Christie’s is to trial moving art works by sea rather than air, with the aim of drastically reducing its carbon emissions. It estimates that the switch could reduce the environmental impact by 80%.
Working with storage and logistics firm Crozier, the auction house is to trial a monthly container service for the transportation of artworks between London and New York, and every two months between London and Hong Kong. Door to door it will take six weeks to ship to the US and 10 weeks to Hong Kong.
Christie’s – which has pledged to become carbon neutral by 2030 – said it will reserve 60% of each shipment for its own use with the remaining space available for Crozier’s clients.