Left, Paul Thek Untitled, 1969-70 and right, Peter Hujar, Paul Thek (IV), 1975 (Image credit: Left, © Estate of Paul Thek. Courtesy of Pace Gallery, Galerie Buchholz, Mai 36 Galerie, and the Watermill Center, NY. Photo: Eva Herzog. Right, © 2025 The Peter Hujar...
He never met Paul Thek, but Kenny Schachter would’ve been happy just to smell him
Kenny Schachter is in London and wired. He’s here to put on a show of the American artist Paul Thek with fashion designer Jonathan Anderson at Thomas Dane Gallery. He hasn’t slept in three days, but he’s fizzing with energy
Kenny Schachter has just curated a new show of Paul Thek’s work at Thomas Dane Gallery, in collaboration with Jonathan Anderson “I haven’t slept in three days – I’m like 27 if not for the hair,” says Kenny Schachter. Eight coffees in, and seemingly unfazed by the...
Kenny Schachter on AI, art, and staying self-taught
Jing Masterminds: The American artist and curator reflects on risk, robots, and redefining value in the art world.
Kenny Schachter is not your typical art world professional — and he doesn’t claim to be. A self-taught curator, artist, and writer based in New York, Schachter has spent over three decades challenging the boundaries between art, technology, and commerce with a blend...
Kenny Schachter’s Uptown World.
The packed townhouse of a downtown art-scene refugee.
The Living Room “Art needs to be lived with,” says Kenny Schachter. “Every day, something gets moved around.” The works on the walls are his, other than the green painting above the blue couch by his son, Adrian. The center sofa is Ole Wanscher, the yellow sofa is...
Kenny Schachter Challenges AI and Authorship in “Art in the Age of Robotic Reproduction”
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Kenny Schachter has always existed at the intersection of art, technology, and critique. With his latest exhibition, Art in the Age of Robotic Reproduction, now on view at Jupiter gallery in New York’s Lower East Side, the boundary-blurring provocateur engages in a...
Kenny Schachter Questions “The Hand of The Artist” in Latest Jupiter Show
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Kenny Schachter, Art in the age…, 2025. Photography by Cary Whittier. Image courtesy of the artist and Jupiter. Kenny Schachter’s latest show at Jupiter on NYC’s Lower East Side is a nod to Walter Benjamin’s 1935 essay, The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical...
