Kenny Schachter, Rocky. Image courtesy of Kenny SchachterToo much ink has been spilled, and continues to be, about the present temperature of the art market, including the alleged Trump bump, even though consignments for the last spate of auctions were set well before...
Prima ballerina and prima donna Jeff Koons and his profligate spending, fabricating his porcelain knockoffs, may land him in litigation (yet again). Photo courtesy Kenny Schachter.I’m no longer feeling the tug of my heart (and collecting) strings to hit the fair...
Me and my doppelgänger: which is which? Kenny Can’t Paint, Into the Corner, You Should Be Ashamed of Yourself Photo courtesy of Michael TrierIn light of the onslaught of pernicious press about the current state of the art market, I asked Don and Mera Rubell at the...
Kenny Schachter returns to Galerie Nagel Draxler in Cologne with his second solo exhibition, Phone Face, running from August 31 to October 25, 2024. Known for his critical engagement with contemporary culture, Schachter uses this exhibit to explore the ways in which...
Pete Seeger’s famous '50s folk song "Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” was a dirge on war and death; in this case, where have all the Basel-Basel people gone!? Makes you wonder if the Basels are unwittingly at war with themselves, and the death of one or the other is...
In his first lecture since suffering spinal cord surgery, this talk pinpoints the parallels between recovering from life changing injury and forging a career in a post-gallery art world. The University of Coimbra, Department of Art, April 30th, 2024
really got myself into a bind this time! After life-changing spinal-cord surgery, I was said to resemble a tubed-up Paul Thek sculpture, ta-da! Photo by Kenny SchachterTears are running down my cheeks—from frustration, more than pain at this stage, though there’s...
It is an honour and a privilege to introduce this catalogue on the work and life of Matthew Wong for the occasion of the joint exhibition with Vincent van Gogh at the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam and the Kunsthaus Zürich. Life affects people in different manners with...
Prepare yourself for the good, bad, ugly, and heinous sides of the art world (and market)—or forge your very own Kenny Artnet feature! With a friend, we inputted 1,000 pages of my writing to create a Frankenstein version of me and my voice to criticize you and yours....
The art world’s favorite receptionist, whom they love to hate, sitting around the clock during gallery hours. He happens to get along better (or only) with kids and animals. Photo courtesy of Kenny Schachter.“There are two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and...
Kenny Appleseed: a depiction of me sowing the word of my show, one invite at a time, a process slow and steady. Photo courtesy of Kenny Schachter.My friend Shirley Manson, the implacable, radical, stalwart lead singer of the legendary band Garbage (she’s Scottish but...
It’s L.A., for heaven's sake. What are you, if are not seen tooling around town in a cool car (or an affordable version thereof)? Check out my 2021 MX-5 Miata RT—that stands for Retractable Fastback. In other words… it's a convertible! Photo courtesy Kenny Schachter.I...
Self-portrait in the style of Peter Falk, as the erstwhile Lieutenant Columbo, in this case uncovering the latest in a long line of art scandals.I wasn’t intending to uncover the largest, most explosive case of potential art world fraud since Inigo Philbrick (who’s...
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