Remember Hunter Biden’s supposed stint as an artist? It was, without doubt, one of the shallowest, most obvious money-laundering efforts undertaken by any member of the Biden family, and that’s really saying something. Hunter’s “art” was reminiscent of what might result from a bomb going off in a paint factory when a truck loaded with bolts of canvas sat parked outside; a talented kindergartner could finger-paint more compelling art than Hunter’s best efforts. But somehow, Hunter’s daubs gained some acclaim in the art community – at least the art community that was willing to help the Biden family to launder bribes – and the paintings sold for, wonder of wonders, a lot of money.
Advertisement
But hey, they sold to anonymous buyers. Give me a break.
Now, the New York Post is breaking the exclusive, heartbreaking story of how Hunter Biden paintings and other artworks worth “millions of dollars” have, according to a source close to the Biden family, reportedly burned up in the ongoing LA-area wildfires.
A trove of nearly 200 artworks by Hunter Biden has been destroyed — one of the casualties of the wildfires ravaging Los Angeles, The Post has learned.
The controversial art had been in storage near the Pacific Palisades home of Hunter’s Hollywood attorney Kevin Morris and is valued at “millions of dollars,” a source close to the Biden family said.
Morris, who loaned the first son nearly $5 million to help pay a tax bill and has been financing a documentary on him, lives in a sprawling five-bedroom, six-bathroom home which is among the few houses still intact in the posh neighborhood, The Post can confirm.
The art was controversial, of course, because there is nowhere in the sane universe where Hunter’s daubs would be worth more than one might pay for a tuna melt. I’m not an artist, nor do I play one on television. But my father was a Midwestern artist of some renown for several decades, with his own spot in the Iowa Capitol building where one of his paintings was always on display, and he was the president of the Eastern Iowa Arts Council for some years, so I think I have a decent idea what “art” is.
Advertisement
Hunter Biden’s daubs cannot honestly be valued at “millions of dollars.” They aren’t worth millions of drachmae. A groat, maybe.
A lawyer for Hunter Biden, who is a self-taught artist who turned to painting while in recovery from drug addiction, did not immediately return a request for comment.
You don’t say.
A Soho gallerist who represented the first son’s work and had organized solo shows of his paintings in Los Angeles and New York from 2021 said he broke ties with Hunter last year.
“I don’t know what’s happening with the art,” said gallery owner Georges Berges. “I have some of his work on canvas, some metal pieces at the gallery.”
Hunter’s art pieces have been priced as high as $500,000 each, although Berges told The Post the average price was closer to $85,000.
What’s happening with the Hunter Biden art in California, of course, is that it’s reported to have burned up, but that’s OK – it served its purpose.
See Related: Biden Says He ‘Meant What I Said’ About Not Pardoning Hunter… Before He ‘Found Out Two Factors’
NEW: Photos of Hunter and Joe Biden Meeting With Chinese Officials Emerge, Massive Cover-Up Exposed
As I mentioned, Hunter Biden’s art career is one of the most transparently obvious money-laundering schemes ever hatched. So, some of his paintings may have burned up, earning from the respectable art community a resounding “So what?” When set against the massive tragedy of the LA-area fires, the massive property loss, the injuries and deaths, and the exposed incompetence of so many of the state and city officials who utterly booted this whole affair, the loss of Hunter Biden’s artwork is noteworthy only in its exposure of yet another aspect of Biden graft and corruption.
Advertisement
Monday can’t come fast enough.