On 29 July 2026, the Horus Group announced the acquisition of Arterìa, the leading company in the Italian market for the transport, packing, handling, installation and storage of works of art. With the deal, the international network Clé Chenue do Brasil belongs to gains a house of its own in a key country for the art market and reaches 12 countries, across the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
The announcement, signed by Matthieu and Julien Da Costa Noble, thanks Alvise di Canossa and Antonio Addari, who have led Arterìa from the beginning and continue at its head within the group.
Who Arterìa is
Arterìa was founded in 2000 through the merger of four internationally renowned Italian art transport companies. In 2025, it reported revenue of close to 25 million euros. Today it brings together more than 130 professionals across eight operational sites, placed in the country's main logistics and cultural hubs: Milan, Malpensa, Turin, Venice, Bologna, Florence, Calenzano and Rome.
The structure covers the whole chain, from serving museums and galleries to high-tech solutions for conservation:
- Over 20,000 sq m of high-security storage, of which 5,700 sq m in climate-controlled environments, with regulated microclimate
- A fleet of 30 climate-controlled vehicles tracked by GPS in real time, and six monitored yards for vehicles in transit
- Three laboratories for bespoke protective packaging and three workshops for frames, display cases and museum-grade vitrines
- IATA Cargo Agent, ENAC Regulated Agent, AEO, ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 certifications
With Arterìa on board, the network's storage capacity passes 230,000 sq m.
The strengths of the alliance
Arterìa joins houses such as André Chenue, LP Art and Natural Le Coultre, which share the same culture of operational excellence and heritage preservation. The union opens concrete fronts for collaboration.
Training
Arterìa's training programmes add to the group's own initiatives, among them EILOA, the international school of fine art logistics created by Chenue. The result is a wider learning ecosystem, with technical knowledge moving between teams on different continents.
Innovation and conservation
The Arterìa SafeTech division, dedicated to bespoke display cases and to technical and scientific consultancy for the conservation, display and storage of collections, now works alongside LabEILOA, the group's innovation laboratory. Two research lines attacking the same problem: keeping a work stable in transit, in storage and on display.
Environmental responsibility
Arterìa is a member of the Gallery Climate Coalition and holds EcoVadis and ISO 14001 certifications. The commitment shows up in routine measures: optimised transport routes, priority given to reusable or recyclable packaging, and energy audits of its own sites. It is the same direction as the work that already earned the group a France 2030 award to develop sustainable packaging.
What changes for collections in Brazil
A work leaving Brazil for an exhibition in Italy, or coming back from one, no longer depends on a third-party agent somewhere along the way. It covers the entire route inside the same network, with the same packing protocol, the same climate standard and the same traceability, from collection to installation.
That is the principle behind the chain of custody at Clé Chenue do Brasil: no unknown intermediary between the technical reserve and the final destination of the work.
