How To Hang Up Matted Artwork For A Gallery

Hang art by its center.

How to hang up matted artwork for a gallery.

If you follow these three easy rules for hanging art your home will look like a professional art gallery in no time. I mostly work on canvas with thick stretcher bars and because my art has a very contemporary feel it works well in exhibition and always looks great hanging there against the nice white walls of a gallery. Ok so the idea of hanging art with office supplies might not sound like the most attractive idea but it can actually give your gallery wall a chic industrial look. To be exact the center of a framed piece of artwork should be.

The best position for hanging art is at about eye level or an average of 60 inches above the floor unless you are arranging a gallery of paintings on the wall space grouped paintings at least 2 inches apart treating two or three paintings in a series as one large painting instead of three placing them 60 inches above the floor. That s a tip our gallery professionals use almost every day. But there are a few other tips related to the 57 inch rule that will make the difficult task of hanging art a whole lot easier. Besides being yet another way to diversify the look and feel of a gallery wall or any wall art selection hanging the occasional unframed artwork is also as satisfyingly non committal as leaning.

Have a helper hold up your art against the wall so you can. Yes there is a semi science to the art of getting the height of a piece just right it s called measuring.