Professional Art Delivery & Installation in NYC

We've been hanging art since 1983. That's forty-plus years of installs across flagship retail stores, auction houses, private residences, gallery openings, and hospitality spaces from Manhattan to Miami. In that time, we've seen a pattern repeat itself: a piece gets framed beautifully, then handed off to a generic courier or a contractor who's never dealt with fine art in their life. The result is scuffs, wrong hardware, crooked hangs, and a client who blames the whole experience on the framer.

We decided early on that wasn't acceptable. Our services cover everything from the first measurement to the final nail — framing, mounting, printing, and full white-glove delivery and professional installation, all handled by the same in-house team. No handoffs. No gaps in accountability. When the piece looks perfect on the wall, everyone on that job shares the credit. When something goes sideways, we own it and fix it. That's the standard we've held for four decades, and it's why clients come back to us for every project.

Key Takeaways

• Skyframe has offered fully in-house delivery and professional installation since 1983 — one of the only custom framers in the NYC metro area to do so.
• Coverage spans New York City, New Jersey, Long Island, The Hamptons, Connecticut, and Miami.
• Services include framing installation, gallery walls, vinyl, wallpaper, plexi boxes, temporary displays, and large-scale installs requiring scaffolding.
• Every job is fully insured and handled by the same in-house team that framed the work.

What Does White-Glove Art Delivery and Installation Actually Mean?

The phrase gets used loosely. Every courier with a moving blanket calls themselves white-glove these days. What it actually means — the version we practice — is that every person who touches a piece, from the moment it leaves our production floor to the moment it's secured on the wall, is trained specifically in fine art handling. No subcontractors, no day laborers, no handoffs to a third-party freight company that has no idea what they're carrying.

White-glove handling starts with how the work is packaged. We use museum-grade archival materials throughout our production process, and that same care carries into transport. Large works get custom crating. We're ISPM-15 certified for domestic and international shipments — a standard most framers have never heard of, let alone met. That certification matters when you're moving a significant piece across state lines or overseas.

On the installation side, white-glove means arriving with the right hardware, the right tools, and the experience to assess the wall before a single hole gets drilled. We bring layout mockups to complex jobs so the client can approve placement before anything goes up. We patch, level, and clean up after ourselves. The work looks exactly as it should when we leave. That's what white-glove means to us.

What's Included in Skyframe's Delivery and Installation Service?

The scope is broader than most people expect. Framing installation is the core — single pieces, multi-piece groupings, and full gallery walls — but it's far from the only thing our installation team handles. We've built out the capability to manage nearly any wall-based installation a designer, gallery, or commercial client could need.

Framing Installation

This is what we're best known for, and we've done it at every scale. A single statement piece in a private residence. A forty-piece gallery wall in a corporate headquarters. A traveling exhibition that needs to go up fast, look perfect, and come down cleanly. We hang everything from small works on standard picture hooks to oversized pieces requiring specialty hardware — cleats, z-clips, French cleats, track systems. We bring the right solution for the wall type, the weight, and the aesthetic.

Gallery Walls and Layout Planning

Gallery walls live and die by the plan. We've seen plenty of installations where someone eyeballed it, started drilling, and ended up with holes that didn't work and a layout that felt wrong. We don't operate that way. For complex groupings, we prepare layout mockups in advance so the client signs off on placement before anything goes into the wall. The result is tighter, faster installs and zero surprises.

Vinyl Application

We handle vinyl installation for retail displays, brand activations, and temporary campaigns. This is work we do regularly for commercial clients including luxury retail and hospitality brands. Vinyl requires a different skill set than hanging framed work — surface prep, heat application, seam alignment, and clean removal without substrate damage. Our team is trained on all of it.

Wallpaper Installation

Residential, commercial, and retail. Standard wallpaper, hand-printed paper, fabric-backed panels, digital prints on specialty substrates. We've installed wallpaper in spaces where the pattern repeat tolerances are extremely tight and the client's expectations are equally tight. This isn't a side service — it's a full capability.

Plexi Box and Display Installation

Custom plexi boxes and display cases are a specialty of ours on the production side, and our installation team handles mounting and placement to match. Proper anchoring, level alignment, and clean presentation are non-negotiable regardless of whether the display holds a single collectible or an entire product line.

Temporary Displays and Activations

Pop-ups, fair installations, seasonal retail displays — we handle the setup and breakdown for temporary work as well. We've worked Frieze, Art Basel, the Hamptons Fine Art Fair, and IFPDA. Fair installations have hard deadlines, tight floor plans, and zero tolerance for delays. We understand the pace and we show up prepared.

Large-Scale and High-Reach Installs

Some jobs require ladders. Some require scaffolding. We're set up for both. For work installed above 14 feet, we bring scaffolding on-site. We can also bring in additional handlers when a job needs more bodies. Large-format capability extends to pieces 120 inches and beyond.

Where Do We Deliver and Install?

We cover a substantial geography from our three locations. For a full breakdown of every city and neighborhood we reach, visit our areas we serve page — but the broad strokes are: New York City (all five boroughs), New Jersey, Long Island, The Hamptons, Connecticut, and Miami. Pricing is calculated based on distance from your nearest Skyframe location.

New York City

Our Chelsea showroom at 141 West 28th Street is open Monday through Friday, 9am to 5:30pm. Chelsea puts us at the center of the city's gallery and design district, which means we're already in the neighborhood for a significant portion of our commercial work. Residential and corporate installs across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island are all standard service range.

New Jersey

Our Hillside facility houses both our showroom and our production factory. It's fifteen minutes from the Holland Tunnel, which keeps cross-Hudson logistics straightforward. New Jersey clients get the same in-house team — there's no separate crew for NJ work. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 4:30pm.

Long Island and The Hamptons

The Hamptons market is one we know well. We work regularly with collectors and designers in Southampton, East Hampton, Bridgehampton, and Sag Harbor. Seasonal installations before summer openings and art fair work in the area are recurring engagements for us. Long Island installs are priced by distance from our Chelsea or Hillside locations.

Connecticut

Greenwich, Westport, Darien, New Canaan — the Connecticut Gold Coast market has a high concentration of serious collectors and design-focused clients. We serve that corridor regularly, and our team is familiar with the estate properties and high-ceiling residential spaces common in the area.

Miami

Our Miami showroom is in the Wynwood Arts District, open Monday through Friday, 8:30am to 5pm. Wynwood places us inside one of the most active gallery and creative commercial neighborhoods in the country. Miami installs are priced from the Wynwood location. We work extensively during Art Basel Miami Beach and serve the residential and hospitality markets year-round.

See all three of our locations with full addresses and hours.

Who Is This Service Built For?

We work with a wide range of clients, and the common thread isn't the type of project — it's the expectation of precision. If the standard for your installation is "it needs to be right, it needs to be fast, and someone needs to own the outcome," this service is built for you.

Art Collectors and Private Clients

Serious collectors have serious pieces. They're not interested in a generic mover with a box truck. They want someone who understands what they're handling, how to hang it safely, and how to make it look exactly right in the space. We've handled work by artists whose pieces represent significant financial and personal value to their owners. We treat every job that way.

Interior Designers

For interior designers, we're a production and installation partner. We handle the framing, the finishing, the delivery, and the hang — so the designer can focus on the room and trust that the art component is fully covered. We're used to working on active job sites, coordinating with GCs, and meeting punch-list timelines.

Galleries and Museums

Gallery and museum installations require a different mode of operation. Deadlines are hard. Layouts are predetermined. The work needs to be handled at the highest standard. We've worked with institutions including the Guggenheim and auction houses including Christie's. We understand the professional expectations of that market and we operate accordingly.

Hospitality and Corporate Clients

Hotels, restaurants, corporate offices, and retail flagships all have art and branded graphics that need to go up on time, look intentional, and hold up to daily traffic. We've produced and installed large-scale branded environments for clients including Ralph Lauren, Hermès, and Vogue. Commercial installation is a core competency, not an accommodation.

Artists and Photographers

Artists often need to install their own shows with limited time and limited help. We can take the physical labor off their plate entirely — hang the work, get the spacing right, handle the wall prep — so they can focus on the opening. We work at the artist's pace and follow their vision for how the work should be presented.

Why Can't Most Custom Framers Offer This?

It's a fair question, and the honest answer is that building a genuine in-house delivery and installation capability takes years and real investment. Most framers are small operations — a workshop, a handful of staff, and a focus on the production side. Delivery means calling a courier. Installation means giving the client a referral to a handyman.

There's nothing wrong with that model for a certain type of project. But it introduces problems that compound at higher levels of expectation. When the framer and the installer are different companies, accountability splits. If the piece arrives damaged, whose fault is it — the framer who packaged it, or the courier who moved it? If the hardware fails, was the framer's recommendation wrong, or did the installer use the wrong anchor for the wall type? The handoff is where things go wrong.

We built our production and installation capabilities under one roof because we wanted to own the outcome from start to finish. That means one team, one point of contact, and one standard across every phase of the project. Every installation we perform is fully insured. Every handler on our team is trained for fine art. The accountability never leaves us.

Our production capabilities back this up at a level most framers can't match. We carry over 10,000 moulding profiles, including 200 custom-milled options. We're Hahnemühle certified — one of a select few print providers worldwide to hold that designation. We handle large-format work up to 120 inches and beyond. When we show up to install, we produced the work. We know exactly what's in the frame and how it needs to be handled.

How Do Gallery Walls and Large-Scale Installations Work?

Large-scale installation work requires planning that begins well before the installation date. The more complex the job, the more pre-work we invest. A full gallery wall in a private residence might involve a site visit, a digital layout mockup, hardware procurement, and a phased installation sequence. We don't show up and improvise on a job that deserves more than that.

The Pre-Installation Process

For multi-piece installs, we start with measurements and wall assessment. Wall construction matters — anchor points for drywall are different from plaster, concrete, or steel-stud assemblies. We identify structural considerations early so there are no surprises on install day. Hardware selection follows from that assessment, not from a default kit.

Layout mockups are developed for complex groupings and presented to the client before anything goes into the wall. This is worth spending time on. Changing the layout on paper takes minutes. Changing it after sixteen holes have been drilled takes significantly longer and leaves marks. The mockup step is how we protect the client's wall and their time.

Large-Format and High-Ceiling Work

We regularly handle work at scales that most residential framers aren't equipped for. Pieces over 14 feet in height require scaffolding, which we bring on-site. Large-format pieces — oversized prints, panoramic photographs, custom murals on substrate — need multiple trained handlers and rigging knowledge to move and mount safely. Our team has done this work in hotels, corporate lobbies, and galleries where the ceiling height and piece scale are both well outside standard range.

Beyond Framing: Vinyl, Wallpaper, Plexi, and Temporary Displays

The installation team's scope extends beyond framed work, which matters for clients who are managing a full environment rather than a single piece. Retail buildouts, hospitality refreshes, and exhibition installations often involve multiple surface types and multiple display formats. Having one team that can manage all of it is a significant operational advantage.

Vinyl and Branded Graphics

Vinyl installation for commercial environments demands a different skill set than picture hanging. Surface preparation, adhesion technique, heat application, seam management, and removal without substrate damage are all part of the job. We do this work for retail clients with exacting brand standards, which means our tolerances are tight and our finishing is clean. Temporary campaigns, seasonal windows, and permanent branded environments are all within scope.

Wallpaper

Wallpaper work ranges from standard residential patterns to high-end hand-printed papers and digital prints on fabric-backed substrates. Pattern repeat alignment, seam concealment, and working around obstacles — outlets, switches, trim, architectural details — are all part of professional wallpaper installation. We've handled installations in spaces where a misaligned seam would be immediately visible from the entry, and where the paper itself represented a significant cost. That level of attention is what the job requires.

Plexi Boxes and Display Cases

Our production team fabricates custom plexi boxes and display cases, and our installation team mounts them. This is a clean handoff within the same organization. The installer knows how the piece was built, what its weight distribution is, and what hardware was designed for it. That continuity shows in the final result.

Temporary Displays and Fair Installations

Pop-up environments and art fair installations operate on timelines that have no slack. Load-in windows at fairs like Frieze and Art Basel are measured in hours, not days. We've worked those environments enough times to know how to prepare: pre-packed hardware kits, pre-measured layouts, a team briefed on the floor plan before arrival. Setup is fast because the planning was thorough. Breakdown is clean because we document what we put up.

How Do I Get a Quote?

Every installation project is different — scope, location, crew size, hardware requirements, and timeline all factor into what the job actually involves. The best way to get accurate pricing is to tell us about your project directly. We'll ask the right questions, give you a clear estimate, and confirm what's needed before any booking is confirmed.

You can book a consultation to walk through the details with our team. For straightforward installs, a quick conversation is usually all it takes. For larger commercial projects, fair installations, or anything involving specialty rigging or multi-room scope, we'll want to do a proper review before quoting.

We work from three locations — Chelsea, Hillside NJ, and Miami Wynwood — and pricing is based on distance from your nearest showroom. See our locations for full addresses and hours.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you install work that wasn't framed by Skyframe?

Yes. We'll install work from any source. Our preference is always to handle the full project — framing through installation — because we know the piece and its hardware requirements from the start. But if you have existing framed work that needs professional installation, we can assess it, recommend the right hardware, and hang it to the same standard we apply to our own production.

How far in advance do I need to schedule an installation?

For standard residential installs, one to two weeks of lead time is generally sufficient. Large-scale commercial projects, fair installations, and jobs requiring scaffolding or specialty rigging should be booked three to four weeks out to ensure crew and equipment availability. Contact us as early as possible for time-sensitive projects — we'll do our best to accommodate urgent timelines.

Is the installation team the same team that handles my framing production?

They're part of the same in-house organization, trained under the same standards. The production team and the installation team share knowledge about materials, hardware, and handling requirements. This is intentional. When the installer arrives at your site, they understand the work at a production level — not just as a box to hang on a wall. That continuity is the core of what we mean by white-glove.

Can you handle installations in buildings with strict freight and move-in requirements?

Yes. We work in Manhattan co-ops, condos, and commercial buildings regularly. We're accustomed to COI requirements, freight elevator windows, building superintendent sign-offs, and service entrance protocols. Let us know your building's requirements when you book and we'll have the right documentation and logistics ready before we arrive.

Do you offer international shipping for finished framed work?

Yes. We're ISPM-15 certified for international crating and domestic shipping, which means our crating meets international phytosanitary standards for cross-border transport. We ship framed and unframed work internationally and can coordinate with your freight forwarder or handle logistics directly depending on the scope of the shipment.

What's the difference between your 1-man and 2-man service?

The 1-man rate covers straightforward installs — standard-weight pieces, accessible walls, simple hardware. The 2-man service is appropriate for heavier pieces, oversized work, complex groupings, or jobs where having two sets of hands meaningfully reduces time and risk. We'll recommend the right crew size when you discuss your project.

Do you serve residential clients, or is this primarily a commercial service?

Both. Private collectors and homeowners make up a significant portion of our installation work. We bring the same professional standard to a single residential piece as we do to a forty-piece commercial install. The crew, the hardware, the insurance coverage, and the care are identical regardless of whether the client is a household or a hotel.

Ready to Move Forward? We'd Love to Help with Your Next Project.

Forty-plus years of installations — from SoHo galleries in 1983 to luxury flagships, art fair booths, and private estates across New York, New Jersey, and Miami today — have made one thing clear: the delivery and installation phase is where a project can unravel fast or finish beautifully. The difference is who's holding the hammer.

We keep everything in-house because accountability without gaps is the only version that actually works. Same team, same standards, same quality control from our production floor to your wall. Whether you need a single piece hung in a Chelsea apartment, a full gallery wall in a Hamptons residence, or a branded environment installed across multiple retail locations, the process is the same: deliberate, insured, and done right.

Explore the full range of what we do on our services page, or visit one of our three showrooms — Chelsea, Hillside, and Miami Wynwood. We work across the full metro area and beyond; the areas we serve page has the complete geographic breakdown.

When you're ready to talk through your project, book a consultation and we'll get into the specifics. We'd love to help with your next project.

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