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Saatchi Gallery
Saatchi Gallery is located in Central London
Saatchi Gallery
Location within Central London
Established1985;39 years ago(1985)
LocationDuke of York's Headquarters,King's Road
London,SW3
United Kingdom
Coordinates51°29′26″N0°09′32″W/ 51.4906°N 0.1589°W/51.4906; -0.1589
Visitors1,003,376 (2016)[1]
Public transit accessLondon UndergroundSloane Square
Websitewww.saatchigallery.com

TheSaatchi Galleryis a Londongalleryforcontemporary artand an independent charity[2]opened byCharles Saatchiin 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to theDamien Hirst-ledYoung British Artists,followed by shows purely of painting, led to Saatchi Gallery becoming a recognised authority in contemporary art globally. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then theSouth Bankby theRiver Thames,and finally inChelsea,Duke of York's HQ,its current location. In 2019 Saatchi Gallery became a registered charity and began a new chapter in its history. Recent exhibitions include the major solo exhibition of the artistJR,JR: Chronicles,andLondon Grads Nowin September 2019 lending the gallery spaces to graduates from leading fine art schools who experienced the cancellation of physical degree shows due to the pandemic.[3]

The gallery's mission[4]is to support artists and render contemporary art accessible to all by presenting projects in physical and digital spaces that are engaging, enlightening and educational for diverse audiences. The Gallery presents curated exhibitions on themes relevant and exciting in the context of contemporary creative culture. Its educational programmes aim to reveal the possibilities of artistic expression to young minds, encourage fresh thought and stimulate innovation.

In 2019, Saatchi Gallery transitioned to becoming a charitable organisation, relying upon private donations to reinvest its revenue into its core learning activities and to support access to contemporary art for all.[5]

History[edit]

Boundary Road[edit]

Opening and US art[edit]

The Saatchi Gallery opened in 1985 in Boundary Road,St John's Wood,London in a disused paint factory of 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2). The first exhibition was held March—October 1985 featured many works by AmericanminimalistDonald Judd,American abstract paintersBrice MardenandCy Twombly,and American pop artistAndy Warhol.This was the first U.K. exhibition for Twombly and Marden.

These were followed throughout December 1985 – July 1986 by an exhibition of works by American sculptorJohn Chamberlain,AmericanminimalistsDan Flavin,Sol LeWitt,Robert Ryman,Frank Stella,andCarl Andre.During September 1986 – July 1987, the gallery exhibited German artistAnselm Kieferand American minimalist sculptorRichard Serra.The exhibited Serra sculptures were so large that the caretaker's flat adjoining the gallery was demolished to make room for them.

From September 1987 – January 1988, the Saatchi Gallery mounted two exhibitions entitledNew York Art Now,featuringJeff Koons,Robert Gober,Peter Halley,Haim Steinbach,Philip Taaffe,and Caroll Dunham. This exhibition introduced these artists to the U.K. for the first time. The blend of minimalism andpop artinfluenced many young artists who would later form theYoung British Artists(YBA) group.[citation needed]

April – October 1988 featured exhibited works by American figurative painterLeon Golub,German painter and photographerSigmar Polke,and AmericanAbstract ExpressionistpainterPhilip Guston.During November 1988 – April 1989 a group show featured contemporary American artists, most prominentlyEric Fischl.From April – October, the gallery hosted exhibitions of American minimalistRobert Mangoldand American conceptual artistBruce Nauman.From November 1989 – February 1990, a series of exhibitions featured School of London artists includingLucian Freud,Frank Auerbach,Leon KossoffandHoward Hodgkin.

During January – July 1991, the gallery exhibited the work of American pop artistRichard Artschwager,American photographerCindy Sherman,and Britishinstallation artistRichard Wilson.Wilson's piece20:50,a room entirely filled with oil, became a permanent installation at the Saatchi Gallery's Boundary Road venue. September 1991 – February 1992 featured a group show, including American photographerAndres Serrano.

Young British Artists[edit]

In an abrupt move, Saatchi sold much of his collection of US art, and invested in a new generation of British artists, exhibiting them in shows with the titleYoung British Artists.The core of the artists had been brought together byDamien Hirstin 1988 in a seminal show calledFreeze.Saatchi augmented this with his own choice of purchases from art colleges and "alternative" artist-run spaces in London. His first showing of the YBAs was in 1992, where the star exhibit was a Hirstvitrinecontaining asharkinformaldehydeand entitledThe Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living.This was funded by Saatchi. It has become the iconic work of 1990s British art,[6]and the symbol of Britart worldwide.[7]

More recently Saatchi said, "It's not thatFreeze,the 1988 exhibition that Damien Hirst organised with this fellow Goldsmiths College students, was particularly good. Much of the art was fairly so-so and Hirst himself hadn't made anything much just a cluster of small colourful cardboard boxes placed high on a wall. What really stood out was the hopeful swagger of it all. "

Saatchi's promotion of these artists dominated local art throughout the nineties and brought them to worldwide notice. Among the artists in the series of shows wereJenny Saville,Sarah Lucas,Gavin Turk,Jake and Dinos ChapmanandRachel Whiteread.

Sensationopened in September at theRoyal Academyto much controversy and showed 110 works by 42 artists from the Saatchi collection. In 1999Sensationtoured to the Nationalgalerie at theHamburger Bahnhofin Berlin in the autumn, and then to theBrooklyn Museumof Art, New York, creating unprecedented political and media controversy and becoming a touchstone for debate about the "morality" of contemporary art.[citation needed]

Neurotic Realism and philanthropy[edit]

Meanwhile, other shows with different themes were held in the gallery itself. In 1998, Saatchi launched a two part exhibition entitledNeurotic Realism.Though widely attacked by critics, the exhibition included many future international stars including;Cecily Brown,Ron Mueck,Noble and Webster,Dexter Dalwood,Martin Maloney,Dan Coombs,Chantal Joffe,Michael RaedeckerandDavid Thorpe.In 2000Ant Noises(ananagramof "sensation" ), also in two parts, tried surer ground with work by Damien Hirst, Sarah Lucas, Jenny Saville, Rachel Whiteread, the Chapmans, Gavin Turk, Tracey Emin andChris Ofili.

During this period the Collection was based at '30 Underwood St' an artist Collective of 50 studios and four galleries, the gallery made several large philanthropic donations including 100 artworks in 1999 to theArts Council of Great BritainCollection, which operates a "lending library" to museums and galleries around the country, with the aim of increasing awareness and promoting interest in younger artists; 40 works by young British artists through theNational Art Collections Fund,now known as theArt Fund,to eight museum collections across Britain in 2000; and 50 artworks to thePaintings in Hospitalsprogram which provides a lending library of over 3,000 original works of art toNHShospitals,hospicesand health centers throughout England, Wales and Ireland in 2002.

After the Gallery moved from Boundary Road, the site was redeveloped by theArdmore Groupfor residential use, under the name 'The Collection'.

County Hall[edit]

The Saatchi Gallery was based atCounty Hall2003–2005

In April 2003, the gallery moved toCounty Hall,theGreater London Council's former headquarters on theSouth Bank,occupying 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of the ground floor. 1,000 guests attended the launch, which included a "nude happening" of 200 naked people staged by artistSpencer Tunick.

The opening exhibition included a retrospective byDamien Hirst,as well as work by otherYBAs,such asJake and Dinos ChapmanandTracey Eminalongside some longer-established artists includingJohn Bratby,Paula RegoandPatrick Caulfield.

Damien Hirst

Hirst disassociated himself from the retrospective to the extent of not including it in his CV.[8]He was angry that aMinicar that he had decorated for charity with his trademark spots was being exhibited as serious work.[8]The show also scuppered a prospective Hirst retrospective atTate Modern.[8]He said Saatchi was "childish"[9]and "I'm not Charles Saatchi's barrel-organ monkey... He only recognises art with his wallet... he believes he can affect art values with buying power, and he still believes he can do it." (In July 2004, Hirst said, "I respect Charles. There's not really a feud. If I see him, we speak, but we were never really drinking buddies." )[9]

On 24 May 2004, afire in the Momart storage warehousedestroyed many works from the collection, including the Tracey Emin workEveryone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–95( "the tent" ), and Jake and Dinos Chapman's tableauHell.A gallery spokesman said that Saatchi was distraught at the loss: "It is terrible. A significant part of the work in his collection has been affected." One art insurance specialist valued the lost work at £50m.[10]

In 2004, Saatchi's recent acquisitions (includingStella Vine) were featured inNew Blood,a show of mostly little-known artists working in a variety of media. It received a hostile critical reception, which caused Saatchi to speak out angrily against the critics.[11]

Saatchi, said that mostYBAswould prove "nothing but footnotes" in history, and sold works from his YBA collection, beginning in December 2004 with Hirst's iconic shark for nearly £7 million[12](he had bought it for £50,000 in 1991), followed by at least twelve other works by Hirst.[13]Four works byRon Mueck,including key worksPinocchioandDead Dad,went for an estimated £2.5 million.[12]Mark Quinn'sSelf,bought in 1991 for a reported £13,000, sold for £1.5 million.[13]Saatchi also sold all but one work bySam Taylor-Wood(he showed five in theSensationshow).[14]The sale was compared to his sale in the 1980s of most of his postwar American art collection.[13]David Leesaid: "Charles Saatchi has all the hallmarks of being a dealer, not a collector. He first talks up the works and then sells them."[12]

In 2005, Saatchi changed direction, announcing a year-long, three-part series (subsequently extended to two years and seven parts),The Triumph of Painting.The opening exhibition focused on established European painters, includingMarlene Dumas,Martin Kippenberger,Luc TuymansandPeter Doig,who had not previously received such significant U.K. exposure. Shows in the series were scheduled to introduce young painters from America likeDana Schutzand Germans such asMatthias Weischer,as well as Saatchi's choice of up and coming British talent.

The gallery received 800,000 visitors a year. In 2006, 1,350 schools organised group visits to the gallery.[citation needed]

In 2006, a selection fromThe Triumph of Paintingwas exhibited inLeeds Art GalleryandUSA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Galleryopened at theRoyal Academy.This exhibition toured to TheState HermitageMuseum,St. Petersburg, Russiain 2007.

Court case[edit]

The gallery's tenancy of County Hall had ongoing difficulties with Makoto Okamoto, London branch manager of the owners, who Saatchi complained had kicked artworks and sealed off the disabled toilets.[15]On 28 September 2005, the gallery announced a move to new and larger premises in theDuke of York's Headquarters,Chelsea, though Saatchi said it was "tragic" to leave.[16]On 6 October 2005, a court case began, brought by the owners and landlord of County Hall, the Shirayama Shokusan Company and Cadogan Leisure Investments, against Danovo (Saatchi was its majority shareholder), trading as the Saatchi Gallery,[17]for alleged breach of conditions, including a two-for-one ticket offer inTime Outmagazine and exhibition of work in unauthorized areas.[18]The judgment went against the gallery; the judge, Sir Donald Ratee, and ordered the gallery off the premises because of a "deliberate disregard" of the landlords' rights.[19]

On 8 October 2006, Danovo was forced into liquidation with debts around £1.8 million, having failed to pay the court-ordered penalty.[20]

Duke of York's HQ[edit]

The Blessing Hand byStepan Ryabchenkoin Saatchi Gallery

On 9 October 2008 the Gallery opened its new premises, described inThe Observeras one of "the most beautiful art spaces in London",[21]in the 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m2)Duke of York's HQonKings Road,London, nearSloane Square.The building was refurbished by architects Paul Davis + Partners and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. It consists of 15 equally-proportioned exhibition spaces "as light, as high, and as beautifully proportioned as any in London".[22]

The main opening exhibition was of new Chinese art,The Revolution Continues: New Art From China,bringing together the work of twenty-four young Chinese artists in a survey of painting, sculpture and installation, includingZhang Huan,Li Songsong,Zhang Xiaogang,Zhang Haiying[23]andconceptual artistsSun Yuan & Peng Yu.The show's focus was on political issues surrounding China'sCultural Revolutionand also the contemporary political context.[24][25]The decision to open withThe Revolution Continueswas directly influenced by global interest in China as a result of the2008 Beijing Olympics.[26]Jackie Wullschlager in theFinancial Timessaid it was "the most persuasive showing of contemporary Chinese art yet mounted in this country", and, contrasting it with the "deadly" contemporaneousTurner Prizeshow, "Saatchi's collection of Chinese art is one that Tate would kill for, and could not begin to afford"; she said that it was "an example of a private museum grand and serious enough to compete with national institutions."[27]

More recent exhibitions include the London-leg of the touring showTutankhamun: Treasures of the Golden Pharaoh,[28]the solo exhibition of the artistJR,JR: Chronicles,andLondon Grads Nowin September 2019 lending the gallery spaces to graduates from leading fine art schools who experienced the cancellation of a physical degree show due to the pandemic (described by criticWaldemar JanuszczakinThe Sunday Timesas "a good idea. Saatchi Gallery deserves a slap on the back for organising this selection of work from grads shows, a highlight of every art student's education".[3]The Gallery also hosts the annualCarmignac Photojournalism Awardand various art fairs and global events including music groupBICEP's live global stream of their new album in March 2021.[29]

Philosophy[edit]

Saatchi Gallery's goal is to show contemporary work that would otherwise not be seen in London institutions such asTate Modern.[30]The gallery's ex head of development, Rebecca Wilson, said, "The gallery's guiding principle is to show what is being made now, the most interesting artists of today. It's about drawing people's attentions to someone who might be tomorrow's Damien Hirst."[31]The gallery's aim is to make art more accessible to the mainstream, rather than an exclusive artworld pursuit.[32]

Timeline[edit]

1985 – 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m2) Saatchi Gallery opens at Boundary Road, London NW8, featuring works byDonald Judd,Brice Marden,Cy TwomblyandAndy Warhol.This was the first UK exhibition for Twombly and Marden.

1986 – ExhibitsAnselm KieferandRichard Serra.

1987 – The New York Art Now show introduces American artists includingJeff Koons,Robert Gober,Ashley Bickerton,Carroll Dunham and Phillip Taaffe to the UK.

1988–1991 ¬– Introduces artists includingLeon Golub,Phillip Guston,Sigmar Polke,Bruce Nauman,Richard Artschwager andCindy Shermanto London.

1992 – Curates its first Young British Artists showDamien Hirst,Marc Quinn,Rachel Whiteread,Gavin Turk,Glenn Brown,Sarah Lucas,Jenny SavilleandGary Humewere all presented in these exhibitions.

1996 – Sixth Young British Artists show featuringDan Coombs

1997 – OpensSensation:Young British Art from the Saatchi Galleryat theRoyal Academyfeaturing 42 artists including TheChapman Brothers,Marcus Harvey,Damien Hirst,Ron Mueck,Jenny Saville,Sarah Lucas&Tracey Emin.Sensation attracted over 300,000 visitors, a record for a contemporary exhibition.[33]

1999 –Sensationat theHamburger Bahnhofin Berlin.

1999 –Sensationtours toBrooklyn Museum of Art.

1999 – Donates 100 artworks to theArts Council of Great BritainCollection, which operates a 'lending library' to museums and galleries around Britain.

2000 – Donates 40 works through theNational Art Collections Fundto eight museums across Britain.

2000 – Begins a series of one person shows of major international figures mostly new to Britain, includingDuane Hanson,Boris MikhailovandAlex Katz.Shows entitledYoung AmericansandEurovisionintroduce artists includingJohn Currin,Andreas Gursky,Charles Ray,Richard Prince,Rineke Dijkstra,Lisa YuskavageandElizabeth Peyton.

2001 –I am a Cameraexhibition opens at the Gallery, showing photography and other related works where traditional boundaries are blurred as photographs influence paintings, and paintings influence photographs. The show included work by many other artists new in the UK.

2002 – Donates 50 artworks to the Paintings in Hospitals program which lends over 3,000 originals to NHS hospitals, hospices and health centers throughout England, Wales and Ireland.

2003 – Moves toCounty Hall,theGreater London Council's former headquarters on theSouth Bank,creating a 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) exhibition space. The opening show included a Hirst retrospective as well as works by otherYBAssuch as theChapman Brothers,Tracey Emin,Jenny SavilleandSarah Lucas.

2004 – A fire in theMomartstorage warehouse destroyed many works from the collection, including the majorTracey EminworkEveryone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–95( "the tent" ), andJake and Dinos Chapman's tableauHell.

2005 – Launches a year-long, three-part series exhibition,The Triumph of Painting.The opening exhibition focuses on influential European paintersMarlene Dumas,Martin Kippenberger,Luc Tuymans,Peter Doig,Jörg Immendorff,and followed with younger painters includingAlbert Oehlen,Wilhelm SasnalandThomas Scheibitz.

2005 – Expanded into theDuke of York's Headquartersbuilding inChelsea.This put a halt to London shows while the new premises were being prepared.

2005 – Exhibited a selection of works fromThe Triumph of PaintinginLeeds Art Gallery.

2006 – During the period between premises, the Saatchi Online website began an open-access section where artists could upload works of art and their biographies onto personal pages. The site currently has over 100,000 artist profiles and receives over 68 million hits a day, ranking at 316 in the Alexa Top 50,000 World Websites.

2006 – In association withthe Guardiannewspaper, opened the first ever reader-curated exhibition, showing the work of 10 artists registered on Saatchi Online. In November launched a new section within Saatchi Online exclusively for art students, called Stuart. Art students from all over the world were able to create home pages with images of their art, photos, lists of their favorite artists, books, films and television shows, and links to their friends' pages. Other sections on Saatchi Online include; chat, a daily art magazine, a forum, written and videoblogs,as well as sections forstreet art,photography and illustration.

2006 –USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Galleryopens at theRoyal Academy.

2007 – Added a new online feature called "Museums around the World" hosting over 2,800 museums, showing collection highlights, exhibitions and other relevant information. 2,700 Colleges and Universities from around the world also offer their profiles, enabling potential students to examine their prospectuses.

2007 –USA Today: New American Art from the Saatchi Gallerytoured to TheState HermitageMuseum,St Petersburg,Russia.

2008 – Reopens on the 9 October in the entire 70,000 square feet (6,500 m2)Duke of York's Headquartersbuilding onKings RoadinChelsea, London,[34]withThe Revolution Continues: New Art from China.

2014 – Saatchi Online sold toDemand Mediafor $17 million and rebranded as SaatchiArt.com.[35]

2019 – Saatchi Gallery transitioned to becoming a charitable organisation[5]

Saatchi Online[edit]

Portrait ofTracey Eminby Irish artistReginald Gray.

In 2006, during the period in limbo between premises, the gallery's website began an open-access section, including Your Gallery,[36]where artists can upload up to twenty works and a biography to a personal page. Over 100,000 artists had done so as of 2010, and the site receives an estimated 73 million hits a day. Your Gallery was later rebranded as Saatchi Online. In September 2008,Alexa Internetranked Saatchi Gallery among the leading 300 websites in the world. In March 2012 Alexa ranked Saatchi Online's position at 30,454. In November 2007 it was estimated that professional artists registered sell over $100 million of art directly from the site annually.[citation needed]In 2008 Saatchi Online launched a saleroom section that hosts over 84,000 entries from artists wishing to sell their work. For original work, Saatchi Online takes a 30% commission on the final sale price. If a Promotional discount code is offered, SO and Artist will split it equally. For prints, artists are entitled to 70% of the profit on each sale. Artists are also responsible for the costs of print production.

In October 2006 the Saatchi Gallery in association withThe Guardiannewspaper opened the first ever reader-curated exhibition, showing the work of 10 Saatchi Online artists. Users may also be featured in the Saatchi Online stall at various art fairs. In November 2006 the gallery launched a new section exclusively for art students, called Stuart.[37]Stuart also hosts an annual competition,4 New Sensations,in association withChannel 4.

Other spaces on Saatchi Online including a forum, live chat,blogs,videos,photographyandillustration.The site also publishes grant and funding opportunities. A daily magazine features 24-hour news updated every 15 minutes, as well as articles and reviews by art critics such asJerry SaltzandMatthew Collings.The site recently began broadcasting an online television channel with video access to art openings, artists' studios, performances and interviews.

Interactive features include the weekly Showdown competition, where users can win an exhibition spot, the Online Studio for creating art (each month a critic selects a winner in whose name a £500 donation is made to a children's charity) a Crits section in which artists can comment on each other's work, and the Street Art section for graffiti, murals, and performance art.

"Museums around the World" features over 3,300 museums. These include theMetropolitan Museum of Art,TheMuseum of Modern Art,theTate,the LondonNational Gallery,theLouvre,and theState Hermitage,as well as small museums.

As of July 2008, 4,300 art dealers and commercial galleries have profiles on the site. Over 2,800 universities and colleges have uploaded prospectuses and student information, includingYale,Harvard,theUniversity of Cambridgeand theUniversity of Oxford,as well as local art colleges. Over 1,500 schools have uploaded pupils' work. Schools range fromEton Collegeto small Primary and High schools. The Portfolio School Art Prize[38]is open to schools with pupils between 5 and 17.

AMandarinversion allows Chinese artists to upload their profiles in Chinese and translates them into English. There is also a Chinese language chatroom, forum, and blog. The site provides automated translations into many languages; Russian, Spanish and Portuguese versions of the site are planned.[39]

Saatchi Online was sold toDemand Mediain August 2014, and was rebranded asSaatchiArt.com.[35]The old Saatchi Online website now redirects there.Saatchi Artis an online marketplace where artists can go to sell originals and prints of their artwork to users of the site, with the website handling the details of the transaction and taking a 30% cut.

Controversies[edit]

  • Artists such asSandro ChiaandSean Scully,to whom Saatchi had been a patron in the late 1970s and early 1980s, felt betrayed by him when their work was sold in bulk from his collection, and Saatchi was accused of destroying Chia's career.[40]Saatchi said that the matter only became an issue because Chia "had a psychological need to be rejected in public" and is now "most famous for being dumped", but that he had only ever owned seven Chias, which he sold back to Chia's two dealers, who re-sold them easily to museums or notable collectors.[40]Saatchi claimed that a sale of strong work can help to galvanise the market for them.[40]
TheRoyal Academy,London, whereSensationopened.
  • In 1997, inSensation,London,Marcus Harvey'sgiant paintingofMyra Hindleymade from children's hand prints was attacked by two men with ink and eggs, and picketed by the Mothers Against Murder and Aggression protest group, accompanied by Winnie Johnson, the mother of one of Hindley'sMoors murdersvictims.[41]The work was restored and exhibited.[42]
  • TheSensationshow in New York offendedMayor Rudolph Giuliani,because ofChris Ofili's painting,The Holy Virgin Mary,which incorporates elephant dung.[42]Giuliani, who had seen the work in the catalog but not in the show, called it "sick stuff" and threatened to withdraw the annual $7 million City Hall grant from theBrooklyn Museumhosting the show, because "You don't have a right to government subsidy for desecrating somebody else's religion."[42]John O'Connor, the Cardinal of New York, said, "one must ask if it is an attack on religion itself", and the president of America's biggest group of Orthodox Jews, Mandell Ganchrow, called it "deeply offensive".[43]William A Donohue, President of the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, said the work "induces revulsion".[42]Giuliani started a lawsuit to evict the museum, and Arnold Lehman, the museum director, filed a federal lawsuit against Giuliani for breaching the First Amendment.[43]
Hillary Clintonand the New York Civil Liberties Union spoke up for the museum.[42]The editorial board ofThe New York Timessaid Giuliani's stance "promises to begin a new Ice Age in New York's cultural affairs."[44]The paper also carried a petition in support signed by 106, includingSusan Sarandon,Steve Martin,Norman Mailer,Arthur Miller,Kurt VonnegutandSusan Sontag,saying that the mayor "blatantly disregards constitutional protection for freedom of the arts."[43]Ofili, who is Roman Catholic, said, "elephant dung in itself is quite a beautiful object."[43]The museum produced a yellow stamp, saying the artworks on show "may cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic, euphoria and anxiety."[43]and Ofili's painting was shown behind a Plexiglass screen, guarded by a museum attendant and an armed police officer.[44]Jeffrey Hogrefe,New York Observerart critic, said, "They wanted to get some publicity and they got it. I think it was pretty calculated."[42]The editor-in-chief of the New YorkArt & Auctionmagazine, Bruce Wolmer,said: "When the row eventually fades the only smile will be on the face of Charles Saatchi, a master self-promoter."[43]Giuliani lost his court case and was forced to restore funding.[45]
  • Sensationwas scheduled to open in June 2000 at theNational Gallery of Australia,but was cancelled. Director Brian Kennedy said that, although it was due to be funded by the Australian government, it was "too close to the market", since finance for the Brooklyn exhibition included $160,000 from Saatchi, who owned the work, $50,000 fromChristie's,who had sold work for Saatchi, and $10,000 from dealers of many of the artists.[45]Kennedy said he was unaware of this when he accepted the show; Saatchi's contribution, the largest single one, was not disclosed by the Brooklyn Museum until it appeared in court documents.[45]When the show opened in London at the Royal Academy, there had been criticisms that it would raise the value of the work.[45]
The Stuckists picket the opening ofThe Triumph of Paintingat the gallery
  • In 2004, media controversy arose over two paintings byStella Vine.One was ofPrincess DianacalledHi Paul Can You Come Over,showing the Princess with blood dripping from her lips. The other was of drug userRachel Whitear,whose body was being exhumed at the time; Whitear's parents and the police appealed for the painting to be withdrawn,[46]but it was not.
  • In 2004, theStuckistsreported Saatchi to theOffice of Fair Tradingalleging unfair competition.[47]The complaint was not upheld. They also picketed the opening ofThe Triumph of Paintingclaiming that Saatchi had stolen their ideas.[48][49](Vine had previously been involved with the Stuckists.)
  • In 2006, "USA Today" provoked controversy in the media and among some Royal Academicians who called for certain works to be installed in an 'adult-only' room. A notice advising 'parental guidance' before viewing the work ofDash SnowandGerald Daviswas posted by the Royal Academy,[50]on a wall outside the room in which the controversial works were hung. These were Dash Snow's 'Fuck the Police', in which newspaper cuttings relating to police corruption are smeared with the artist's own semen, and a painting titledMonicaby Gerald Davis in which a young woman engages in fellatio.

Artists shown at the Saatchi Gallery[edit]

Boundary Road[edit]

1985

1986

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1992

1993

1994

1995

1996

1997

1998

1999

2000

2012

2013

2018

2019

2020

2021

County Hall[edit]

  • Damien Hirst
  • The Chapman Brothers
  • New Blood
  • Galleon & Other Stories
  • The Triumph of Painting

Duke of York's HQ[edit]

  • The Revolution Continues: New Art From China

forthcoming:

  • Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East
  • The Triumph of Painting
  • Out Of Focus: Photography Now
  • The Power Of Paper
  • Black Mirror
  • Penumbra
  • Sweet Harmony: Rave Today
  • Kaleidoscope
  • JR: Chronicles
  • London Grads Now
  • In Bloom
  • RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show 2021
  • Right Here Right Now
  • Carmignac Photojournalism Award
  • Antisocial Isolation
  • TUTANKHAMUN
  • We Live in An Ocean of Air
  • Johnnie Cooper: Throe on Throe
  • Philip Colbert: Hunt Paintings
  • Known Unknowns

Publications[edit]

  • The Revolution Continues: New Art From China
  • Sarah Kent,"Shark Infested Waters: The Saatchi Collection of British Art in the 90s", Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 2003,ISBN0-85667-584-9.
  • Rita Hatton and John A. Walker, "Supercollector, a Critique of Charles Saatchi", The Institute of Artology, 3rd edition 2005, paperback,ISBN0-9545702-2-7
  • USA Today
  • The Triumph Of Painting
  • The Triumph Of Painting, Supplementary Volume
  • The Triumph Of Painting, Supplementary Volume
  • 100 The Work That Changed British Art
  • Hell, Jake & Dinos Chapman
  • Paula Rego
  • Young Americans
  • Stephan Balkenhol
  • Fiona Rae & Gary Hume
  • Duane Hanson
  • Shark Infested Waters, The Saatchi Collection Of British Art In The 90's
  • Young German Artists 2
  • Sensation
  • Alex Katz: 25 Years Of Painting
  • Young Americans 2
  • Neurotic Realism
  • Eurovision
  • Ant Noises 1
  • Ant Noises 2
  • The Arts Council Gift
  • I Am A Camera
  • New Labour
  • Young British Art
  • Saatchi Decade
  • Boris Mikhailov: Case History
  • Damien Hirst

Notes and references[edit]

  1. ^"Visitor Figures 2016"(PDF).The Art NewspaperReview. April 2017. p. 14.Retrieved23 March2018.
  2. ^"About - Saatchi Gallery".www.saatchigallery.com.Retrieved29 September2021.
  3. ^abJanuszczak, Waldemar."Art review: London Grads Now, Saatchi Gallery, London SW3".The Times.ISSN0140-0460.Retrieved29 September2021.
  4. ^"About - Saatchi Gallery".www.saatchigallery.com.Retrieved29 September2021.
  5. ^abRoehr, B. (17 July 2009)."US legislation seeks to expand open access to all government funded research".BMJ.339(jul17 1): b2902.doi:10.1136/bmj.b2902.ISSN0959-8138.PMID19617265.S2CID7838113.
  6. ^ Brooks, Richard."Hirst's shark is sold to America",The Sunday Times,16 January 2005. Retrieved 14 October 2008.
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