''For people with the surname, see Skarstedt (surname).'' Skarstedt is a contemporary art gallery with locations in New York, London, and Paris.

History

The gallery was founded in 1992 by art dealer Per Skarstedt. Skarstedt's first acquisition, at the age of 23, was a work by

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. Skarstedt moved to New York and opened his first Upper East Side gallery at 1018 Madison Avenue in 1992. In 2007, the gallery moved into 20 East 79th Street, the former gallery of Paul Rosenberg & Co., designed by Francis d'Haene. By 2014, it took over the gallery space formerly occupied by

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at 550 West 21st Street in Chelsea and had it redesigned by

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. In 2019, Skarstedt opened a second space in New York's Upper East Side, located in a space at 19 East 64th Street. In 2012, Skarstedt expanded with a gallery in London at 8 Bennett Street, designed by Thomas Croft. A second, space opened in 2016. Skarstedt opened a gallery in 2020 at 66 Newtown Lane in East Hampton. That same year, Skarstedt opened an pop-up in Palm Beach, exhibiting Richard Prince ''Nurses'' and new sculptures by KAWS. The gallery also opened its first location in Paris in 2021, at 2 Avenue Matignon, designed by Jacques Grange. In 2024, the gallery announced plans open an additional New York space in a building at West 25th Street which was designed by architect

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and previously housed Cheim & Read.

Artists

The gallery is known for its focus on contemporary artists such as: * Cristina BanBan (since 2022) *

Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German Painting, painter, Sculpture, sculptor and Graphic arts, graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his Figurative art, figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his ...

George Condo George Condo (born 1957) is an American visual artist who works in painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking. He lives and works in New York City. Early life Condo was born in Concord, New Hampshire. He studied art history and musi ...

Eric Fischl Eric Fischl (born March 9, 1948) is an American painter, sculptor, printmaker, draughtsman and educator. He is known for his paintings depicting American suburbia from the 1970s and 1980s. Life Fischl was born in New York City and grew up on s ...

(since 2015) *

KAWS Brian Donnelly (born November 4, 1974), known professionally as Kaws (stylized as KAWS), is an American artist and designer. His work includes repeated use of a cast of figurative characters and motifs, some dating back to the beginning of his ...

Barbara Kruger Barbara Kruger (born January 26, 1945) is an American conceptual artist and collagist associated with the Pictures Generation. She is most known for her visual word art that consists of black-and-white photographs, overlaid with declarative ca ...

Albert Oehlen Albert Oehlen (born 17 September 1954) is a German painter, installation artist and musician. He lives and works in Bühler, Switzerland and Segovia, Spain.

* Richard Prince *

Cindy Sherman Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often co ...

* Sue Williams In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including: *

Martin Kippenberger Martin Kippenberger (25 February 1953 – 7 March 1997) was a German painter, draftsman, photographer, sculptor, installation and performance artist. He became known for his prolific output in a wide range of styles and media, superfiction, as w ...

(in collaboration with Galerie Gisela Capitain) *

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In the past, the gallery has worked with several other artists, including: *

David Salle David Salle (born September 28, 1952; last name pronounced "Sally") is an American Postmodern painter, printmaker, photographer, and stage designer. Salle was born in Norman, Oklahoma, and lives and works in East Hampton, New York. He earned a B ...

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References

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