Andranik
Ghazarian
Swiss art expertise
Examination · Appraisal · Provenance
Andranik Ghazarian leads Fine Art International Switzerland AG (FINAIS), a Swiss laboratory where paintings are examined, dated, valued and documented for collectors, museums and the art trade. Instruments and archives are used side by side, and every opinion ends in a written record — with restoration, storage and transport organised around it.
“Everything worth saying about a picture has to be said in front of the picture.”
These pages follow Andranik Ghazarian through the encounters that make up the work: historians and curators, collectors and lawyers, researchers and institutions, from one country to the next. Read the full biography of Andranik Ghazarian.

An expert’s eye, and the record that backs it
Andranik Ghazarian is an art expert and appraiser, founder and chief executive of Fine Art International Switzerland AG (FINAIS), a laboratory working with collectors, institutions and art professionals.
Its work runs from scientific examination and art-historical research to condition assessment, documentation and the coordination of restoration, storage and transport.
- Scientific examination of artworks
- Art-historical research and provenance
- Condition assessment and documentation
- Restoration, storage and transport