Christiane has a moving rule. Move the art first. That way the old house no longer feels like home, and you get your butt over to the new one as fast as possible. (My rule is move the stereo first, same reason.)
We had an unusual moving experience and did not follow the rule. In fact, all our art sat in a closet for nearly a month.
This brings to mind another rule. My design rule. Whatever you are designing, it should not look right until the last element is added. If it looks finished before you’re done, time to start over. For architecture, the last element is the people and all their stuff. The house was looking so great without the art, I was afraid we had violated this rule.
Labor Day weekend, we finally had a spare moment to put the art up.