When I was looking for a business to frame some pieces of art I had purchased, Anga caught my eye…read morebecause it also advertised restoration, which may come in handy, you never know. As it so happened I ordered a Thomas McKnight piece from Etsy and the owner/shipper put the art in a soft sided UPS box so the art showed up damaged. Luckily this is right up Anga's alley. Not only was I able to get it framed, I also had a valuable piece that I didn't want to send back, restored. All at a very reasonable price I may add.

Impressive work. Would like to see what can be done with restoring damaged wedding photo canvass.read more

Melinda's art restoration is thorough and detail oriented. I would absolutely recommend her…read moreservices to anyone else looking to have art restored. My grandma is no longer with us and had a very precious painting that traveled with her and her family from Hong Kong, to Beijing, and finally to her last home in LA. Unfortunately while we were transporting it to my house last year, we were not very careful and ripped the canvas in three places. It is a very very old painting and holds a lot of sentimental value, so of course we were devastated. I contacted Melinda and she gave me an estimate - I dropped the painting off and she explained all of the possible ways she could fix it. We chose the patch method for the rips, as I didn't want to lose the texture of the paint on the trees by relining the whole canvas. The price was very affordable, and she let us know it was done in about two weeks. In addition to fixing the three rips (we couldn't even tell where she applied the fixes!) she also stretched the painting and waxed the frame for us. We are so so pleased to have my grandma's beautiful painting restored and in our home once again. Thank you so much Melinda for the restoration!!

She's a true restoration artist. I've used her many times and am always happy with her work.read more

I have a set of porcelain Lipizzan horses that were crafted in Austria. They were a gift from my…read moreuncle who was a global traveler and collector of fine art. He was a docent at The Smithsonian Museum after retirement leading tours in the Asian Art gallery. Unfortunately one of the horses fell from a dresser and was broken into 2 large and 3 small pieces. They have great sentimental value to me and looked for someone to repair the horse statue. I found Henri on Google and arranged for the repairs. The horse is now beside it's mate and does not look as if was ever damaged. Merci Henri

I have been having Henri repair different items through the years. I am in the antiques business…read moreand I have never had a complaint. The latest item was a Deco statue and you would not know it was repaired. Henri did the work in a short amount of time and the pricing was very reasonable. For any type of restoration work I very highly recommend Fine Arts Restoration.

Subject: Response to Your False Statements & Continued Demand for Compensation for Damage to My…read moreJohn Leslie Breck Painting Mr. Haskins, I am writing in direct response to your recent false statements regarding the severe damage caused to my John Leslie Breck (1860-1899) painting by your conservator, Virginia Pannizzon, in February 2022 at Fine Art Conservation Laboratories (FACL). Your attempt to deflect responsibility and dismiss my well-documented concerns as "false authentication" is both unprofessional and demonstrably untrue. First and foremost, neither you, Virginia Pannizzon, nor anyone at FACL are recognized experts on John Leslie Breck or his works. You are in no position to declare my painting or its signature "fake," particularly when Bonhams Los Angeles--one of the most reputable auction houses--had already placed an initial auction estimate on my painting before it was brought to your facility. Bonhams' willingness to assign an estimate indicates that they considered the painting to be authentic. However, due to the irreversible damage inflicted upon my painting by your conservator, Bonhams and other auction houses will now likely refuse to list the work. Furthermore, you state that my painting was "not damaged at all," yet I have photographic before and after proof documenting the drastic alterations made to the painting under Virginia Pannizzon's care. These include: 1. Significant paint loss on the right side of the painting, particularly in the dark tree canopy and vegetation, which was stripped away due to Virginia's careless, heavy-handed varnish removal process. 2. Destruction of the artist's original signature and date, which were nearly obliterated. The crude and unethical attempt to repaint the signature is inaccurate in both form and color, making the damage even more apparent. 3. A condition report from Virginia herself, in which she acknowledges that damage occurred under her care. I have this document in my possession, further proving that you are knowingly providing false information in your statements. Despite the overwhelming evidence of your facility's negligence, you continue to evade responsibility and even go so far as to call me delusional. This is not only insulting but highlights your complete lack of professionalism, accountability and contempt for your client for calling out your very poor business practices. It is disgraceful that your company refuses to disclose its insurance provider, forcing me to take legal action to obtain this information. Your employee, Gina, has outright stated that I must hire a lawyer to determine your insurance carrier, further demonstrating FACL's hubris and refusal to be held accountable for its reckless art conservation practices. Given the extensive evidence I have provided, I once again demand full financial compensation for the irreversible damage caused to my painting. If you continue to deny responsibility, I will escalate this matter through legal channels, insurance claims, and more public awareness, ensuring that your unethical business practices are exposed. I expect a formal written response addressing this matter by March 21, 2025. Failure to do so will confirm your unwillingness to engage in a professional resolution, and I will pursue all necessary legal actions against Fine Art Conservation Laboratories, Inc.

An Elite and very experienced restoration company. have also had paintings restored as well.read more

They restored two oil paintings I inherited from my grandmother. The quality of workmanship and…read moreattention to detail is OUTSTANDING. They are perfectionists who take great pride in this very niche craft, and they are truly experts. Don't even think about taking your fine art and most prized paintings to Aleksei Art Restoration, you will be amazed how good they turn out when you pick them up. I would give them 10 stars if I could. Thank you.

I had a real big bummer situation with my beautiful $35,000 oil painting that was being stored in…read moremy garage and got sliced by neglectful contractors. Luckily I found Aleksei art restoration! You honestly cannot tell there was a 14 inch rip plus a lot of additional ones. It's flawless. The price was extremely fair for the amount of work they did. Because of the enormous size, they had to help me arrange special transport for the piece and delivered it back in the agreed amount of time. There were people that I quoted that could've done it for less, but I knew in this case, based on the reviews that I would be over joyed with the quality of the work. And if you have an important piece, don't go to anybody else.

Best restorer in the world!…read more If you have art made of porcelain, alabaster, marble, terra cotta, colored glass etc., that needs restoration, you must see "Dinka". She is an artist whose work combines sheer genius with intense passion. Recently, she restored my italian alabaster lady reclining on a bronze bed with elephant posts. Sunlight now flows throw her body as it most surely did 100 years ago. If you love your art and it needs restoration, just go to Dinka's studio.

i inherited a beautiful 1950's painting. simple, yet avant garde and modernist composition. i…read moredon't know what type of paper this was painted on... other than very thin, and very brittle! it could have been because of the age of the piece, maybe prior poor storage -- i don't know. but if you so much as touched the paper it would literally crack and crumble. now... i didn't touch the paper! i know my dog didn't bang into it either because it was up on the wall! but one weekend after a few guests i noticed oh my god there is a hole in the painting! there is a hole in the painting! it was not a big hole, about the size of a quarter, but it was still very noticeable and as i gawked at it going oh my god, and as i tried to press the tear a little bit back together, the paper would just crumble more. so i thought to myself again, oh my god there is a hole in my painting! my ex used to collect art. he's crazy but he had good taste. i remembered he only brought his pieces to a restorer in beverly hills - paintings, sculptures. sometimes metal pieces. i dug out our old credit card records scouring my mind, "what was the name of the place... what was the name of the place." and i found it. amphora. whew! i made an appointment with dinka. very carefully loaded the painting in my car. i had a picture of what it looked like before the hole (insurance!... ). she studied it carefully. i'm wondering what is she thinking, hmm, what can she do. and she simply said quite definitively and with a nice smile, yes she can fix it. i knew from items my ex had fixed that she had done an excellent job. but those were hard-ish things - scultpures, some porcelain, some metal objects etc. i was worried about this painting because seriously the paper was so flaky and thin. almost like filo dough / pastry! but dinka said yes, she could fix it. there was artwork all around the studio, stuff being repaired, including some picasso bowl. she showed me the before and after of an oil painting she had restored. the glaze had cracked, there was smoke damage all over, but she cleaned and fixed it. i could see from what she was working on, she knew very well what she was doing and how to do it. and i had enough knowledge of art history (thanks, art history 101, columbia u!)to know, she knew what she was talking about. so... flash foward to three weeks later. i get a call my painting is ready. i head down, take a look... and wow. simply cannot believe it. i'm actually looking at the painting again for where the hole was. i knew it used to be on the lower left of the painting but now as i look for it, i simply cannot see the hole - or any trace of it. there was red paint in the original area where the hole had been made, the relief / texture of the original paint itself creating part of the imagery (like van gogh used to do). anyway as i am checking the repair i see that first off, the colors have been matched PRECISELY. whatever 60 year old paint looks like, hsa been recreated here PRECISELY. and then i am looking at the canvas / paper. which again has been matched and patched to a T. i don't know how this was done. did she have 60 year old paper that matched?!!! what i do know is, the restoration was quite flawless. i have quite a good eye for detail. i can tell usually tell when something's had a touchup or a fix. whether on a painting... or on a face haha... but nope - absolutely no trace of any work here. it's as if the painting was in it's original and beautiful state and that nothing had ever gone wrong with it. the work was impeccable. so, my painting is back to it's good old self. there is no trace of a tear or repair. price was extremely reasonable. dinka was extremely nice to work with as well. all of which means i'm very happy here. will not be happy if someone else makes a hole in my painting (!). but at least i will know where to bring it if they do....

They have been around for decades and have the craftsmanship and pride of "old world artists"…read more They are truly masters at repairing a variety of objects from glass to ceramic to porcelain and pottery... A true find...

I have 2 "Daisy" light fixtures where 2 "petals" broke transporting them back from Europe. I had a…read moreglass repair expert come to my home and try to repair them on 4 different occasions and they never took. This left the "petals" wiggling and flimsy, which I didn't like, or trust not to fall apart and do even more damage. It was also not ideal to have movement on a glass fixture! I took them to Brookes Restoration and they came back looking and feeling as good as new! BR is highly recommended!

Aixa is not only a miracle worker but also one of the nicest people I've ever met. When renovating…read moremy mother's home on the Westside after she moved to a nursing home in 2019, a construction worker inexplicably moved and dropped this painting even though I had set it aside with only a few items that I wanted to keep in a room that he wasn't even supposed to go in. Not only was this unique frame from about 1904 badly damaged, but about half of the molding was missing. To say I was upset was an understatement, and I assumed the frame was a lost cause. After finding Aixa on Yelp, I reached out to her in 2019 to see if she could repair the frame, but then life and the pandemic got in the way and nothing got done. I reached out again to Aixa in late 2024, and five years later she still remembered my email and this painting! I brought it to her studio, and she spent close to an hour explaining to me exactly how she would restore the frame step by step. I could immediately tell that she takes immense pride in her craft. I still don't know how she did it, but not only did she figure out where and how the broken pieces of molding fit back together, she also "magically" carved new molding where the sections were missing. Upon careful examination of the frame when I picked it up, not only were there no cracks but I couldn't tell where the broken pieces and her carvings all fit together. Perfectly seamless! I had hoped to only repair the molding, but ultimately Aixa took the frame apart and put it back together because the damage to the joints was worse than it looked. Despite the additional labor, she stood by her original estimate. Lastly, I didn't know this beforehand, but the frame isn't simply painted gold. Instead, to achieve the historical look of the frame, small pieces of gold leaf (you can use real gold leaf, but fake gold leaf looks just as good and is much less expensive) are carefully and methodically applied to the frame. Once again, Aixa's attention to detail and meticulous work is obvious when looking at the before and after photos! Her studio is no longer on the Westside, but totally worth the drive if you have something that you cherish and want to restore.

My family oil painting was significantly water damaged. Centurion thoroughly repaired and cleaned…read moreit, restoring it to its original condition. Unbelievable. The painting was also extremely dirty and it was completely cleaned. Axia was a true professional and a pleasure to work with. Couldn't be happier with the process and the results.

My wife is a professional artist and we went to Robert at Plastic Smart to frame one of her…read morepaintings in an acrylic box. Robert was incredibly helpful and patient. He was meticulous in accommodating our requests and extremely careful in creating the perfect solution to our project. We will definitely be using Plastic Smart again and completely endorse both Robert's artistry and functional talents. Highly, highly recommended.

It was a pleasure to do business with Plastic Smart. Robert was patient and gave wonderful…read moresuggestions in regard to the framing of my art. The completed job reflected excellent work and I highly recommend using this business!

I swear, I may be a devoted customer. As an artist if she ever hosts classes I'll sign up for that,…read moretoo. For the most reasonable price she restored an oil painting of my great grandmother's, and fixed up the frame that movers had damaged. Go see her. Seriously. Super chill, you'll get the best bang for your buck. 10/10.

Had a great experience having my vintage family painting reframed! Alina was very professional and…read morereasonable! I highly recommend!