Climate-controlled art storage for paintings, prints, sculpture and antiques, with careful handling, secure 24/7 monitored units and flexible terms for private collectors, galleries, artists, designers and families across Dubai and Sharjah.
Artwork reacts to its surroundings. Canvas slackens and tightens as humidity changes, wooden frames and panels move, paper cockles, and pigments fade in strong light. In the UAE, where summer heat and coastal humidity swing sharply, a spare room or garage is rarely a safe place for pieces you care about.
StorageKeys provides art storage for private collectors, galleries, artists, interior designers and families across Dubai and Sharjah. Our Sharjah facility is monitored around the clock and the units are climate controlled, so works are kept away from heat, damp and daylight while they are not on display.
Art storage sits alongside our storage for household belongings, so a family can keep a painting collection and other valuables in one place.
Every collection is different. These are the pieces we look after most often.
Oils, acrylics and mixed media, framed or unframed. Stored upright, separated and protected at the corners so nothing presses against the paint surface.
Limited editions, photographs, drawings and calligraphy. Paper is the most sensitive to humidity, so stable, dark conditions matter most here.
Bronze, ceramic, glass, stone and wood pieces, kept in padded crates or boxes and positioned so they cannot tip or be knocked.
Inherited furniture, carpets, manuscripts and family heirlooms that need the same care as fine art.
Collections often outgrow wall space. Rotating works between home and storage keeps everything protected without selling pieces you want to keep.
Between exhibitions and fairs such as Art Dubai, unsold or incoming work needs a secure, stable home outside the gallery floor.
Finished canvases, archives and works awaiting shipment take up studio space quickly. A unit keeps the studio clear for new work.
Pieces bought for a villa, hotel or office fit-out often arrive months before installation. Holding them in proper storage avoids damage on a busy site.
During a move, a renovation or a long stay abroad, paintings and heirlooms are safer in storage than left in an empty, unconditioned home.
For most collections, the bigger risk is change rather than theft. Rapid swings in temperature and humidity cause materials to expand and contract, which leads to cracking, flaking, warping and mould. Keeping works in a unit that holds a steady, cool temperature protects them far better than a room that is only cooled when someone is home.
Kept cool and stable, away from direct sunlight, with works off the floor and away from walls.
Round-the-clock monitoring, with access only for you and the people you authorise.
For high-value collections, check that your art insurance covers off-site storage, and keep your own photographs and condition notes for each piece.
Tell us how many pieces you have, approximate sizes, whether they are framed or crated, and how long you plan to store them. We recommend a unit and send a quote.
Paintings travel upright and wrapped, sculpture is padded and secured, and nothing is stacked flat on a painted surface. Our collection and moving team can handle transport from your home, gallery or studio.
Works are placed so each one can be reached without moving the rest. Collect pieces for display and return them whenever you like.
For long stays, visit periodically to check condition and update your records.
Acid-free tissue or glassine against the surface, then bubble wrap with bubbles facing outward, and corner protectors on frames. Never leave wrapped works in a parked car in summer.
Tape a cross of low-tack masking tape on glazed frames so that if the glass breaks, it does not scratch the work beneath.
Note the title, artist, size and condition on each package and keep matching photos.
Our guide on what needs preparing before it goes into a unit covers related items such as frames with batteries or lighting.
Some works need a home for a few weeks, while a wall is repainted or a new frame is made. Others stay stored for years as part of a growing collection or an estate.
Renovations, exhibitions and moves usually need flexible month-to-month space with easy access to collect pieces as soon as the room is ready.
Collections, inheritances and works kept while living abroad benefit from a unit you can keep for years, with periodic visits to check condition.
Change unit size as the collection grows, and move heavy antique pieces into space suited to larger furniture if needed.
Tell us about any pieces that need special handling, such as large canvases, heavy sculpture or fragile antiques, and we will plan the collection around them.
Alserkal Avenue, Al Quoz, DIFC, Jumeirah, Emirates Hills, Palm Jumeirah and Dubai Marina. Our Sharjah facility gives Dubai collectors a secure option outside busy residential areas.
Al Majaz, Al Khan, Al Nahda and Muwaileh, collecting from homes, galleries and studios.
Large or valuable works collected at a time that suits you, with route, vehicle and wrapping planned in advance to limit exposure to summer heat on the road.
Tell us what you need to store and for how long. We will recommend the right climate-controlled unit and send a clear quote for art storage in Dubai or Sharjah.
