Skarstedt to Open New Chelsea Gallery in November
KAWS will be the first artist to inaugurate the space.
Skarstedt has announced it will open a second gallery in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. Founded in 1994 by Swedish art dealer Per Skarstedt, the space has become a beacon for contemporary art within the city’s Upper East Side, as well as opening global outposts in London and Paris since.
The forthcoming gallery will allow Skarstedt to expand its programming, which in the past has included titans of 20th and 21st century art, from Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons to George Condo and KAWS. The latter figure will be the inaugural artist to open the Chelsea location at 547 West 25th Street, a 6,000 square feet outpost designed by architect Richard Gluckman.
“Celebrating the old and the new, Skarstedt looks forward to deepening its commitment to the iconic artists that formed its very identity, while simultaneously pushing into the future and expanding its vision in this storied Manhattan building,” the gallery wrote in a statement.
KAWS will open his latest solo exhibition DAY BY DAY, his fifth with Skarstedt, starting on November 8.
Skarstedt
547 W 25th St
New York, NY 10001
