Collecting contemporary art does not end with choosing a painting. What happens afterwards matters just as much: reading the technique, documenting the work, getting the storage right and looking after the piece over time. These are a natural part of serious collecting, a way of thinking about the art, its condition and its future.

Painting from recent decades is often technically strange: unconventional supports, experimental layers, fragile surfaces, materials that change on their own. That is not a problem to fix. It is part of the character of the work, and the job is to recognise it and respect it.

In this field, we collaborate with Dr Anna Kowalik, a conservator specialising in modern and contemporary art. She is affiliated with the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she works in the NOVUM Studio for the Protection and Conservation of Modern and Contemporary Art and as Chief Conservator at the Academy Museum. Her practice combines work with objects, documentation, research and advisory activity in the field of caring for recent and contemporary art.

Before entering the collection, each painting undergoes conservation analysis and documentation. It is examined in visible light and, where necessary, also in ultraviolet or infrared. This makes it possible to better understand the structure of the work, its condition, previous interventions and future care requirements.

The care of the collection is guided by the principle of minimal intervention whenever possible. Any conservation measures are based on the assessment of the individual object and are aimed not at "improving" the work, but at protecting it in the shape it was made. The works should keep their character, even when their technique, surface or material structure asks for particular attention.

The works are kept in stable temperature and humidity conditions, under regular conservation supervision. Selected pieces are also made available to exhibition institutions, with each loan preceded by an assessment of the work's condition, transport requirements and display conditions. We remain open to collaboration with curators, conservators and institutions interested in presenting our artworks.