U2’s Bono Sings at Rites for Balthus

Balthus, the realist painter of often erotic work, was buried in the Swiss village of Rossiniere, close to the chalet were he spent the last 23 years of his life.

Bono, lead singer of the Irish rock group U2, sang for about 350 mourners including French photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan and Australian model Elle McPherson.