Worst Advice is a new KUBAPARIS interview series looking at the most questionable and persistent advice circulating in the art world. Artists are constantly told how to work, how to present themselves, and how to build a career. Some of this advice is helpful, much of...
Photo courtesy Kenny Schachter"Spring is nature's erection, everything straightens up. Summers and winters are long, there's time, but the short springs and autumn, when things happen very quickly, are action week." So said David Hockney in a 2009 Financial Times...
A spoof on Eyes Wide Shut, featuring Tom Cruise in addition to Nicole Kidman, might have helped Brancusi’s exquisite head at Christie’s better than Nicole's solo promo effort in a market so jacked up that almost $100 million was viewed as a disappointment. Photo...
Is your gallery in arrears on your last sales? Not returning calls or emails? Don’t forget, you're only one call away from relief—Kenny’s Kollection Agency at your disposal! Image courtesy Kenny SchachterThe latest A.I. scare is a real corker, but perversely and...
I wonder if robot dealers will shortchange robot artists? By the looks of it, even A.I. artists will be screwed. Image courtesy Kenny SchachterThe most unnerving and demoralizing essay that I’ve read so far on the proliferation of A.I. is “The 2028 Global Intelligence...
Good thing this Getty’s gross grotto is private, to save us from it. That’s something to be thankful for. Image via Kenny SchachterAs we roll into February 2026, Mr. Green still hasn’t shown up (the turn of phrase used by lawyers for the withdrawal of counsel due to a...
Find the clowns in the room. Vincent van Gogh’s Le Zouave depicts a French soldier in a regiment famous for colorful uniforms that later came to inspire the phrase faire le zouave ("to act the goat"), associated with clowning around. But after being sold at a private...
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