Every work examined at Fine Art International Switzerland leaves with a file, and the file is the durable part of the exercise.
Memory is not evidence. What can be shown later — images, measurements, condition notes, the record of what was done and when — is what allows a work to be insured, lent, exhibited or sold without a dispute about its state.
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.
Why the file matters
Documentation also protects the work itself. A condition record made before transport is the only way to establish, afterwards, whether anything changed on the journey.
Andranik Ghazarian carries these files himself between meetings, which is a small habit with a clear logic: the person answering for the conclusion should be the person holding the evidence.
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).
