Andy Warhol’s eye-popping 1986 self-portrait, at Caratsch.Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he is a contributor to the British edition...
Further Adventures in the Wade Guyton Market
‘Untitled’ (2006) by Guyton.Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he is a contributor to the British edition of GQ. The opinions...
X-Rated: On the Hunt for a Guyton, Wary of the Self-Gazump
An untitled painting by Wade Guyton in ‘Empire State’ at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Rome in April. (Photo by Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images) Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha...
What Goes Up Must Go Up: A Sneak Peek at Kenny Schachter’s Fall 2013 Gloom, Boom & Doom Report
A Kandinsky being handled at Christie’s London last week. (Photo by Carl Court/AFP/Getty Images) Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid, and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he...
Nothing But Time, Paul Thek Revisited, 1964-1987
Kenny Schachter is a private dealer and curator living in London. His latest curatorial project is a show of Paul Thek’s work at Pace Gallery that will be on view from September 25th to November 9th at 6 Burlington Gardens. The show, Nothing But Time, Paul Thek...
Ecstasy at Kunsthaus Zurich
Installation view of ‘The Hubert Looser Collection.’ (Photo by Lena Huber/© Kunsthaus Zürich) Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid, and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he is...
Jay-Z, Baby
Pace is the place for art’s celebrity arms race Turning up today is Jay-Z and band with plenty of fawning art stars in hand like self absorbed kids playing in sand No matter your chops nothing will stop the gallery from showing you the art world from blowing you There...
Kenny Schachter’s Basel Diary, Part 2
Lucio Fontana canvases at Helly Nahmad's Art Basel booth. No more disclaimers this time around, let’s just jump back into the thick of it, starting—where else?—with more dinners and parties, of course. During the relentless march of fairs and biennials, the art world...
It’s Groundhog Day at Art Basel 2013
The scene at Art Basel 2013. Forget about you, dear reader, how will I manage not to bore myself to tears with this? Art Basel feels like round 87 in a long, drawn-out boxing match and I shudder to think that I have to put fingers to the keyboard so quickly after the...
A Dealer’s Diary of Frieze Week NYC
The crowd at Jeff Koons's opening at David Zwirner Gallery The art fairs that have proliferated in every town and time zone the world over have come to take up such a signficant portion of how I view art that remembering my bearings at one—am I in Brussels this week,...
An Auction House Morality Tale
Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he is a contributor to the British edition of GQ. The opinions expressed here are his own. Some...
You Can Ring My Bell: Kenny Schachter at an Art World Quiz Show
Oliver Barker, Quizmaster. (Photo by Lucy Ward) Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid, and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he is a contributor to the British edition of GQ...
Off to the Turtle Races: Kenny Schachter, Our Man in Maastricht.
Kenny Schachter is a London-based art dealer, curator and writer. His writing has appeared in books on architect Zaha Hadid, and artists Vito Acconci and Paul Thek, and he is a contributor to the British edition of GQ and Swiss money manager Marc...
Art Cologne – A Premature Call
In 2009 I wrote about the death of the Cologne Art Fair, having served on the selection committee for 2 years prior, but it was a premature call. It’s still a great place to see art without the usual European and American art mongering suspects breathing down your...
Status Anxiety: Kenny Schachter Dives into Facebook’s Art-World Trenches
Kenny Schachter’s Facebook profile image. In the age of hunched-over iPhone overachievers, Facebook has birthed a hybrid form of participatory art chat, a free-for-all dialogue sometimes charged with a level of meanness that would do an HBO series proud. These heated...