Menon (second left) with Melanie Cooray, director, GWC Fine Art Logistics; Duncan Capp, Middle East operations manager; Constantine Paul Williamson, commercial director, Constantine Fine Art at the agreement ceremony.

GWC Fine Art has unveiled two new trucks specifically designed for fine art movement as part of its commitment to providing institutional and private collectors, museums and galleries with the highest international standards of fine art logistics in Qatar.
In accordance with European standards, the 10-tonne and 20-tonne trucks are fitted with air ride suspension to absorb shocks at point of impact, keeping the contents inside stable.
The interior has also been fitted with specialised flooring, and the walls have been lined with industry-specific load bars, allowing crates to be lashed and fixed to the walls, further reducing movement of the truck’s contents.
With the additional temperature features within the vehicles, the artwork may be transported without exposure to external factors.
GWC Group CEO Ranjeev Menon said, “GWC has become one of the rare companies in the region equipped to take on the highly-specialised activity of transporting works of art by constantly adding to its warehousing and transportation assets in this way.
“It is one of the key factors that have developed the faith in our services as evidenced by the frequent contracts we continue to receive from some of Qatar’s most renowned museums, galleries, and art collectors.”
As a carrier, packer, customs broker, and airfreight agent, GWC Fine Art offers the best guarantee of care, discretion, security and efficiency for any move or installation request for a wide variety of fine art logistics requirements.
GWC Fine Art has also provided necessary infrastructure and solutions for clients such as renowned Iranian-American visual artist Shirine Neshat’s first exhibition in the Middle East.
The company handled every aspect of the exhibition, from collecting the shipment of 86 pieces in New York City, packing, shipping, clearing, and installing them at the Arab Museum of Modern Art (Mathaf) in Doha. Similarly, GWC Fine Art also provided the de-installation and re-exporting of the pieces to New York.
GWC Fine Art was also involved in Yousef Ahmad’s exhibition in the Katara QM Gallery 10, which was composed entirely of dried palm leaves contorted and rolled into calligraphy and geometric shapes.
The firm was also the official logistics partner of the recently held “Mal Lawal” (From the Past) exhibition.
Antique radios, guns, daggers, pots, clothes, and other authentic collection gathered from five GCC countries were displayed at the Doha Exhibition Centre.
“With Qatar’s continuing investments with the avowed aim making the nation a repository of great art, GWC’s  business in this sector is on an upward trajectory” Menon added.


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