| Revision as of 18:37, 30 October 2005 editJLaTondre (talk | contribs)Administrators45,016 editsm spelling: 'anounced' -> 'announced'← Previous edit | Revision as of 10:14, 30 November 2005 edit undo195.224.156.170 (talk)No edit summaryNext edit → | ||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
| ] | |||
| The '''Saatchi Gallery''', a gallery for ] was opened by ] in London, Spring ] and takes up 40,000 ft² (3,700 m²) of space at ], the ]'s former headquarters on the ]. | |||
| The Saatchi Gallery has always aimed to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK. | |||
| On opening, typical exhibits were by ], including works by ], ], and ]. Saatchi has now turned his attention to contemporary painting, with a five part exhibition titled 'The Triumph of Painting'. The exhibition no longer has a British slant. | |||
| The audience for exhibitions of contemporary art has increased widely during the last ten years as general awareness and interest in contemporary art has developed in Britain. | |||
| On ], ], a ] destroyed many works from the collection. One art insurance specialist valued the lost work at £50m. | |||
| When The Saatchi Gallery first opened twenty years ago it was only those people who had a dedicated interest in contemporary art who sought out the gallery to see work by new artists. The audience, however, built steadily over the years and the gallery now receives over 600,000 visitors a year, and over 1,000 schools have organised student visits. | |||
| The current Saatchi Gallery was preceded by another exhibition space in Boundary Road, St John's Wood that housed the Saatchi Collection and was the venue for a series of major exhibitions during the 1980s, showing Saatchi's collections of many American artists such as ] and ]. The Boundary Road building was a vast white space. | |||
| The Saatchi Gallery has worked with media sponsors on a number of shows including The Observer, The Sunday Times, Evening Standard, The Independent on Sunday and Time Out. | |||
| On 27 September 2005 the gallery announced that it would be leaving its County Hall location and would be moving to a 50,000 square foot space in the Duke of York's HQ building near Sloane Square, ] during 2007. This was due to disagreements with the current landlord, Makoto Okamoto, London branch manager of Shirayama Shokusan Co.,Ltd (an ]-based real estate company). On 21 October the landlords won their case against the gallery for breaches the terms of its tenancy, including usage of space which it had not leased, the erection of unauthorised signs, and introducing a two for one ticket offer which was not in compliance with its lease. | |||
| Many artists showing at The Saatchi Gallery are unknown when first exhibited, not only to the general public but also to the commercial art world. Many of these artists are subsequently offered shows by galleries and museums internationally. In this effect, the gallery also operates as a springboard for young artists to launch their careers. | |||
| ] | |||
| The Saatchi Gallery has been in County Hall London SE1 for the last two and a half years. Following a legal ruling regarding the Gallery's right to conduct promotions with newspapers offering readers 2 for 1 tickets, we are closing the Gallery at County Hall and concentrating our efforts in preparing our new building. | |||
| Despite a number of difficulties at County Hall the Gallery attracted high visitor numbers and over 1,000 schools organized visits to the Gallery. | |||
| The Duke of York's Building offers an ideal environment to view contemporary art, with very large well-proportioned rooms and high ceilings. The Gallery will occupy the entire 50,000 sq ft building giving the gallery scope for a book shop, educational facilities and a café/bar. It is ideally located in a central London location on Kings Road, Chelsea. | |||
| Our departure from County Hall means that Triumph of Painting Parts Three, Four and Five will be on hold until the new Gallery opens in about a years time. They will be seen together as the Gallery's opening exhibition. | |||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 10:14, 30 November 2005
The Saatchi Gallery has always aimed to provide an innovative forum for contemporary art, presenting work by largely unseen young artists or by established international artists whose work has been rarely or never exhibited in the UK.
The audience for exhibitions of contemporary art has increased widely during the last ten years as general awareness and interest in contemporary art has developed in Britain.
When The Saatchi Gallery first opened twenty years ago it was only those people who had a dedicated interest in contemporary art who sought out the gallery to see work by new artists. The audience, however, built steadily over the years and the gallery now receives over 600,000 visitors a year, and over 1,000 schools have organised student visits.
The Saatchi Gallery has worked with media sponsors on a number of shows including The Observer, The Sunday Times, Evening Standard, The Independent on Sunday and Time Out.
Many artists showing at The Saatchi Gallery are unknown when first exhibited, not only to the general public but also to the commercial art world. Many of these artists are subsequently offered shows by galleries and museums internationally. In this effect, the gallery also operates as a springboard for young artists to launch their careers. ] The Saatchi Gallery has been in County Hall London SE1 for the last two and a half years. Following a legal ruling regarding the Gallery's right to conduct promotions with newspapers offering readers 2 for 1 tickets, we are closing the Gallery at County Hall and concentrating our efforts in preparing our new building.
Despite a number of difficulties at County Hall the Gallery attracted high visitor numbers and over 1,000 schools organized visits to the Gallery.
The Duke of York's Building offers an ideal environment to view contemporary art, with very large well-proportioned rooms and high ceilings. The Gallery will occupy the entire 50,000 sq ft building giving the gallery scope for a book shop, educational facilities and a café/bar. It is ideally located in a central London location on Kings Road, Chelsea.
Our departure from County Hall means that Triumph of Painting Parts Three, Four and Five will be on hold until the new Gallery opens in about a years time. They will be seen together as the Gallery's opening exhibition.
External links
- The Saatchi Gallery
- BBC report on the move to the new Chelsea location
- BBC story on the court case between the gallery and its landlords.