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Hunter Biden is slated to sell some of his artwork for up to $500,000 this fall, but he may never find out who bought it. According to The Washington Post, White House officials have been working on an ethics scheme to protect the identity of individuals who bid on the president’s son’s artwork in recent months. The scheme, which has been panned by ethical experts, is intended to prevent a wealthy individual from currying favor with Hunter or his influential family by paying a large fee for the difficult-to-value artworks. The deal, which the White House hasn’t confirmed on the record, is meant to allow Hunter Biden, a former lawyer who has suffered with addiction, to seek a new career in art, according to the Washington Post. President Joe Biden, on the other hand, has pledged to maintain tougher barriers between family and governance than his predecessor, former President Donald Trump. “The President has established the highest ethical standards of any administration in American history, and his family’s adherence to rigorous protocols like this is a prime example,” White House spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement. According to the New York Post, Hunter’s artwork will be priced by Georges Berges, the owner of a New York gallery. Hunter Biden’s artwork is valued at $75,000 for works on paper and $500,000 for his larger paintings, according to Berges. Berges would reject proposals that are dubious or beyond the asking price, according to the Post, which cited anonymous sources acquainted with the deal. The process was “nothing exceptional,” according to someone who initially identified themselves as calling from Berges’ gallery, according to the Post. That individual later declined to be identified. The abstract art of Hunter Biden has gotten mixed reviews. “Hunter Biden’s artwork is actually good and will be worth a lot, experts believe,” according to a report published in June by The New York Post, which has been critical of Hunter Biden. Hunter Biden’s work is “very strong,” according to Mark Tribe, chairman of the MFA Fine Arts Department at New York City’s School of Visual Arts. “It’s the kind of organic abstraction that I find easy on the eyes and awakens your curiosity,” Tribe said of the hues and enticing organic forms. Hunter Biden’s paintings, however, should cost no more than $3,000, according to Jeffry Cudlin, an art professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art, who told the conservative Washington Examiner newspaper that they are the type of art “to hang above someone’s couch.” “I think a portfolio with these pieces in it would imply some awareness of the medium, some nascent aptitude, and encourage anyone reading it that Biden might one day do some intriguing paintings with a little instruction and study,” Cudlin said. Hunter Biden has been accused of unfairly benefiting from his father’s position for years, and the ethics agreement is the latest issue he has caused the White House. Last month, images allegedly stolen from Hunter Biden’s laptop were published in the Daily Mail tabloid, raising doubts about whether his father assisted him with his overseas business transactions when Joe was vice president. The White House has disputed that Joe Biden and his son discussed international business. Hunter Biden’s tax troubles are also being investigated by the federal government. While the White House appears to be working hard to find a conflict-free way for Hunter Biden to sell his artwork, experts have condemned the contract as it is. In a lengthy discussion on Twitter, Walter Shaub, a top ethics attorney who served as the director of the Office of Government Ethics from 2013 to 2017, said the process for selling Hunter Biden’s artwork was “extremely disheartening.” “Instead of reporting who is paying exorbitant prices for Hunter Biden’s artwork so that we can track whether the purchasers are gaining access to government,” Shaub said, “the White House tried to make sure we will never know who they are.” “The notion is that even Hunter won’t know,” Shaub continued, “but the White House has outsourced federal ethics to a private art dealer.” “We’re meant to trust a merchant in an industry renowned for money laundering, as well as unidentified buyers who might inform Hunter or WH officials? Thank you, but no thanks.” Norm Eisen, an attorney who advised former President Barack Obama on ethics, was more receptive. The “fundamental idea is adult kids can make a living,” Eisen told the Post, but he stressed that there should be a significant distance between the transaction and the White House. “That implies the White House shouldn’t be marketing the art show, which they aren’t doing as far as I’m aware,” Eisen told the newspaper. While Hunter Biden kept a quiet profile during his father’s presidential campaign, Trump frequently used his shady history and drug and alcohol issues to attack his politician father. After attempting to have the Ukrainian government investigate both Bidens, Trump was impeached in 2019. In 2020, he was found not guilty. Hunter Biden’s burgeoning art career coincides with his desire to play a greater public role. He published his memoir, “Beautiful Things,” earlier this year, which The New York Times called “equal parts family saga, sorrow narrative, and addict’s wail.” Despite poor sales, Hunter Biden has stated that a sequel to his memoir is in the works. 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