‘How Matthew Wong, David Zwirner, and No Small Dose of Grit Turned This Octogenarian Into an Art Star’ by Sarah Cascone
2026
Scott Kahn never imagined that he would be kicking off New York’s busy fall art season with a solo show at the mega-gallery David Zwirner. Ten years ago, he was a 70-year-old artist living in his cousin’s attic. He had come to accept that his painstakingly rendered, boldly colored landscapes would never be noticed by the art establishment.
“I really felt like… I would die in poverty,” Kahn tells CULTURED. “It was always, always, always a financial struggle. A struggle for recognition.”
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