If you're planning to put your artwork in a very high

moisture environment such as a bath or powder room, be

sure to tell your framer ahead of time. There are measures

they can take to minimize the problems you will have. For

pieces framed under glass make sure your framer has the

back of the painting sealed in a relatively airtight manner. A

tight seal on the back will help ensure the humidity from

showers and such has minimal effects on your artwork. If

you notice moisture on the interior of the frame

between the glass and the painting take it to a

framer and have the problem corrected immediately!

When your image has warped have a professional art

restorer do the restoration, don't do it yourself by

putting it under books, this will leave impressions of

different shapes and sizes all over the artwork. Cracking on

your oil canvas maybe possible to have restored by a

professional restorer; but when your Giclée, your serigraph

or lithograph on canvas cracks they are 99% done for.

You should have a pro check them out, but don't be too

hopeful.

If you're looking for a qualified professional restorer,

calling your insurance company is a good place to start.

Almost every large city has art restorers habitually used by

the insurance companies. The Yellow Pages is also a good

guide, but be sure to check the references from a

company you pick out of the yellow pages.

A newspaper curious to learn which painting in the

Louvre people would be most willing to protect ran a contest

asking, "If a fire broke out in the Louvre and you could save

only one painting, which would it be?" The winner of the

contest was Tristan Bernard, his answer... "The one nearest

the exit!"