One of the most heavily guarded buildings in Manhattan that has roving packs of guards 24/7 is an art gallery who has a celebrity offspring as one of their featured artists.

Who is paying for the security presence?

It must be at least $10K per day.

Hunter Biden

Weeks before Hunter Biden’s art show — “The Journey Home” — opened at a New York gallery, marking the splashy debut of a newcomer with a famous name to the commercial art world, the White House insisted it had safeguards to ensure that no one who buys a painting will be able to use the acquisition to influence his father’s administration.

The White House Counsel’s Office helped develop guidelines for the Manhattan gallery to keep the identity of art buyers from both the artist and the administration. The gallery could reject offers that were “out of the ordinary.”

In an interview this week at his gallery on West Broadway in SoHo, Mr. Bergès, 45, fully embraced his role as gatekeeper.

He is having no discussions with the White House, he said. He sets the prices, most of which are in the tens of thousands of dollars. He vets the buyers and only he, he said, will know who has bought one of the 25 works hanging in the gallery’s two floors.

“It’s all on me,” he said. “Who is buying and who is not, it’s solely on my shoulders.” – Source

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