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ICEFAT NEWS EDITION NO. 1 - 2008
— HEADLINES —
 

 


Does Handling Monumental Sculptures Ever Become Just A Part Of A Days Work?
For almost 15 years Angel stood watch at the front of the NGV’s St Kilda Road building. In November 2003 she was removed to facilitate redevelopment works. Following consultation between NGV Trustees, management, the artist and the City of Melbourne it was decided Angel would be relocated to the north bank of the Yarra River.  Read more!

Planning & Communicating Are The Keys To Success
About eight years ago Allison Smith was newly the Registrar at the Gagosian Gallery’s then also new space at West 24th Street, New York. Her first week on the job was the last week of a massive Damian Hirst installation in the space. She says she realized from day one, “this is going to be hard and clearly different every day. It was to be constant problem solving and challenging, and that’s wildly fun.”  Read more!

A Truck Across The Country — A Barge Across The River

Following Pearl Harbour and America’s entry into the Second World War, the American Government rounded up thousand’s of Japanese Americans and sent them to 10 “Relocation” Camps located throughout the United States.   Read more!

Facing The Challenge Of Unique Sculpture Installations
Faced with the installation of a 600 pound Jacques Lipchitz bronze relief on irregular stone wall over mantle in Collector’s home more than 325 miles from their warehouse, Artech had to find a fool-proof installation solution before arriving on site.  Read more!

New Members
ICEFAT welcomes new member TANDEM Lagerhause, Germany
and
STAR Worldwide Movers, India.  Read more about these companies

Welcome To Judith Uijtewaal
Please meet Judith Uijtewaal, our new colleague at the Secretariat.
Read more!


From The Editor
This issue looks at some of the special challenges faced when dealing with large scale artworks and artifacts - from installing a sculpture in a private residence to relocating an entire building.  Read more!

Chairman's Report
As the world’s population gets larger, our world gets smaller & our reach gets closer. ICEFAT members know this well and they extend their THANKS to colleagues and clients around the globe working together with the spirit of collaboration & cooperation. Read more!

 
 

Past editions:

2003
Newsletter 1, 2003
Newsletter 2, 2003
Newsletter 3, 2003

2004
Newsletter 1, 2004
Newsletter 2, 2004
Newsletter 3, 2004

2005
Newsletter 1, 2005
Newsletter 2, 2005




2006
Newsletter 1, 2006
Newsletter 2, 2006
Newsletter 3, 2006
Newsletter 4, 2006

2007
Newsletter 1, 2007
Newsletter 2, 2007
Newsletter 3, 2007

 


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