Skarstedt


Skarstedt is a contemporary art gallery with two exhibition spaces in New York and one in London.

History

The gallery was founded in 1994 by Swedish gallerist Per Skarstedt. Skarstedt's first acquisition, at the age of 23, was a work by Cindy Sherman. Skarstedt is a dealer who operates on the secondary market, and is known to buy work at auction.
In 2019, Skarstedt opened a space on New York’s Upper East Side, at 19 East 64th Street.

Artists

Among others, Skarstedt has been representing the following living artists:
In collaboration with Galerie Gisela Capitain, Skarsted represents the estate of Martin Kippenberger in the U.S. The gallery also deals in work by Jeff Koons, Barbara Kruger, Keith Haring, Sherrie Levine, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman, Jim Shaw and other European and American artists.
Skarstedt has in the past represented the following:
In 2018, Richard Prince publicly distanced himself from an exhibition of early monochromatic Joke paintings opening at Skarstedt gallery in London; it was Skarstedt’s fifth solo exhibition of the artist’s work.