A Hunter Biden Painting to Go on Sale for up to Half a Million Dollars

By Mary Webber First Posted: Jun 15, 2021 02:18 AM EDT

President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is now working being a full-time artist, and his paintings are set to be sold in an exhibition in New York in the coming months.

Breitbart News reported that prices for a Hunter Biden's painting range from $75,000 to $500,000. According to Artnet, Hunter Biden said that he does not paint from emotion or feeling, adding that it is much more about trying to bring forward what he thinks "the universal truth."

The president son's art dealer is Georges Berges, who plans to host a private viewing for Hunter Biden in Los Angeles this fall. An exhibition would follow it in New York.

Berges has some connection to China, with it regularly featuring works by Chinese artists. The art dealer, who opened his Soho gallery in 2015, earlier said that he would want to open art galleries in Beijing and Shanghai, New York Post reported.

Hunter Biden's Art Dealer

Berges has a noteworthy reputation in China's role in the art world. In a 2014 interview, he said he was always being asked how China is changing the world in terms of art and culture.

Berges, who was once arrested for "terrorist threats" and assault with a deadly weapon in California, has praised Hunter's work, saying that it has "authenticity" and that he personally loved the artwork.

Meanwhile, Hunter Biden continues to hold business interests in a billion-dollar Chinese investment firm. He has been criticized for his business endeavors in the world of international finance.

One of the issues includes his involvement on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian oligarch-owned oil and gas company. Hunter was paid tens of thousands of dollars per month despite his lack of expertise in the energy sector of Ukraine.

Hunter Biden's Art Career

Last year, Hunter Biden was featured in The New York Times for his new venture in the art world. According to the NY Times feature, Hunter had set out the previous year to find a gallery representation with the assistance of Lanette Phillips.

Phillips was known to be running a management company with clients, including Quentin Tarantino and Darren Aronofsky.

She is also a family friend of the Bidens, with her hosting a fund-raise for the former vice president at the Pacific Palisades. However, Hunter did not sign with her, and Phillips said she would no longer advise him regarding the matter.

Hunter did not have any formal study as an artist. However, he said it was something he was doing since he was seven years old, albeit not for public consumption.

Collector Beth Rudin DeWoody said there would probably be a lot of curiosity if he turns out to be a great artist. DeWoody is also the president of the Rudin Family Foundations and a board member of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Hammer Museum.

However, Michael Kohn, owner of Los Angeles' Kohn Gallery, expressed his skepticism, saying that there is too much baggage. Kohn added that the transition does not work because the public perception has already been established.

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