How To Hang Up Matted Work For A Gallery

When done correctly the results are timeless.

How to hang up matted work for a gallery.

Look at every reasonable possibility. This offers the best protection but it is exceptionally expensive. 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. Prohibitive cost which then bumps up sale price to new heights and if this is an unknown yet brilliant artist chances are the overall cost of the work will appear too high.

This video describes a few methods for preparing your artwork to hang in a gallery. Prop them against the walls and consider your options. Have someone hold a piece up to the wall while you stand back and appraise just cover the hanging hardware with masking tape first to keep it from scratching the wall. A traditional way to hang photography is to mount the prints to a hinged 8 ply window mat board under uv glass with a custom frame.

Have a helper hold up your art against the wall so you can. First set out the pictures you want to hang. 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. This type of display holds up over time and you will find yourself satisfied with your picture wall for years to come.