CEPS™ Registry • Documentation • Certification • Verification

Cultural Exchanges®

Cultural Exchanges Provenance Standard (CEPS™)

An Independent Institution for Artwork Provenance, Documentation and Cultural Stewardship

CEPS SERVICES

Provenance, Identity & Verification

CEPS provides structured services for artists, collectors, galleries, museums and cultural institutions working with physical artworks.

Artwork Registration

₹1,500≈ dynamic USD

Establish a CEPS artwork record and institutional identity.

Register Artwork

Registration + Provenance

₹2,500≈ dynamic USD

Artwork registration combined with a provenance record.

Begin Registration

Provenance + Certificate + QR Verification

₹3,500≈ dynamic USD

Integrated provenance documentation, certification and verification pathway.

Begin Registration

Comprehensive Provenance Dossier

₹7,500≈ dynamic USD+

For deeper research, evidence and documentation requirements. Final scope is quoted according to the artwork and records available.

Discuss a Dossier

Artist Archives

Build a continuing institutional record around an artist and their body of work.

Artist Archive Basic

₹9,900≈ dynamic USD/ year

Annual artist archive service.

Artist Archive Professional

₹19,900≈ dynamic USD/ year

Expanded archive and documentation support.

Artist Archive Advanced

₹39,900≈ dynamic USD/ year

Advanced archive development and documentation scope.

Collectors, Galleries & Institutions

CEPS can support collections and institutional documentation at a scale appropriate to the assignment.

Collector Services

₹5,000≈ dynamic USD₹20,000≈ dynamic USD+

Collection and provenance services according to scope.

Gallery Services

₹36,000≈ dynamic USD/ year

Ongoing gallery-level provenance and documentation support.

Professional Services

₹75,000≈ dynamic USD/ year

Professional-level collection and provenance support.

Institutional Services

₹1,50,000≈ dynamic USD+ / year

Museum, university, archive and cultural-institution assignments may be scoped and quoted according to requirements.

Important: These are the current working economic prices for CEPS planning. Complex research, institutional assignments and specialised provenance work may require a separate quotation and agreement.

Payment

CEPS currently provides two payment routes for services.

UPI

culturalexchanges@kotak

Use your UPI application to make the payment. Please retain the transaction reference.

Pay by UPI

PayPal

Cultural Exchanges IN

International payments can be made through the Cultural Exchanges PayPal page.

Pay with PayPal

Payment confirmation should be retained and associated with the relevant CEPS registration or service request.

The Wider Ecosystem

CEPS is the trust and provenance layer within the Cultural Exchanges ecosystem.

Cultural Exchanges

Explore art sales, auctions, exhibitions, cultural programmes and institutional services.

Visit Cultural Exchanges

LESA

Join the artist membership and enrollment ecosystem.

Visit LESA

CEPS 2.0

New Intelligence & Trust Services

New CEPS 2.0 capabilities are being added to the existing CEPS framework without replacing the established registry, provenance or certification system.

Verify Your Art

Submit an artwork and supporting documents for an evidence-led preliminary investigation.

Start an investigation →

Artwork Intelligence

Review digital identity, documentary evidence, provenance signals, contradictions and evidence gaps.

Explore intelligence →

Professional Verification

Move from preliminary intelligence to a human-governed CEPS verification process when appropriate.

Understand the trust model →

Digital Integrity / C2PA

Connect digital provenance and integrity evidence to the CEPS Artwork Record without treating it as authenticity proof.

C2PA & CEPS →

Research & Evidence

Keep research, documentary evidence and institutional decisions distinct, attributable and auditable.

Explore provenance →

Trust Centre

See how evidence, intelligence, human review and CEPS decisions work together.

Visit Trust Centre →