Hanging artwork with 2 hooks keeps it from shifting around which helps maintain levelness and prevents wall damage.
Hang artwork on wall.
How to hang a medium weight painting.
To be exact the center of a framed piece of artwork should be 57 inches above the ground that being the average human eye level and the height galleries and museums use to decide where to hang.
There are a few exceptions to this rule.
5 mark the hanger locations on the wall.
Figure out where you want your painting to go and mark it with a pencil.
And if you re hanging art above a sofa allow for 8 10 inches above the sofa back even if this breaks the 57 rule.
For works without hanging wires such as those with d rings measure the distance from the ring or hook to the top of the frame.
How to hang heavy artwork.