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TAYLOR-MADE SERVICES
Outdoor & Indoor murals
At your request, Urban Signature can organize the creation of indoor or outdoor murals in both your home or at your workplace.
Throughout the entire process, Urban Signature ensures curation, production and communication.
Our clients include: Sonia Rykiel, Maison des Canaux, Secours populaire français, Transdev, SNCF, Office HLM Montreuil…
Live Performances / Team-building activities
For example, the more than 800 people who attended the vernissage of our annual collective exhibition at the “59 Rivoli” gallery in Paris witnessed a live performance by several artists.
On another occasion, we were solicited by AFD Technologies for their corporate end-of-year party.
Dazzling live performances were organized in a festive setting, with artist Xare customizing the company’s logo and artists Cannibal Letters and Dark Snoopy painted works for the participants.
Workshops & Customization sessions
Urban Signature organizes public workshops for both children and adults.
During these workshops, participants can choose to actively participate or simply be spectators as artists customize objects in real time.
During one of these workshops, Urban Signature invited artist Raf Urban to organize hands-on activities with children.
On another occasion during a team-building session, the non-profit Article 1 asked us to set up a workshop using stencils with artist Ami Imaginaire.
On yet another occasion, Urban Signature set up an object customization workshop during a street art festival organized with another French non-profit,
Secours populaire français. Participants were asked to bring an object of their choice so that the artists present could paint them in real time.
Exhibitions / Auctions
Every year, Urban Signature organizes several collective exhibitions in the form of pop-up stores that bring together 20 artists on average.
During these exhibits, artists can showcase and sell works of different formats and created on a wide variety of supports (sometimes atypical ones).
Usually, spaces are leased for the occasion, but we can also host exhibits in spaces set up in partnership with local businesses.
Furthermore, Urban Signature has experience raising funds for non-profits through events such as auctions.
We use our expertise in a wide range of services to ensure curation, production, communication, establishing partnerships and catalog creation.
Street art festivals
Within the context of France’s national music festival (“La Fête de la Musique”), Urban Signature and Secours populaire français bring together more than 40 street artists
during its own street festival which marries music and live artistic performances in the Montmartre neighborhood in Paris. Each year, over two thousand people attend this event.
ART LEASING & PURCHASING
Art leasing
The leasing program allows the client to spread the payment over several months (from 13 to 48) and to benefit from tax incentives in France. Please contact us in order to learn more about fiscal advantages.
The leasing program will allow you to showcase art in your work environment without burdening your company’s finances and preserving your budget for your core business activities.
SIMPLE FINANCING SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR TURNKEY PROJECT
• No immobilisation of art works
• No VAT prepayment
• No hidden costs
SIMPLE FINANCING SOLUTIONS FOR YOUR TURNKEY PROJECT
• Acquire the work on favorable terms
WHO CAN BENEFIT?
• All companies subject to the French income tax (under industrial and commercial profits).
A CASE STUDY
18 MONTHS |
24 MONTHS |
36 MONTHS |
|
5 000 € |
298,80 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 2 070 € |
229,85 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 2 047 € |
161,10 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 2 073 € |
10 000 € |
595,60 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 4 127 € |
457,60 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 4 077 € |
319,90 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 4 117 € |
20 000 € |
1.191,20 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 8 255 € |
915,20 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 8 154 € |
639, 80 € / MONTHS Tax savings: 8 234 € |
Art purchases
It is also possible to benefit from tax advantages by purchasing original works. Indeed, this type of acquisition
will have a positive impact on the taxable profits of your structure over the current financial year as well as the following four (amortization over 5 years).
• The artist must be alive at the time of the purchase.
• The work must be exhibited for the entirety of the amortization period in a place where it is clearly visible by staff, clients, contractors and anyone else present in the premises.
Such places can include open-spaces, waiting areas, hallways, cafeterias, but it excludes individual offices.
• The amount of the tax deduction (for each financial year) cannot exceed 5 per thousand of the company’s annual turnover.
Therefore, the deduction will be 20% of the purchase price of the work for 5 years.
Investment advice
Urban Signature will be at your side to advise you on your urban art acquisitions.
We maintain close ties with a very large number of artists and main auction houses in France.
As a result, we are in the best position to advise you and keep you informed of the artists’ valuation.
These acquisitions are generally made with the aim of embellishing the premises and enabling employees and partners to benefit from and access them directly from their workplace.
In addition to beautifying your workplace, acquiring art is a strategic investment since the work often tends to increase in value.
Whatever your choice, we will be at your side to advise you and respond to your requests.