Federal authorities, journalists, and Jeffrey Epstein’s accusers have spent years scrutinizing the financier’s properties and possessions, piecing together an aesthetic world that often seemed to mirror the abuses he committed. Reporting by ARTnews, the New York Times, Artnet, and other publications has detailed Epstein’s fixation on sexually charged imagery, the theatrical displays inside his properties, and the objects that blurred the line between décor and surveillance.
Despite being heavily redacted, the first tranche of documents released under the Epstein Files Transparency Act now add a new layer to that picture. These newly surfaced details expand the record with visual evidence from inside his Manhattan townhouse and with an early, long-buried complaint from an artist who says Epstein manipulated and stole her work.
Below, details on a few new revelations from the Epstein files.
