Balthus’ biography. A joint publication with the Thyssen Bornemisza Museum

The artist Balthus, from his childhood in Geneva to his solitary old age in Paris. He crosses paths with Giacometti, Antonin Artaud, Miró, Picasso, not to mention Rainer Maria Rilke in his childhood or, already in his old age, people from Hollywood like Sharon Stone or Richard Gere. An homage to the great painter and at the same time a critical look at the man and his contradictions, his narcissism, and his desire to belong to the aristocracy.