The mysteries of Epstein’s collection resurface every time a new batch of files is released. In 2025, when pictures of Epstein’s Virgin Islands home were made public, people feasted on images of bizarre masks hung from his walls. The Brussels Times, meanwhile, did an investigation into a sculpture of an archer near the house’s pool and determined that it was a copy of a work by Belgian modernist Arthur Dupagne, not an authentic piece by him
Jeffrey Epstein, who was convicted of sex crimes, did more than dabble with art.Kypros via Getty Images
Lead Photo: Petrina Ryan-Kleid’s Parsing Bill. Photo : Courtesy the artist
By Alex Greenberger, Claire Selvin
CONVICTED sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died by apparent suicide in 2019 while in jail facing additional charges related to alleged sex trafficking in New York and Florida, cultivated an expansive network of powerful and influential contacts in a wide array of fields—art very much among them. In addition to his dealings in the worlds of finance, science, and technology, the reputed billionaire engaged with art institutions, collectors, and cultural enterprises now reckoning with their affiliations with a figure whose history is being closely examined. Below, a guide to what we’ve come to know so far about Epstein’s ties to the art world.
A Collection of His Own
While conspiracies related to Epstein’s crimes proliferate, so, too, do wild theories surrounding art personally owned by him. No artwork has generated more attention than a painting by Petrina Ryan-Kleid featuring a smiling Bill Clinton wearing a dress and high heels. Titled Parsing Bill, the painting was “just a silly school artwork that was supposed to show, pictorially, the messages we are bombarded with in regards to these presidents,” Ryan-Kleid told Artnet News. In a 2012 email unsealed in 2026, Epstein instructed his unnamed recipient to hang the work prominently, “so that people walking by can smile.”
At his New York mansion, Epstein also exhibited a sculpture of a woman appearing to descend a rope. In an Artnet essay, critic Ben Davis identified its sculptor as Arnaud Kasper, who displays a similar work on his site called Regard sur le monde (2019). But that work lacks the veil and white dress that Epstein’s sculpture has.
Davis termed Epstein’s collection “janky,” which is one adjective someone could use to describe much of Epstein’s holdings, most of which are not by particularly famous artists. Epstein’s art ran the gamut from the provocative—his townhouse featured a large painting by Jorge Alvarez called Coming of Age Ceremony (1995), which depicts a young boy with an erection—to the anodyne, with one unsealed document offering an itemized list of design objects that Epstein apparently owned. All were worth well under $1 million.
The mysteries of Epstein’s collection resurface every time a new batch of files is released. In 2025, when pictures of Epstein’s Virgin Islands home were made public, people feasted on images of bizarre masks hung from his walls. The Brussels Times, meanwhile, did an investigation into a sculpture of an archer near the house’s pool and determined that it was a copy of a work by Belgian modernist Arthur Dupagne, not an authentic piece by him.
Still, it is clear that Epstein held more than a passing interest in art. Pictures from files provided to the public show that he strew his house with art tomes, including the catalog for “Picasso Sculpture,” the Museum of Modern Art blockbuster that featured an artwork he played a role in helping collector Leon Black purchase. He also kept abreast of art news; one email in a 2026 file release showed that Soon-Yi Previn, Woody Allen’s wife, sent Epstein a New York Times article on a copyright infringement suit against Jeff Koons, whom Epstein met in 2013.
- Portions of this article were previously published on August 27, 2019.
- Editor’s Note: The below entries are organized in descending order by the most recently reported news.
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