Hunter Biden’s Raw Art

Afew weeks ago, Insider reported that the Georges Bergès Gallery had sold White House bad boy and emerging artist Hunter Biden’s paintings for large sums to two buyers with political connections to his father: Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a philanthropist and Democratic donor, and Kevin Morris, a high-powered attorney and Biden confidant. To allay concerns that political favors could be bought through such purchases, Hunter and his father had previously promised that Hunter’s paintings wouldn’t be sold to cronies or party donors. But considering that Hunter’s main role in his father’s political operation appears to be a middleman between the president and third parties seeking to curry his favor, this assertion was never believable. Who other than someone seeking political influence would spend $500,000 on paintings like Hunter’s? The younger Biden’s painting technique is at a novice level, and the content of his work recalls the sort of decorative images you could find at a Cape Cod flea market.