Merry-go-round with glass horses

A fine art transport of superlatives

5 glass horses / 5 facts:

  • 5 glass horses in 5 colors (red, green, blue, yellow, white)
  • larger-than-life and made of glass blocks
  • artist: M.F. Husain, 2011
  • realized by Ars Murano in Venice, Italy, for the “The Carousel” inside the Education
    City in Doha, Qatar
  • each horse weighs more than 2000 kg

1. Transport of the glass horses to the fine art warehouse in Innsbruck

It took 4 art handlers and 5 days to pack the glass horses into the crates for the transport from Ars Murano in Venice to the MuseumsPartner fine art warehouse in Innsbruck.

glass horses artcrate

It took 4 art handlers and 5 days to pack the glass horses into the crates for the transport from Ars Murano in Venice to the MuseumsPartner fine art warehouse in Innsbruck.

glasshorse red artcrate
glass horses artcrate

First barrier: the gateway was too narrow to get the crates outside. Therefore, walls had to be knocked down.

Then, the crates were transported via the Traghetto (Venetian ferry boat) to Tronchetto (island located in the lagoon area of Venice)

Tronchetto - art crates transport

First barrier: the gateway was too narrow to get the crates outside. Therefore, walls had to be knocked down.

Then, the crates were transported via the Traghetto (Venetian ferry boat) to Tronchetto (island located in the lagoon area of Venice)

artcrate fits through door
Tronchetto - art crates transport

The crates were transferred to the MuseumsPartner fine art truck and transported to the MuseumsPartner fine art warehouse.

on Tronchetto with artcrates of glass horses

The crates were transferred to the MuseumsPartner fine art truck and transported to the MuseumsPartner fine art warehouse.

on Tronchetto with artcrates of glass horses
artcrate

2. Operations inside the MuseumsPartner fine art warehouse in Innsbruck

MuseumsPartner was asked to attach the horses to new glass bases. Each horse was precisely measured to custom-fit the bases.

arthandling
glass horses arthandling

The old bases were detached and the horses were carefully lifted onto new glass stands.

glass horses art crate
glass horse - red

Our team had to find the safest packing solution for the fragile horses. Here, some examples of MuseumsPartner fine art crates.

glass horse
art crates for glass horses virtual

MuseumsPartner decided to pack each horse into custom climate crates. Additionally, biodegradable and residue-free ISOCELL packing peanuts were pumped into the crates to guarantee a safe transport via air.

packaging glass horses
crate labels
huge climate crate for a glass horse

3. Air freight to Doha and installation of the glass horses on “The Carousel”:

  • 14 tons freight
  • via dedicated fine art truck from
    Innsbruck to LGG
  • air freight LGG DOH
  •  from minus 10°C in Innsbruck to over 30°C in Doha

Customs clearance at the airport and delivery to the Education City. MuseumsPartner art handlers, who had accompanied the horses at all times, checked the shock watches, opened the crates and removed the filling material.

transport of the climate crates specifically designed for the glass horses
transport of the climate crates
case study: glass horses - opening the custom climate crates

Let the show begin

The horses were unpacked, the condition reports completed and the glass horses installed at their final destination.

arthandling painting "The Spring"

A further project

“The Spring” goes on a journey

The unfinished monumental painting “Spring”, by Hans Markart from 1881 was an
amazing project for our art handlers.

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