Developing a visual idiom : Early works
Provocation and transgression : Balthus's first exhibition at the Galerie Pierre
Representation and intimacy : Balthus's portraits from the 1930s
The years in Champrovent and Fribourg : Works from the first half of the 1940s
Return to Paris : Works from the second half of the 1940s
From the studio in Paris to the Château de Chassy : Works from the 1950s
Frome Rome to Rossinière : Late works
Short texts by Raphaël, Christine Burger, Yves Guignard, Michiko Kono, and Juan Ángel López-Manzanares
"Time mastered : Isn't that perhaps the best definition of art?" : Aspects of time in Balthus's work / Raphaël Bouvier
Between sensuality, dignity, and grace : The female figure in Balthus's work / Michiko Kono
"The throbbing tragedy of a drama of the flesh" : Balthus and Antonin Artraud's theatre of cruelty / Juan Ángel López-Manzanares
Thérèse, time and again : Balthus's paintings of girls / Beate Söntgen
Transgression and purity : Balthus's precarious equilibrium / Olivier Berggruen
A secret passage into eternity : Passage du Cmmerce-Saint-André / Wim Wenders
Balthasar Klossowski de Rola : Biography
