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DEACCESSIONING WITHIN A POLICY OF SUSTAINABILITY

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Horatius Defends Rome Against the Etruscans, follower of Tiepolo

Cleveland Musem of Art

SOLD

€335 0

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Femme au Fauteuil, Henri Matisse Art Institute of Chicago

SOLD

€990 0

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Still Life with Guitar, BraqueArt Institute of Chicago

SOLD

€4 955

000

Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Pablo

Picasso

MoMA

Educational

materials

Gallery didacti

cs

Storage, Storage, Storage!

Storage costs

66% lack of space

50% overcrowded storage units

40% large backlog of objects

33% lack of regular cleaning

20% active pest infestation

20% items stored outside storage areas

10% object theft

why do museums store objects whose medium- and long-term care they are unable to provide?

€ 230 000

€ 46 615

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ESSENTIAL VALUES

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TRANSPARENCY

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