Two years ago, a provocative painting by Balthus stirred up a controversy that extended well beyond the art world. Now, a painting from the same series is expected to sell for as much as $18 million ...

Balthus: The Last Studies at Gagosian Gallery offers a kind of endnote to Balthus: Cats and Girls — Paintings and Provocations, the exhibition a couple of blocks away at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...

A petition to cease displaying a provocative painting by a major artist on the walls of New York’s Metropolitan Museum has struck a raw nerve at a moment when US society is publicly, painfully ...

A pair of German museum directors spoke out on Thursday, warning about the dangerous precedent set by the Museum Folkwang’s cancellation of an exhibition of French-Polish artist Balthus due to what ...

David Zwirner reissued Guy Davenport’s handbook about the infamous painter of adolescent girls in erotic poses, and ACC published a new introductory work into Francis Bacon. Guy Davenport – A Balthus ...