Is Hunter Biden's art any good?

If you want to know who's worth following on this topic, I highly suggest you check out Walter Schaub's Twitter, and the articles he's published. He's now with Project On Government Oversight (POGO).

Hunter Biden's art sales are an ethical outhouse. Of course he's profiting off of his name, and there needs to be greater transparency as to who's buying and what they get from it. There should be absolutely no connection through to the WH, but we don't know that there isn't because nothing has been made public. Our POTUS has a huge blind spot when it comes to his loser son, and I understand and sympathize with why, but he needs to do better than that.

Now, if you are upset about this situation, but never questioned what the Trumps' did, then you should go back and reconsider your stance on all that. If you're okay with what Hunter is doing but criticized the Trump kids, same thing. Walter Schaub has at least been consistent and held both administrations to the same ethical standards - that's a trustworthy source to follow.

The Morning Dispatch: The Biden White House’s Government Ethics Dilemma
The Dispatch Staff | Jul 22

Shaub—who is no Republican—clarified that the administration is doing a “pretty good job on following the existing rules,” but proceeded to run through a laundry list of concerns in a 35-minute interview with The Dispatch Wednesday evening. His most pressing? Nepotism and the exploitation of proximity to power.

As disappointed as Shaub was with the White House’s hiring process, he was near irate discussing Hunter Biden. The president’s younger son’s business dealings in Ukraine and China played a prominent role in former President Trump’s first impeachment trial and the closing days of the 2020 campaign, but Hunter has made no effort to shy away from controversy now that his dad’s in the Oval Office. He published a memoir in the spring and launched a for-profit art career a few weeks later—planning to sell his pieces through a dealer at up to $500,000 a pop.

“People get lost in the weeds asking, ‘Well, is this good art?’ That’s not the question,” Shaub said, arguing Hunter is “clearly” profiting off his dad’s presidency. “The question is, would somebody be paying half a million dollars for a piece of art if it wasn’t the president’s son? And the answer has got to be no.”

Hunter Biden expected to meet with potential art buyers before anonymous sales
BY BO ERICKSON, FIN GOMEZ AND ARDEN FARHI, CBS | UPDATED ON: JULY 22, 2021

Hunter Biden's appearance at the shows, where he'll presumably socialize with potential buyers, is seemingly at odds with an agreement struck with the gallery owner that aims to keep buyers' identities secret from Biden, President Biden, the White House, and the public.

Some government ethics experts have expressed concerns buyers could purchase Hunter Biden's art to gain influence with his father, Mr. Biden. Keeping the buyers anonymous is meant to guard against that.

But that raises the question: how would the public ever know what was discussed? There is no known enforcement mechanism or disclosure requirement embedded in the ethics deal. Conversations with potential buyers at the showings would almost certainly stay private.