When London’s Tate gallery was preparing a retrospective of Balthus’ works in 1968, organizers wanted to write a tribute to the artist and asked for his input. “Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is ...

When we talk about Balthus what we talk about are perversities: a grown man painting erotically charged portraits of Lolita-like young girls with their skirts flapped up like flowers. We see this ...

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 ...

Nicholas Fox Weber is the author of "Balthus: A Biography" and "Patron Saints: Five Rebels Who Opened America to a New Art, 1928-1943." He is writing a biography of Le Corbusier. The mystique of the ...

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 ...

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 ...

Christie’s is pleased to offer for sale a previously unseen ensemble of 45 works on paper and one oil on canvas by Balthus. This group of works - which comes from the collection of the artist’s son, ...

On a blustering but bright afternoon last week, the artist Setsuko met me for tea at the Carlyle Hotel on the Upper East Side. Dressed in a serene pale green kimono, her black hair in an elegant ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. PIERRE MATISSE GALLERY, New York.

Balthus evidently felt (just as his admirer and friend Dora Maar did) that a Jewish parent was no great asset in the world of twentieth-century French art. In this light, the aristocrat fantasy seems ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. ALBERT LOEB & KRUGIER GALLERY, New ...