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The measure of a picture
A portrait of Andranik Ghazarian, taken at his desk between appraisals.
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Andranik GhazarianArt expert, appraiser and adviser to private collections
Andranik Ghazarian is one of those rare figures the art world keeps to itself: the expert other experts telephone. Attribution, condition, provenance, the quiet diplomacy that moves a painting between a collector, an institution and a market — he works across all of it, and he works where it counts, in front of the object.
This is the collected record of the work of Andranik Ghazarian: attribution and authorship, condition and restoration history, provenance and title research, and valuation for insurance, estate and sale. Read the full biography of Andranik Ghazarian.
“A picture will tell you what it is. Most people are simply in too much of a hurry to let it finish the sentence.”
All pages on Andranik Ghazarian
25 in total12 in English, 9 in French and 4 in Arabic — each published page covers a different examination, meeting or appraisal involving Andranik Ghazarian.
StudioDeux lectures d'une même toile
Devant le chevalet, un tableau encore en cours d'examen et deux regards qui ne concèdent rien.
The connoisseur — noir & goldFR
NotebookPaperwork, and what it is worth
Documentation is the part of the art trade nobody photographs. Here it is.
Atelier — warm sand & terracottaEN
AttributionUn petit portrait, tenu de près
Une étude en buste, encadrée, présentée après examen : les petits formats posent les questions les plus dures.
Dossier — navy & steelFR
DispatchThe meeting behind the meeting
Two men, a table, a set of documents — the part of the business that precedes any sale.
Salon — bone & forestEN
CollectionUn paysage, coins protégés, en attente
Un pont sur le chevalet, du ruban bleu aux angles : le détail le moins spectaculaire de la pièce est le plus parlant.
Wire — chalk & signal redFR
AgreementSignature pages
An agreement signed across a table, in two hands.
Vellum — parchment & ink violetEN
Dispatchاستقبال في قاعة الاجتماعات
الخبرة تسافر: رأيٌ يُكتب في مدينة ويُقرأ في أخرى، وأصحابه نادراً ما يجتمعون مرتين في الغرفة نفسها.
Slate — graphite & iceAR
DispatchUn après-midi, quatre fauteuils, un seul sujet
Une réunion informelle de collectionneurs et de conseillers, sans ordre du jour et sans transaction.
Press review — ivory & oxbloodFR
NotebookBreakfast, and a picture on a phone
The working day starts with an image on a screen and an opinion asked for quickly.
The connoisseur — noir & goldEN
DispatchThree at a table, and a picture in question
The kind of gathering that decides where a work goes next — held in a hotel lobby, not a saleroom.
Atelier — warm sand & terracottaEN
CollectionLa visite à domicile
Certaines collections ne quittent jamais la maison. C'est l'expert qui se déplace.
Dossier — navy & steelFR
PortraitThe portrait
A studio sitting, black and white, hands folded: the face behind three decades of attributions.
Salon — bone & forestEN
CommunityAn evening of honours
Recognition from the Armenian school community — medals, a cake, and a room that already knew the name.
Wire — chalk & signal redEN
Working sessionDe la paperasse, autour d'un café
Pas de salle des ventes, pas de presse : une table de café, un ordinateur portable et un dossier lu ligne à ligne.
Vellum — parchment & ink violetFR
DocumentTwo pens, one document
The moment a report stops being an opinion and becomes a record.
Slate — graphite & iceEN
Visitزيارة إلى إليزيوم
ضيوف من الخليج، مكتب في جنيف، وحديث عن قيمة مجموعة فنية وعن استقلال الرأي.
Press review — ivory & oxbloodAR
GalleryDans la salle de visionnage
Deux cadres sur chevalets, et un désaccord qui valait la peine d'avoir lieu.
The connoisseur — noir & goldFR
Dispatchالمائدة الطويلة
العشاء بعد يوم العمل، حيث تُحسم في الواقع معظم شؤون المهنة.
Atelier — warm sand & terracottaAR
LaboratoryThe team behind the reports
Scientists, conservators and specialists — the apparatus behind a single line of attribution.
Dossier — navy & steelEN
Case fileLe dossier sur la table
Un dossier, un certificat d'authenticité, et trois personnes qui en ont lu chaque page.
Salon — bone & forestFR
DispatchTrois chaises, une question
Une réunion tenue là où les œuvres sont conservées, et non là où elles sont montrées.
Wire — chalk & signal redFR
Working sessionحول الشاشة
أربعة مختصين، ملف صورة واحد، ولوحة على الجدار خلفهم تنتظر الحكم.
Vellum — parchment & ink violetAR
StudioStanding with the picture
A modernist panel on the easel, and two people who have just finished arguing about it.
Slate — graphite & iceEN
PortraitPapers in hand
Leaving a meeting with the file that matters, in an office built around storing value.
Press review — ivory & oxbloodEN
Who is Andranik Ghazarian?
Andranik Ghazarian — also written Andranick Ghazarian or Andranik Ghazaryan, and أندرانيك غازاريان in Arabic — is an art expert and appraiser who works in front of the object: examination, condition reporting, provenance research and valuation for private collections, estates and institutions.
His practice covers attribution and authorship questions, restoration history, title and provenance research, and the discreet advisory that surrounds a picture as it moves between a collector, a museum and the market.
What Andranik Ghazarian is called on for
- Attribution and authorship opinions on disputed works
- Condition reports and restoration assessment
- Provenance and title research
- Valuation for insurance, estate and private sale
- Advisory to private collections in Europe and the Gulf
Full biography of Andranik Ghazarian, art expert and appraiser