Fine art prints are an easy way to bring beautiful, artist-created work into your home, and caring for them is simpler than you may think.
At Urban Garden Prints, our paper art prints are professionally printed on high-quality, heavyweight, acid-free fine art paper using archival, museum-grade inks selected for beautiful color, detail, and longevity. Our framed paper prints are protected behind conservation clear acrylic, and our wrapped canvas prints have a protective layer designed to help preserve the artwork and protect the colors from fading over time.
With a little thoughtful handling and simple care, your fine art prints and canvas artwork can stay beautiful for years to come.
Here is everything you need to know about caring for your Urban Garden Prints artwork, from the moment your order arrives to cleaning and displaying it in your home.
What Is a Giclée Fine Art Print?
A giclée print is a high-quality fine art reproduction created using professional, high-resolution printing technology and archival-quality inks.
The giclée printing process is designed to reproduce the color, detail, and character of an artist's original work with exceptional accuracy, making it one of the preferred methods for producing fine art prints.
At Urban Garden Prints, our paper prints are professionally printed on heavyweight, acid-free fine art paper using archival, museum-grade inks.
Acid-free paper helps resist the yellowing and deterioration that can occur with lower-quality papers over time, while archival inks are selected for their color quality and longevity.
The result is a beautiful fine art print designed to make artist-created work more accessible while preserving the look and feeling of the original artwork.
How to Handle Your Fine Art Print When It Arrives
Art care begins the moment your print arrives.
Handle your fine art print with clean, completely dry hands and avoid touching the printed surface whenever possible. We recommend holding the print gently by the edges, since oils, moisture, and residue from your hands can transfer onto fine art paper.
When moving a larger unframed print, support the paper with both hands to prevent unnecessary bending, folding, or creasing.
There is no need for complicated art-handling supplies. Because we use high-quality acid-free paper and archival, museum-grade inks, simple, careful handling is generally all your print needs.
Why Did My Art Print Arrive Rolled?
Many unframed paper prints are carefully rolled for safe shipping. Rolling helps protect larger prints from bending, folding, or becoming damaged while they are on their way to you.
Because fine art paper has weight and body, it is completely normal for a rolled print to have some curl when it is first removed from the packaging.
This does not mean the print is damaged. Once the paper has had time to relax, it can be framed normally.
How to Flatten a Rolled Art Print
To flatten your art print, place it image-side down on a clean, dry, protected flat surface.
Protect the back of the print and evenly weigh it down using clean books or other smooth, flat objects. Allow the print to rest for at least 24 hours. Larger prints or prints that have been rolled tightly during shipping may take several days to fully relax.
Avoid using heat, steam, moisture, tape, or adhesives to flatten your artwork. These can damage the fine art paper or printed surface.
If you are taking your print directly to a professional framer, you can also leave it rolled in its protective packaging and allow the framer to handle the flattening and installation.
How to Care for Fine Art Paper Prints
Once your art print is framed and displayed, it requires very little maintenance. The most important things are to keep the artwork dry, limit unnecessary handling, and avoid prolonged exposure to harsh direct sunlight.
For everyday fine art print care, we recommend:
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Handling unframed prints with clean, dry hands
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Holding prints by the edges whenever possible
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Touching the printed surface as little as possible
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Keeping paper prints away from excessive moisture
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Avoiding prolonged direct sunlight
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Framing paper prints for long-term protection
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Dusting the outside of the frame as needed
Our acid-free fine art paper and archival, museum-grade inks are specifically selected for fine art reproduction and long-term display, so your artwork does not require complicated maintenance.
How We Frame and Protect Fine Art Paper Prints
We recommend framing paper art prints for both display and long-term protection, and our framed paper prints are designed with that in mind.
Urban Garden Prints paper prints are framed behind conservation clear acrylic, which provides a protective barrier between the artwork and everyday elements such as dust, handling, and airborne debris. Conservation clear acrylic also helps reduce exposure to harmful UV light, giving your fine art print an added layer of protection against fading over time.
Combined with our high-quality acid-free fine art paper and archival, museum-grade inks, conservation clear acrylic makes caring for your framed artwork especially simple.
Once framed, your print requires very little maintenance. Keep touching to a minimum, dust the frame and acrylic gently with a soft cloth or duster, and avoid placing the artwork in prolonged harsh direct sunlight.
If you would rather have your artwork arrive ready to hang, explore our Paper Print Frames to choose a frame designed specifically for our fine art paper prints.
Can Sunlight Fade Fine Art Prints?
Any artwork can be affected by prolonged exposure to intense direct sunlight over time, which is why both print quality and framing materials matter.
Urban Garden Prints uses archival, museum-grade inks selected for color quality and longevity, and our framed paper prints are protected behind conservation clear acrylic to provide additional UV protection.
Even with these protective materials, we still recommend avoiding walls that receive strong, direct sunlight for hours each day whenever possible.
Indirect natural light is ideal for displaying fine art prints and helping preserve their color over time.
How to Clean a Framed Art Print
Framed fine art prints are very easy to maintain. For everyday care, gently dust the frame and conservation clear acrylic with a soft, clean cloth or duster.
If the acrylic needs additional cleaning, avoid spraying cleaner directly onto the framed artwork. Instead, apply an appropriate acrylic-safe cleaner to your cloth first and gently wipe the surface. This helps prevent liquid from getting between the frame and artwork.
Avoid using water, cleaning products, or chemicals directly on the fine art print itself.
How to Care for Canvas Prints
Canvas prints require even less day-to-day care.
Our wrapped canvases have a protective layer designed to help preserve the printed surface and protect the artwork from fading over time. This added protection makes canvas a beautiful and practical option for everyday living spaces.
To care for your canvas print, simply dust it occasionally using a soft, dry cloth or gentle duster. Avoid scrubbing the canvas or using household cleaners, chemicals, or excessive water on the printed surface.
As with paper prints, we recommend keeping canvas artwork away from prolonged harsh sunlight and excessive moisture.
How to Dust a Canvas Print
If your canvas begins to collect dust, lightly pass a soft, dry microfiber cloth or duster over the surface. Use very little pressure. There is no need to scrub or polish a canvas print. Gentle dusting is typically all that is needed to keep it looking fresh.
Keeping touching to a minimum will also help prevent oils or residue from building up on the surface.
Can You Hang Art in a Bathroom?
Bathrooms and other high-humidity spaces require a little extra consideration.
While artwork can absolutely be used in a bathroom, avoid placing paper or canvas prints where they will be repeatedly exposed to steam, condensation, splashing water, or excessive moisture. A well-ventilated powder room is generally a better environment for artwork than a small bathroom with frequent hot showers.
For paper prints in humid spaces, secure framing provides an added layer of protection.
How to Store an Unframed Art Print
If you are not ready to frame your art print immediately, keep it in a clean, dry environment away from moisture and direct sunlight. Whenever possible, store fine art prints flat with adequate protection on both sides.
If your print arrived rolled and needs to remain rolled temporarily, keep it safely stored in its protective packaging rather than repeatedly rolling and unrolling it. Avoid placing heavy, textured, or sharp objects directly against the printed surface.
How to Keep Art Prints From Fading
The easiest way to help preserve the color of fine art prints is to combine high-quality printing materials with thoughtful placement.
Urban Garden Prints uses archival, museum-grade inks for our fine art paper prints, while our framed prints include conservation clear acrylic for additional UV protection. Our wrapped canvases also have a protective layer designed to help preserve the printed surface and reduce fading.
At home, you can provide additional protection by keeping artwork away from prolonged direct sunlight, excessive humidity, and extreme temperature changes.
These simple steps can make a meaningful difference in how your artwork looks over time.
Simple Care for Art You Love
Beautiful art should be enjoyed, not treated like something too precious to live with.
Because Urban Garden Prints uses high-quality acid-free fine art paper, archival museum-grade inks, conservation clear acrylic on our framed paper prints, and a protective finish on our wrapped canvases, caring for your artwork is refreshingly simple.
Handle paper prints with clean, dry hands, touch the printed surface as little as possible, frame them for protection, and keep artwork away from excessive moisture and prolonged direct sunlight.
For canvas prints, an occasional gentle dusting with a soft cloth or duster is typically all you need. A few simple habits will help keep the artwork you love looking beautiful throughout the life of your home.
Ready to find a piece for your walls? Browse our Fine Art Prints, or explore our Paper Print Frames for artwork that can arrive framed and ready to hang.
How to Care for Fine Art Prints and Canvas Prints
Fine art prints are an easy way to bring beautiful, artist-created work into your home, and caring for them is simpler than you may think.
At Urban Garden Prints, our paper art prints are professionally printed on high-quality, heavyweight, acid-free fine art paper using archival, museum-grade inks selected for beautiful color, detail, and longevity. Our framed paper prints are protected behind conservation clear acrylic, and our wrapped canvas prints have a protective layer designed to help preserve the artwork and protect the colors from fading over time.
With a little thoughtful handling and simple care, your fine art prints and canvas artwork can stay beautiful for years to come.
Here is everything you need to know about caring for your Urban Garden Prints artwork, from the moment your order arrives to cleaning and displaying it in your home.
What Is a Giclée Fine Art Print?
A giclée print is a high-quality fine art reproduction created using professional, high-resolution printing technology and archival-quality inks.
The giclée printing process is designed to reproduce the color, detail, and character of an artist's original work with exceptional accuracy, making it one of the preferred methods for producing fine art prints.
At Urban Garden Prints, our paper prints are professionally printed on heavyweight, acid-free fine art paper using archival, museum-grade inks.
Acid-free paper helps resist the yellowing and deterioration that can occur with lower-quality papers over time, while archival inks are selected for their color quality and longevity.
The result is a beautiful fine art print designed to make artist-created work more accessible while preserving the look and feeling of the original artwork.
How to Handle Your Fine Art Print When It Arrives
Art care begins the moment your print arrives.
Handle your fine art print with clean, completely dry hands and avoid touching the printed surface whenever possible. We recommend holding the print gently by the edges, since oils, moisture, and residue from your hands can transfer onto fine art paper.
When moving a larger unframed print, support the paper with both hands to prevent unnecessary bending, folding, or creasing.
There is no need for complicated art-handling supplies. Because we use high-quality acid-free paper and archival, museum-grade inks, simple, careful handling is generally all your print needs.
Why Did My Art Print Arrive Rolled?
Many unframed paper prints are carefully rolled for safe shipping. Rolling helps protect larger prints from bending, folding, or becoming damaged while they are on their way to you.
Because fine art paper has weight and body, it is completely normal for a rolled print to have some curl when it is first removed from the packaging.
This does not mean the print is damaged. Once the paper has had time to relax, it can be framed normally.
How to Flatten a Rolled Art Print
To flatten your art print, place it image-side down on a clean, dry, protected flat surface.
Protect the back of the print and evenly weigh it down using clean books or other smooth, flat objects. Allow the print to rest for at least 24 hours. Larger prints or prints that have been rolled tightly during shipping may take several days to fully relax.
Avoid using heat, steam, moisture, tape, or adhesives to flatten your artwork. These can damage the fine art paper or printed surface.
If you are taking your print directly to a professional framer, you can also leave it rolled in its protective packaging and allow the framer to handle the flattening and installation.
How to Care for Fine Art Paper Prints
Once your art print is framed and displayed, it requires very little maintenance. The most important things are to keep the artwork dry, limit unnecessary handling, and avoid prolonged exposure to harsh direct sunlight.
For everyday fine art print care, we recommend:
Handling unframed prints with clean, dry hands
Holding prints by the edges whenever possible
Touching the printed surface as little as possible
Keeping paper prints away from excessive moisture
Avoiding prolonged direct sunlight
Framing paper prints for long-term protection
Dusting the outside of the frame as needed
Our acid-free fine art paper and archival, museum-grade inks are specifically selected for fine art reproduction and long-term display, so your artwork does not require complicated maintenance.
How We Frame and Protect Fine Art Paper Prints
We recommend framing paper art prints for both display and long-term protection, and our framed paper prints are designed with that in mind.
Urban Garden Prints paper prints are framed behind conservation clear acrylic, which provides a protective barrier between the artwork and everyday elements such as dust, handling, and airborne debris. Conservation clear acrylic also helps reduce exposure to harmful UV light, giving your fine art print an added layer of protection against fading over time.
Combined with our high-quality acid-free fine art paper and archival, museum-grade inks, conservation clear acrylic makes caring for your framed artwork especially simple.
Once framed, your print requires very little maintenance. Keep touching to a minimum, dust the frame and acrylic gently with a soft cloth or duster, and avoid placing the artwork in prolonged harsh direct sunlight.
If you would rather have your artwork arrive ready to hang, explore our Paper Print Frames to choose a frame designed specifically for our fine art paper prints.
Can Sunlight Fade Fine Art Prints?
Any artwork can be affected by prolonged exposure to intense direct sunlight over time, which is why both print quality and framing materials matter.
Urban Garden Prints uses archival, museum-grade inks selected for color quality and longevity, and our framed paper prints are protected behind conservation clear acrylic to provide additional UV protection.
Even with these protective materials, we still recommend avoiding walls that receive strong, direct sunlight for hours each day whenever possible.
Indirect natural light is ideal for displaying fine art prints and helping preserve their color over time.
How to Clean a Framed Art Print
Framed fine art prints are very easy to maintain. For everyday care, gently dust the frame and conservation clear acrylic with a soft, clean cloth or duster.
If the acrylic needs additional cleaning, avoid spraying cleaner directly onto the framed artwork. Instead, apply an appropriate acrylic-safe cleaner to your cloth first and gently wipe the surface. This helps prevent liquid from getting between the frame and artwork.
Avoid using water, cleaning products, or chemicals directly on the fine art print itself.
How to Care for Canvas Prints
Canvas prints require even less day-to-day care.
Our wrapped canvases have a protective layer designed to help preserve the printed surface and protect the artwork from fading over time. This added protection makes canvas a beautiful and practical option for everyday living spaces.
To care for your canvas print, simply dust it occasionally using a soft, dry cloth or gentle duster. Avoid scrubbing the canvas or using household cleaners, chemicals, or excessive water on the printed surface.
As with paper prints, we recommend keeping canvas artwork away from prolonged harsh sunlight and excessive moisture.
How to Dust a Canvas Print
If your canvas begins to collect dust, lightly pass a soft, dry microfiber cloth or duster over the surface. Use very little pressure. There is no need to scrub or polish a canvas print. Gentle dusting is typically all that is needed to keep it looking fresh.
Keeping touching to a minimum will also help prevent oils or residue from building up on the surface.
Can You Hang Art in a Bathroom?
Bathrooms and other high-humidity spaces require a little extra consideration.
While artwork can absolutely be used in a bathroom, avoid placing paper or canvas prints where they will be repeatedly exposed to steam, condensation, splashing water, or excessive moisture. A well-ventilated powder room is generally a better environment for artwork than a small bathroom with frequent hot showers.
For paper prints in humid spaces, secure framing provides an added layer of protection.
How to Store an Unframed Art Print
If you are not ready to frame your art print immediately, keep it in a clean, dry environment away from moisture and direct sunlight. Whenever possible, store fine art prints flat with adequate protection on both sides.
If your print arrived rolled and needs to remain rolled temporarily, keep it safely stored in its protective packaging rather than repeatedly rolling and unrolling it. Avoid placing heavy, textured, or sharp objects directly against the printed surface.
How to Keep Art Prints From Fading
The easiest way to help preserve the color of fine art prints is to combine high-quality printing materials with thoughtful placement.
Urban Garden Prints uses archival, museum-grade inks for our fine art paper prints, while our framed prints include conservation clear acrylic for additional UV protection. Our wrapped canvases also have a protective layer designed to help preserve the printed surface and reduce fading.
At home, you can provide additional protection by keeping artwork away from prolonged direct sunlight, excessive humidity, and extreme temperature changes.
These simple steps can make a meaningful difference in how your artwork looks over time.
Simple Care for Art You Love
Beautiful art should be enjoyed, not treated like something too precious to live with.
Because Urban Garden Prints uses high-quality acid-free fine art paper, archival museum-grade inks, conservation clear acrylic on our framed paper prints, and a protective finish on our wrapped canvases, caring for your artwork is refreshingly simple.
Handle paper prints with clean, dry hands, touch the printed surface as little as possible, frame them for protection, and keep artwork away from excessive moisture and prolonged direct sunlight.
For canvas prints, an occasional gentle dusting with a soft cloth or duster is typically all you need. A few simple habits will help keep the artwork you love looking beautiful throughout the life of your home.
Ready to find a piece for your walls? Browse our Fine Art Prints, or explore our Paper Print Frames for artwork that can arrive framed and ready to hang.