Documented at the moment of truth.
Not reconstructed later from emails. Written live by the people physically handling the work.
For fine art in transit
A record as precise as the work. Written live by the hands that touch it. Sealed the moment it arrives.
First shipment free · No credit card · Sealed on delivery
For centuries, a painting’s journey existed only in memory — a handler’s recollection, a crumpled delivery note, a phone call to the registrar at three in the morning. The chain of custody was a conversation, reconstructed later, if at all.
Where was the artwork at 3 a.m. on Tuesday?”
ArtShipLink is the first record worthy of what it carries. Every hand that touches the work, every hour between gallery and vault, every customs stamp and flight leg becomes part of a single living file — encrypted end-to-end, hosted in Europe, and sealed the moment it arrives.
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Built in Berlin, by people who have been around the work.
·A live record
Sample record · All shipments private by default
IThe mechanism
The record opens at pickup and seals at delivery. Between those two moments, the people on the ground — drivers, packers, customs agents, flight handlers, registrars — write the truth as it happens. Every entry is attributed to its author, stamped by the server, and cryptographically locked the instant the shipment arrives.
IIThe inventory
Six things. Nothing more.
Live flight tracking
Every air leg verified in real time — departure, progress, landing.
Condition photography
Photos at every critical step. Handler-attributed, timestamp-locked.
Damage reports
Instant, with severity, photographs, and a full handler log attached.
Customs & carnets
ATA, AWB, export and import entries — built into the flow, not bolted on.
Offline first
Because museum vaults and airfreight warehouses rarely have signal.
Shared live link
A read-only view for clients and insurers. No account. No exposure.
IIISecurity
Chain-of-custody only works if the chain is unbroken. Ours is cryptographically enforced, not conventionally assumed.
IVPrinciples
Not reconstructed later from emails. Written live by the people physically handling the work.
When a shipment closes, the record is permanently locked. No backdating. No rewriting history.
Handlers, curators, insurers — each sees exactly what they need, from a single source of truth.
VFor whom
VIPricing
No subscription. No seat fees. No minimum commitment. You pay when you ship.
For the hand that touches the work.
Made in Europe · GDPR compliant · Handler-owned data