Articles & Reviews
2022
Rosenfeld, Jason. “Art In Conversation: Kenny Scharf with Jason Rosenfeld”, The Brooklyn Rail, June 2022.
Ortved, John. “The Artist Kenny Scharf Honored at TriBeCa Ball”, The New York Times, 22 April 2022.
2021
Kenny, Glenn. “Kenny Scharf: When Worlds Collide” Review: Outlasting an Art Scene, The New York Times, 24 June 2021.
“Video: Kenny Scharf Virtual Studio Visit,” RxArt, 2 March 2021.
2020
Freeman, Nate. “Dealers Sharpen Knives for Scharfs,” artnet, 4 December 2020.
Golden, Dan. “Interview with Kenny Scharf,” Curator Site, May 2020.
Brant, Harry. “Kenny Scharf Looks Back on a Life of Making Boring Objects Brilliant,” Interview Magazine, 4 February 2020.
2019
Calderon, Trina. “Kenny Scharf Melts your Mind,”LA Weekly, 7 November 2019.
Slenske, Michael. “Kenny Scharf Is Pissed and This Pile of Plastic Toys Is Proof,” Los Angeles Magazine, 6 September 2019.
Gilbert, Alan (ed). “Spray Paint and 3-D: Kenny Scharf Interviewed by Marilyn Minter.” BOMB Magazine, July 2019.
Westfall, Mark. “Kenny Scharf does Ibiza 2019.” FAD Magazine, June 2019.
2018
Editors. “Kenny Scharf 1984, Arts & Leisure.” The New York Times, 2018.
Editors. “The artist Kenny Scharf at home in Culver City.” Interview Magazine, 2018.
Slenske, Michael. “We Visit Kenny Scharf’s Awe-Inspiring New Studio as He Readies for the Spotlight.” Galerie Magazine, 2018.
Vankin, Deborah. “Beyond the Streets’ art exhibition extends its L.A. run.” The Los Angeles Times, 2018.
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Mangez, Caroline. “Kenny Scharf: Le Survivant du street-art.” Paris Match, 2018.
2017
Heinrich, Will. “The Underground was still Velvet.” The New York Times, 2017.
Sokol, Brett. “Club 57, Late-Night Home of Basquiat and Haring, Gets a Museum-Worthy Revival.” The New York Times, 2017.
Sokol, Brett. “Kenny Scharf’s East Village, 38 Years Later.” The New York Times, 2017.
Abrams, Loney. “‘It Was Magical’: Kenny Scharf on Club 57 and the East Village Art World of the Early ’80s.” Artspace, 2017.
Carrier, David. “Dispelled Illusions: Kenny Scharf takes on Color Field.” Art Critical, 2017.
Pagel, David. “It’s the Kenny Scharf show: Junked TVs as a painter’s canvas.” The Los Angeles Times, 2017.
2016
Brunamonti, Filippo. “Il pop surrealismo di Kenny Scharf: «Vi mostro la mia caverna cosmica».” Il oro 24, February 2016.
2015
Vankin, Deborah. “Spray-paint revolution: ‘OutsideIn’ street art exhibition opens at Art Center in Pasadena.” The Los Angeles Times, October 2015.
Slenske, Michael. “Artist Kenny Scharf Turns an L.A. Gallery into a Recycled Funhouse.” Architectural Digest, February 2015.
2014
Binlot, Anne. “Kenny Scharf’s Cosmology.” ArtNews, November 2014.
Sutton, Benjamin. “Kenny Scharf Smoked a Bong Inside a Richard Serra Sculpture.” Artnet, September 2014.
Glettner, Eva. “See Kenny Scharf’s Mural on Adams Boulevard.” Los Angeles Magazine, September 2014.
Slonim, Jeffrey. “The Day Kenny Scharf Graffitied My Vintage Wagoneer.” Observer, August 2014.
2013
Salisbury, Vanita. “Kenny Scharf Used to Take Home Turkey Chunks From Work.” New York Magazine, September 2013.
Baumgardner, Julie. “Hot Rods and Hot Nights at a Hamptons Party for Kenny Scharf.” T Magazine, July 2013.
Elliott, Hannah. “Boneyard Project: Kenny Scharf Paints An Abondoned Airplane.” Forbes, April 2013.
2012
Colucci, Emily. “You Can’t Plan Fun: An Interview with Kenny Scharf.” Art:21, June 2012.
Wilkinson, Alexis. “Los Angeles: Kenny Scharf ‘Hodgepodge’ at Honor Fraser Through May 19, 2012.” Art Observed, May 2012.
Mooney, Ryan. “World renowned artist Kenny Scharf completes mural in downtown Salem.” Boston.com, May 2012.
2011
Slenske, Michael. “The World Catches Up to Kenny Scharf.” Art in America, January 2011.
Spampinato, Francesco. “Kenny Scharf: Bringing the Fantasy into Reality.” L’uomo Vogue, April 2011.
2010
Wadler, Joyce “Kenny Scharf’s Chair at Auction. Those Lips and Eyes!” The New York Times, May 2010.
2009
Green, Penelope. “That’s Not a Basement, It’s Art.” The New York Times, June 2009.
1992
Dutt, Robin. “Kenny Scarf: Edward Totah Gallery.” What’s On, April 1992.
1985
Marzorati, Gerald. “Sci-Fi Surrealism with Kenny Scharf” Art News, September 1985.
Publications
2015
Kenny Scharf: Born Again. Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
2013
Kenny Scharf: Koloss. Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2012
Kenny Scharf: Hodgepodge. Honor Fraser Gallery, Los Angeles
2007
Kenny Scharf: NEW! New Paintings and Carzy Roy Al Paul Yasmin Gallery. Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2005
Kenny Scharf: Superpop. Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
2004
Kenny Scharf: Groovenian Drawings. Foreward by Robert Williams. Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles
1998
Made in the USA, 1970-2001 Keith Haring, Robert Longo, Kenny Scharf, Bill Beckley. Oberhausen Ger. Ludwig Galerie, The Universals.
Pucci International, New York.
Kenny Scharf: Essay by Carter Radcliff and Robert Farris Thompson, Interview by Dennis Hopper.
Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
Kenny Scharf: Essay by Barry Blinderman, Gregory Bowen, Bill McBride, Ann Magnuson and Robert Farris Thompson.
University Galleries, Normal, Illinois.
1997
In Your Face: Keith Haring, Jean Michel Basquiat, Kenny Scarf. Malca Fine Art, New York.
Kenny Scharf: Pop Surrealist. Salvador Dali Museum, St. Petersburg, Florida.
1996
Pop Art. By Jan de James. London. Phaidon.
El Mundo de Kenny Scharf: Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Monterrey. Monterrey, Mexico.
Kenny Scharf: Essay by Louis Grachos. Center for the Fine Arts Miami
1995
Kenny Scharf: Essays by Brooke Adams, Laurence Parmer Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale Florida
1992
Kenny Scharf: Essay by Brooke Adams. Edward Totah Gallery, London.
1990
Kenny Scharf. Galerie Brauborg, Paris.
The Last Decade: American Artists of the 80’s. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
Phamakon 90. Mukuhari Messe Contemporary Art Exhibition, Tokyo.
1989
Kenny Scharf: Jungle Book. Kyoto Shoin International Company, Art Random, Kyoto.
Kenny Scharf: Three Portfolios. AC & T Corp, Tokyo.
1986
An American Renaissance: Painting and Sculpture from 1940 to the Present. Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1985
Vernacular Abstraction. Wacoal Art Center, Tokyo.
1984
Figuration Libre: France – USA. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris.
New Attitudes: Paris / New York. Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh.
Via New York. Musee d ‘Art Contemporain, Montreal.
1983
Reference. Palais de Beaux Arts de Charleroi, Charleroi, Belgium.
Back to the USA. Kuntsmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland.
Kenny Scharf. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.
Morton G Neuman Family Collection. Kalamazoo Institute of Art, Kalamazoo, Michigan.
Champions. Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York.