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Post this as "from your
registrars" Their confusion comes from
equating responsibility with cost. The organizer has the
responsibility of arranging and providing continuous coverage for loans to the
exhibition, usually through a special exhibition policy. Lenders should not
bear the risk of pieced-together coverage, and should not be caught in the
cross-fire of a blame game when loss occurs. Generally, a borrowing venue
has the responsibility of covering the cost of coverage while the exhibition is
on their premises, and while on transit to the next venue (because the
condition reports and actual packing is carried out under their custody and
control). Borrowing venues are either billed by the organizer for their share
of the insurance, or it is bundled into the exhibition fee. From:
pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org [mailto:pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org] On Behalf Of Rebecca Buck Valerie, I think it remains best, so that things don't fall through
the cracks and so that no problems with lenders or venues arise, for the
organizing museum to maintain insurance all through the show. Buy a
rider for the specific exhibition and figure the cost of the insurance into the
price of the show, or, alternatively, write the financial responsibility
for insurance into the contract. Many lenders may be unsettled about
different policies covering their works during a single show, and then you have
the type of situation that you describe as well. So either treat it as crating is treated (usually part of
the cost of the show) or as shipping is usually treated (usually as pro-rated
in addition to cost of the show). Rebecca Buck Chief Registrar The From:
pacinlist-bounces@pacin.org on behalf of Valerie Imus This is
more of a Registrarial question, but hopefully someone in PACIN can help out
with this. When you are travelling an exhibition of borrowed work, at what
point does the organizing venue typically insure the work and at what point
does the exhibiting venue typically take over? Our policy as an organizing
institution has been thus far limited to covering the work as it is shipped to
us from the lenders, while it's on site, and travels from us to the first
exhibiting venue. Once it arrives at the exhibiting venue, it is covered by them
until it reaches the next venue, and so on, until it returns to us, when we
take over again. I know some institutions cover their shows throughout the
entire tour, but it's financially not really viable for us to maintain
insurance for all of our travelling exhibitions all the time while also
covering exhibitions in-house. Right now we are going through a domestic to
international transition in a tour, and a venue is balking at their contractual
obligation to cover the show in transit. Does anyone have experience with these
issues, any suggestions or good resources? |