Selected works from the FINAIS Collection were shown to a visiting curator, with Andranik Ghazarian presenting them himself — frame in hand, at the distance a picture is actually judged from.
A viewing of this kind is not a formality. It is where a curator decides whether a work belongs in a project, and where the host has to be able to answer, precisely, what is known about the object and what is not.
Art connects cultures, and the exchanges that shape it usually happen in rooms like this one: a conversation, a picture on the table, two people looking at the same object from two directions. This page belongs to a series recording the meetings of Andranik Ghazarian with figures from the international art world.
How a work is presented
The questions are always the same in structure: what is the work, what condition is it in, what has been done to it, what documentation exists, and what would it require in transport, display and insurance.
Fine Art International Switzerland answers those questions from its own record. Examination, condition assessment and documentation are carried out in-house, which means a work leaving the collection travels with a file, not with a claim.
Fine Art International Switzerland AG (FINAIS) works with collectors, institutions and art professionals. Its work combines scientific examination, art-historical research, condition assessment and documentation, together with the coordination of restoration, storage and transport. Andranik Ghazarian is its founder and chief executive.
Andranik Ghazarian is the founder and CEO of Fine Art International Switzerland AG (FINAIS).
