certification are carried out by an approved GUEST Training Provider. Official source (GUEST Program).

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