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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.