‘Artist Scott Kahn: An overnight success at 75’ by Shirley Xue Artwork Caption: Scott Kahn, Spring Moon, 2013
2024
During Shanghai Art Week, American artist Scott Kahn’s works appeared for the first time at Art021, and he launched his solo exhibition Once in a Blue Moon in Hong Kong.
This 78-year-old artist worked in the art world for 60 years but remained unknown until he became famous at the age of 75. Collectors came one after another, and the price of his works soared. In an interview with CBS, one of the five major news networks in the United States, Kahn said: “I thought I would die in poverty and be unknown all my life.”
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