think-

Some interesting details from his biography:

Balthus (born 1908 in Paris) lived in Switzerland from 1976 until his death 2001.

Guess who visited him there?

Tony Curtis and Mick Jagger and other celebs.

Bono (of U2), Elle Macpherson, Sadruddin Aga Khan and members of government (!) of several countries visited his funeral.

YogSoggoth

Red shoes in the painting.

think-

Good observation, hadn't noticed!

think-

Look, the infamous Gagosian Gallery, which some investigators here said might be into money laundering, displayed some of Balthus works, too:

'A few years ago the Gagosian Gallery in New York held a show of some of the Polaroids Balthus had taken at the end of his life, of a young girl named Anna Wahli, who was usually semi-dressed when he photographed her.

She sat for him one afternoon a week from the time she was 8 until she was a teenager. After the sessions, they would watch the soap opera “The Bold and The Beautiful.” A German museum had canceled an exhibition of the images previously, with a newspaper calling them documents of pedophilic greed.'

GreenDell144

Thank you for posting this. People should have a chance to see what is being publicly displayed in their communities. If it happened in my area, I would complain to no end.

GeorgeT

Tony must be a regular visitor.

think-

Thank you so much for this post, OP!

Great article, surprisingly it was published in the NYT.

When browsing a link provided in the article, I found a pic that actually shows the sexual abuse of a girl by her music teacher (or mother/relative?): https://www.wikiart.org/en/balthus/andre-derain-1936

rooting4redpillers

I believe the outing of art = money laundering will gain significant traction before I die.

GreenDell144

Sooner, hopefully...

think-

Yes, and also how many artists have been into sinister stuff.

It would be great to do a summary post one day about this.

We already know that Salvador Dali attended the famous Rothschild mask party, now we see Balthus had a Rothschild connection as well.

Also, it's an interesting question how to deal with that kind of art by 'famous' painters.

Put it in a basement and don't display it or display some of the less graphic stuff with some additional explanation to educate the public about the pedophile interests these artists had?

Which would of course attract pedophiles and give them the feeling 'great minds' were part of the gang.

Factfinder2

Looking forward to your post on this. There'll be plenty of material to work with.

think-

Thank you! :-)

Currently doing research via duckduckgo and google - very interesting. Especially his connections to celebrities and politicians (!).

Will ping you when I post my submission.

rooting4redpillers

@think- , thanks, and ping me as well. Remember to search voat pizzagate for leads. You probably already know this, but I’ll say it anyway, there are a good many previous subs on this topic, patiently waiting for someone to give them new light and life. Here’s the best way I know to do this: Paste in your browser:

site:voat.co/v/pizzagate {search term here}

When referencing previous voat pizzagate subs, pinging the author might be a great help to fuel your fire. Godspeed, and I look forward to your finds. No pressure, much support.

think-

Thank you! :-)

Actually, the Balthus rabbit hole is so deep, I will start by doing a submission about him and his Rothschild connections, as well as his connections to celebrities and politicians.

It's a good thing to remind everyone of looking at previous subs, and I'll ping you as well when my submission is up! :-)

Factfinder2

Thanks.

Factfinder2

The Met's Board of Trustees and Committee Members:

https://www.metmuseum.org/-/media/Files/About%20The%20Met/Annual%20Reports/2016-2017/Annual%20Report%202016-17%20The%20Board%20of%20Trustees.pdf

They're operating with an interim director since Thomas Campbell was forced out last year due to an "inappropriate relationship with a female staffer:"

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/thomas-campbell-inappropriate-relationship-staffer-912047

think-

Four years ago, the Met housed a big exhibition of Balthus work: 'Cats and Girls – Paintings and Provocations' .

ScientiaPotentia

Is it a cohencidence that his name is Ba'al-thus?

think-

I think it is. His actual first name was Balthasar, and unless you suppose his parents were involved in some sort of satanic cult (which might be possible, of course), it's just an everyday name.

think-

Edit: His mother's name was Elizabeth, but she was called Baladine.

She was the lover of Rainer Maria Rilke, a German poet. He called Balthus 'Balthusz', which was later changed to 'Balthus', Balthasar's artist name.

@ScientiaPotentia

ScientiaPotentia

Well, his name is Balthasar, but maybe he got into Satanism (who really worship Ba'al) and changed his name to Ba'al-Thus so the initiated would recognize a brother. It's seems to me that it would be a form of hidden advertisement only for those who have eyes to see and ears to hear.

think-

You might be right, since his mother was called 'Baladine', and it turned out that Balthus was into occult stuff...

ScientiaPotentia

I have noticed that Ba'al is a huge influence on Western society. It's signs and symbols are everywhere. Hebrew has no vowels so Ba'al = Bull = Bill = Ball. The Black robes of judges come from the worship of the Black cube (like the Muslim Kaaba). The Bailiff of the court is the Ba'al- iff meaning servant of Ba'al in Hebrew. The judicial system, the monetary system and government are enshrined in the symbols of the Saturn (Ba'al). The dollar bill is actually the dollar Ba'al. The Bildeberg group is actually Ba'al-de-berg (mountain of Ba'al) referring to the pyramid with the all seeing eye. Groups like BLM pronouned Ba'alim mean the followers of Ba'al. 'IM' denoting a plurality in Hebrew. We live in a world where the secret is out in the open for everyone to see.

Ba'al is actually another name for EL or Saturn. The 'Ba' indicates a Master as in Slave Master or Lord. EL or AL is god. So Ba'al is the Lord God or the aspect of God which is a stern totalitarian and requires servitude and worship. Baalzebub another name for the devil actually means "the Lord God who gives gifts". Zebub now refers to a fly because of the mockery of Baal in the Torah that Baal was Lord of a Fly. But the original meaning was to give gifts or favors in return for sacrifice. This is where we get the "selling your soul to the devil" from.

think-

But the original meaning was to give gifts or favors in return for sacrifice. This is where we get the "selling your soul to the devil" from and all forms of human sacrifice/cannibalism.

Interesting, thanks.

Piscina

Good on the women who started the petition.

think-

Here's what the Guardian writes about the petitition:

"Throughout history people have found reasons, which seemed perfectly good to them at the time, to condemn works of art. In Reformation Europe works of art were destroyed for being Catholic. In Nazi Germany modernist art was classed as 'degenerate' and museums were ordered to take it off view.

Do we really want modern liberalism to ape such illiberal precedents? ... Merril's petition confuses acts and images in a way that is deeply dangerous.

Art and life are related, but they are not the same. A painting is not an assault. It's just a painting - even when the content and style seem utterly offensive, you can walk away, leaving it to gather dust on the museum wall."

rooting4redpillers

The Guardian is as left as it gets, and their website is NOTHING but opinion. Divisiveness is their assigned mission, no holds barred. I expect the people who make the Guardian possible will have a lot to answer for when their number is called.

WhatevsFloatsYerGoat

This is an outrage. On the topic of Balthus, check out the Mouton Rothschild 1993 label. Need I say more? Rothschild pedo NSFW

think-

Hadn't seen this. How can anyone put this on a label?

wtf_is_happening

Interesting--and personally signed by Philippine de Rothschild too, the one James Alefantis so resembles.