The Podesta Art Collection
Tony and John Podesta's documented art collection featuring disturbing imagery
Background
Tony Podesta is a powerful Washington D.C. lobbyist and the brother of John Podesta, Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign chairman (whose emails were released by WikiLeaks).
Tony Podesta is an avid art collector whose collection has been featured in mainstream publications including Washington Life Magazine. The collection has been described by visitors and journalists as "disturbing" and "inappropriate."
The artworks shown below are documented through mainstream media coverage, gallery archives, and the artists' own websites.
"At political events, there's an inevitable checkroom... Tony and Heather have a bedroom devoted entirely to video art... Tony has collected [art] that's very different, edgy, sometimes considered inappropriate."Washington Life Magazine, June 2015
Documented Artworks
Biljana Djurdjevic - Serbian Pain Series
Artist: Biljana Djurdjevic
Tony Podesta has confirmed owning multiple works by this Serbian artist whose paintings depict children in distressing poses in sterile, institutional settings.
Biljana Djurdjevic - Children on Tiles
Artist: Biljana Djurdjevic
Works from Djurdjevic's series showing children in vulnerable positions on cold tile floors, reminiscent of institutional settings. Podesta displayed these prominently.
Biljana Djurdjevic - Pool Scene
Artist: Biljana Djurdjevic
Another disturbing work showing children in vulnerable scenarios. Part of the collection Tony Podesta chose to prominently display in his home.
Arch of Hysteria - Louise Bourgeois
Artist: Louise Bourgeois
Gold sculpture depicting a headless body in an arched position. This exact pose matches how serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer positioned his victims in photographs.
Patricia Piccinini - The Young Family
Artist: Patricia Piccinini
Disturbing hyperrealistic sculpture of human-animal hybrids. Podesta displayed Piccinini's unsettling work in his home according to Washington Life.
Kim Noble - Ria Pratt Paintings
Artist: Kim Noble
Kim Noble is a trauma survivor with DID whose alter 'Ria Pratt' paints disturbing scenes of ritual abuse. John Podesta reportedly displayed her work.
Kim Noble - Ritual Scene
Artist: Kim Noble
Another of Kim Noble's paintings depicting what she describes as memories of ritual abuse. The imagery explicitly depicts children in abusive scenarios.
Tony Podesta's Art-Filled Home
Artist: Various Artists
Washington Life reported Tony Podesta has an entire bedroom devoted to video art, and his home required 3 years of renovations to accommodate his 'edgy' collection.
Key Points
- •Tony Podesta's art collection was featured in Washington Life Magazine in 2015
- •The collection includes multiple works by Biljana Djurdjevic depicting children in distress
- •Podesta owns the "Arch of Hysteria" sculpture - the same pose used by Jeffrey Dahmer
- •Visitors to his home have described the art as "disturbing" and "uncomfortable"
- •John Podesta's home reportedly featured work by Kim Noble, a trauma/abuse survivor artist