The second year after the outbreak of the pandemic has not only brought a sign of relaxation in everyday life, but also led to normal presence times in the office routine again - far away from home office discussions and their practicability. Events that had to be postponed several times could finally take place physically on site again in 2022 - including our symposium on the occasion of ARTexperts' 20th anniversary. Annual report PDF (german)
"Complicated Context - Conservation under Difficult Conditions": This was the title of the symposium held by the Swiss Association for Conservation and Restoration (SKR) on March 25, 2022 in the premises of the National Museum. We were also represented at the conference with a presentation: It was about the immediate evacuation of an extensive, mold-contaminated art collection from a castle in Switzerland and its subsequent cleaning, conservation and restoration. Paper abstract PDF/ Video (in german)
from April 6 – 8, 2022 – the Swiss trade fair for museums, monument preservation and cultural assets takes place in Bern for the third time. ARTexperts is represented there - also for the third time - as an exhibitor and thus takes the opportunity to present itself and its services to a broad audience: Hall 1.2, Booth 1.247. Standplan PDF
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary (2001–2021) of ARTexperts and docusave, we had invited representatives of the insurance industry in Switzerland to the free conference «Damage to Cultural and Artistic Property: Prevention Restoration Regulation» in autumn 2021. The conference met with great interest, but had to be postponed twice due to the risky Corona situation and will now definitely be held in May 2022. Invitation PDF (in german)
In 2021, ARTexperts will look back on twenty years of company history. On the occasion of the company's anniversary, this anniversary publication is published, which aims to give a cross-section of our activities and experiences in seven chapters. Preface / Table of contents PDF (german)
After only one year as president of the non-profit Marianne Keller Tschirren withdraws from the ArchivArte association. She is succeeded by the art historian and vice-president Franz Josef Sladeczek. Press release PDF (German)
For the second time the specialized Swiss fair for museums, monument conservation and cultural heritage took place at BERNEXPO in January 2020. Attendance figures were incredibly strong. We had the honor to present our services at our own prominent booth.
During the fair Dr. Franz-Josef Sladeczek presented a lecture: Damaged and restored: The issue of financial devaluation.
In March 2018 a massive damage occurred in a Château near lake Murtensee, due to flooding. As a result, vast mould contamination on large numbers of works of art became apparent. A speedy and careful evacuation of the 1,800 works involved helped limit the damage drastically. Within only ten months the collection was cleaned, conserved and inventorized before returning to it’s home.
In both 2016 and 2018 we were commissioned to examine issues of protection of «Art on Buildings». One dealt with the challenge of preserving a mural by Friedrich Traffelet, a painter from Berne; the second demanded our broad expertise regarding the interiors of a villa by lake Zürichsee, the former home of two art collectors’ families.
