Hunter Biden on Art, Recovery, and the Courage to Create | In Conversation with Clare Gemima

 Artist and addiction recovery advocate, Hunter Biden.

October 28th, 2026 

In this extended conversation, artist Hunter Biden joins New York-based arts journalist Clare Gemima to discuss his evolving studio practice, the relationship between art and recovery, and the personal histories that inform his work.

Moving between painting, photography, and his recent explorations in embroidery, Biden reflects on the discipline of making art, the vulnerability of sharing it, and the distinction between creative expression and therapeutic practice.

The conversation also considers grief, family, memory, and the challenges of establishing an artistic identity under extraordinary public scrutiny. Throughout, Gemima approaches Biden's work through the questions central to any serious artistic practice: what an artist makes, how they make it, and why.

Interview conducted by Clare Gemima.

Interviewer: Clare Gemima Guest: Hunter Biden
Production: Whitehot Magazine / Whitehot Podcast

Listen now:
https://podfollow.com/art-world-whitehot-magazine-with-noah-becker/episode/7a5a6f29bc017bd8f6112996fbd7fd67e386c053/view