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The Saatchi Gallery's new premises in Chelsea, which opened in October 2008 In 1969, at age 26, Saatchi purchased his first work of art by Sol LeWitt , a New York minimalist. Saatchi initially patronised the Lisson Gallery in Marylebone, London, which specialised in American minimalist works.
The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art and an independent charity [2] opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985. Exhibitions which drew upon the collection of Charles Saatchi, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting, led to Saatchi Gallery becoming a recognised authority in contemporary ...
Shawfield Street is a street in the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea off King's Road in SW3. On the corner is Shawfield House, a 7-bedroom mansion currently owned by Charles Saatchi and formerly, of ex-wife Nigella Lawson, which was redeveloped by them from a former gas engineering works.
In 1992, Charles Saatchi staged a series of exhibitions of Young British Art, the first show included works by Sarah Lucas, Rachel Whiteread and Damien Hirst. A second wave of Young British Artists appeared in 1992–1993 through exhibitions such as 'New Contemporaries', 'New British Summertime' and 'Minky Manky' (curated by Carl Freedman).
The development includes a public square, upmarket housing and retail outlets, and part of it has been let as new premises for the Saatchi Gallery, which relocated there in 2008. [ 11 ] Hill House School , a prep school based in and around the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea , uses the field of the Barracks for regular 'games' (sports ...
His first solo exhibition was at Karsten Schubert gallery in 1992. [6] Charles Saatchi was an early advocate and collector, featuring Coventry in Young British Artists V (1995) at his gallery on Boundary Road, St John's Wood, London; he was also in the Sensation exhibition, [7] which exposed the Young British Artists (YBAs) to a wider audience when it was staged at the Royal Academy in 1997. [8]
Charles Saatchi is winner of the Art Clown of the Year Award 2004 for posing as a leader in the arts and merely parroting ideas promoted by the Stuckists for the last five years. The nominees for 2004 were: Momart (for not having the Shark and the Bed in their warehouse) Damien Hirst (for wasting his money buying work by Damien Hirst),
M&C Saatchi Group (LSE: SAA) is an international communications company, formed in May 1995 as an advertising agency. With more than 2,400 staff, the group has its headquarters in London, and offices in several other countries.