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ArtCurious Podcast

BONUS: ArtCurious + Queen's Fine Art

ArtCurious Podcast

ArtCurious

Arts, History, Visual Arts

4.8 • 847 Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2021

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Today, it’s another very special episode of ArtCurious! This time we’re chatting about the side of the art world that you rarely see. We’re going behind-the-scenes with James Quirk from Queen’s Fine Art to talk art shipping, Brexit, how to get involved in the logistics of the art world, and the strangest thing Queen’s has ever managed. About Queen’s: Queen’s is a London-based fine art shipping and specialist logistics provider that serves the world’s top galleries, museums and private clients. Exemplary customer service and experience handling high-value works and precious items come as standard, but Queen’s also invests heavily in technology to ensure that they can seamlessly ship and install items around the world. All this allows their team to keep levels of client-service amongst the highest in the industry. Find out more about their installation, shipping, storage, and other services at their website. Please SUBSCRIBE and REVIEW our show on Apple Podcasts and FOLLOW on Spotify Twitter / Instagram Sponsors Woodstock Chimes: Use promo code “ARTCURIOUS” for a 15% discount on your order BetterHelp: Listeners enjoy 10% off your first month of counseling Storyblocks: Get unlimited downloads at Storyblocks, a subscription-based provider of stock video and audio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi, Art Curious listeners. As you probably know already, we are coming back with a full season

0:35.8

of new episodes in mid-October. So we are sharing some

0:39.7

callback episodes for you as well as some bonus content. And today's episode is one of those

0:45.2

little bonuses. And it is different than what we've previously brought to you for these bonus episodes.

0:51.3

Because I've been having a great time recently speaking to people who are in

0:54.9

the art world but who aren't curators, art historians, or artists themselves. I'm thinking

1:00.7

specifically of my previous conversation with Jessica from My Modern Met's Top Artist podcast

1:06.4

where we got to nerd out about impactful artists in history and hear a little bit about Jessica's

1:12.4

process as a fellow podcaster and an arts journalist. Today goes even bigger into the art

1:18.3

world with something that you may never have thought about before, art shipping and handling.

1:24.5

Today's episode features a conversation between me and James Quirk, who works for

1:29.0

Queens, a fine art logistics company based in Fitzrovia in London. Hi, Jennifer. Thanks very

1:35.1

much for having me. It's great to be here. Queens began nearly five years ago as a company

1:39.6

founded by a private art dealer who noticed a gap in the art market, a need for customer-focused art

1:45.9

handling and care. Putting the customer and the art both in safe, thoughtful hands with a team

1:51.8

of experts who help you with your art movement needs, regardless of if you have one big painting

1:56.8

to hang, a whole gallery to set up, or if a museum needs to arrange shipping from one end of a continent to the other.

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