This sounds like another money laundering scheme. Have the Chicoms, Ukraine, and Russia promised to buy his art through the gallery?

“The one thing I have left is my art. It’s the one thing they can’t take away from me or conflate with anything else.”

I wonder if this art will go for millions or something. Art is a great way to launder money. It takes no time to make some painting a child could make, and someone comes in and drops 100k on it. It happens a lot in the art community. Art/Book Deals/Consulting/GoFundMe are the best money laundering options.