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...
Kenny Schachter Reveals More on the Koons-Pace Breakup, Diddy’s Deaccessioning, the Gogo-LVMH Non-Deal, and His Own Crypto Hack
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...
Kenny Schachter Can’t Paint, But He Can Reveal High-Level Hijinks in the Art World. (Just Don’t Call Him a Gossip!)
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...
Is ‘Phone Face’ the Future of Art? Kenny Schachter Challenges Digital Obsession
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...
Christine Tien Wang and Kenny Schachter Get Real About Art World Economics
Christine Tien Wang, photographed by Arturo Sanchez. Images courtesy of the Artist and The Hole.Christine Tien Wang and Kenny Schachter are in the business of self-abasement. The two multi-media artists, hailing from San Francisco and New York respectively, have a lot...
An Interview with Kenny Schachter on Collecting, Curating, and Creating
Kenny Schachter, Kenny can’t paint, into the corner you should be ashamed of yourselfKenny Schachter is a polymath of sorts with a multitude of interests and skills that have guided him in the arts. As a collector, curator, artist, lecturer, and writer, he has used...
Are the Basel Fairs Eating Each Other? Kenny Schachter Has a Theory—and News of a Big Bezos Art Deal
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...
Kenny Schachter Reveals a $200 Million Basquiat Sale, the Best Work at Auction Next Week, and a Whole Lot More
In the endless game of art market musical chairs, the filthy rich trade their trophies like baseball cards. Photo by Kenny Schachter.On the heels of the blowout, benchmark-setting New York fall auctions, which totaled approximately $2.2 billion, smack in the face of a...
Kenny Schachter Emerges From Surgery With Dirt on Damien Hirst, Ed Sheeran, and a Lot More
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...
Disinclined Hero: The Art And Life Of Eva Beresin
A finger in a nerve: An introduction
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...
Valley Guy, Part 4: Kenny Schachter Returns From His L.A. Adventures With Frieze Gossip—and His Very Own A.I. App
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....
Valley Guy, Part 3: Kenny Schachter on Fake Kusamas, an Illicit Photo Sale, and Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Star Turn
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...
Valley Guy, Part 2: Kenny Schachter Falls in Love with L.A., Opening Show While Dueling New York Neighbor
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...
Valley Guy, Part 1: Kenny Schachter Descends On L.A.—and Dishes on Art-World Ne’er-Do-Wells
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...















