Bank of Ireland Art Collection
Conserving, maintaining and re-curating one of Ireland's most significant corporate art collections
Business to Arts was asked to survey and catalogue the Bank of Ireland Art Collection in order to preserve and maintain it correctly and to lay the foundations for a new strategy for the collection.
Over the course of two years, Business to Arts assessed and catalogued a collection of almost a thousand artworks. We consolidated the majority of the collection into a centralised storage location in order to preserve it and make it more accessible.
Aspects of the collection were brought out of storage and are currently exhibited within the bank's College Green and Baggot Plaza premises. This was the first step to engaging staff and customers with the collection. Our work with Bank of Ireland is ongoing and we are currently working on developing a long-term art strategy that will define how the collection will be strengthened and engaged with over the coming years.
- Created inventory and image bank for the collection
- Established best practice procedures for the maintenance and care of the collection
- Specialist experts brought in to assess and condition check works
- Fifty works from the collection re-curated and presented within College Green and Baggot Plaza buildings for staff and customers to enjoy
- Renewed visibility for Bank of Ireland as an important corporate collector
- Enhanced working environment for staff at College Green and Baggot Plaza
- Appropriate care and documentation of an important Irish art collection
- Bank of Ireland now have a better understanding of the works that are contained within the collection which has enabled them to create a long-term plan for the collection
