Built by a gallery director
who needed it.
Gilded Artworks exists because international art shipping documentation shouldn't take 6 hours and a designer.
From frustration to platform
Every time we shipped a painting internationally — whether to a collector in Berlin, a fair in Basel, or a gallery in London — we spent half a day preparing the paperwork. Gallery brochure. Customs technical sheet. Certificate of authenticity. Three documents, every single shipment, manually assembled in InDesign or Word.
After years of this process, the question became obvious: why isn't there software for this? The art world has gallery management tools, CRM systems, even AI-powered valuation platforms. But nobody had built the most basic operational tool: a way to generate the three documents that every international shipment requires.
So we built it. Gilded Artworks transforms raw artwork metadata into professionally formatted, carrier-compliant documentation in seconds. The same output quality that used to cost $400 and a week of back-and-forth with a designer — now available to any gallery, instantly.
Accuracy
HS codes, declared values, and provenance data must be correct. Our system auto-classifies 100+ art mediums into their proper tariff codes and validates formatting before generation.
Quality
Every document is designed to the standard expected by collectors, curators, and customs officers. Professional typography, full-bleed photography, and gallery branding — not a Word template.
Speed
What takes 4–8 hours manually takes under 2 minutes with Gilded Artworks. Enter your artwork data once, generate all three documents, and include them with your shipment.
The people behind Gilded Artworks
Daniel Montero
Founder & CEO
Full-stack engineer, product designer, and gallery operator. Built Gilded Artworks from the ground up — from the FastAPI rendering engine to the Next.js frontend and Stripe billing integration. Operates DM Galleries and has firsthand experience with the pain of art logistics documentation.
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