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	Charles Saatchi Art News
		Saatchi's Online Gallery Top Ten Artists - It looks like a lot of artists have created their own pages at the Saatchi Gallery website (more than 15,000), so along with the Guardian in the United Kingdom, ten of those artists have been selected to exhibit at the Guardian Newsroom.
		The Triumph of Painting - Saatchi Collection - "The Triumph of Painting" exhibition from the Saatchi Gallery is opening another chapter of its six part showing, at the Leeds City Art Gallery (running from the 25th of January through to the 12th of March).
		Saatchi's Triumph of Painting - Contemporary British art collector and gallery owner Charles Saatchi has cleared out his dead sharks, cow heads in glass, dirty beds, and anything of a conceptual nature, to replace them with good old fashioned paintings on canvas, hanging on walls, and sometimes with frames on them.
	www.artnewsblog.com /art-blog/artists/charles-saatchi/index.htm (637 words)

	Saatchi Gallery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Saatchi's collection, and hence the gallery's shows, have had distinct phases, starting with US artists and minimalism, moving on to the Damien Hirst-led Young British Artists, followed by shows purely of painting and more recently promoting once again art from America in an exhibition entitled USA Today at the Royal Academy in London.
		The Saatchi Gallery in Boundary Road was unusual in London for its large, open space, filled with light reflected by high white walls and its 30,000 sq feet of gallery space devoted to recent art.
		The gallery is currently refurbishing a 50,000 square foot space in the Duke of York's HQ building on Kings Road, London, near to Sloane Square.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Saatchi_Gallery (1764 words)

	The Inauguration of the New Saatchi Gallery: A Temple for...
		The Inauguration of the New Saatchi Gallery: A Temple for...
		The gallery is the lifework of the collector Charles Saatchi (60), the residing king of advertisement.
		Saatchi’s scandalous exhibits are now on show in elegant old conference rooms clad with oak panelling and topped with cupolas or placed on stately flights of stairs.
	www.swissart.net /e/news/archive-article.php3?myeditid=363&langindex=en (590 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Police obscenity squad raid Saatchi gallery
		The Saatchi gallery has been raided by officers from Scotland Yard's obscene publications unit and warned that they will return to seize pictures in its current exhibition, I am a Camera, unless the offending images are removed before the gallery opens its doors to the public again.
		The images at the centre of the police action against the gallery involve two photographs by Tierney Gearon, a former fashion photographer, in a series of 15 snapshot-style images that document her personal family life.
		Ms Blythe of Saatchis said the gallery had been shocked by the police's action and vigorously denied that the photographs in question were in any way pornographic.
	www.guardian.co.uk /child/story/0,7369,449528,00.html (734 words)

	Charles Saatchi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Charles Saatchi (born June 9, 1943) is the founder of the global advertising agency Saatchi and Saatchi, which was the world's biggest before he and his brother Maurice were forced to leave, and formed MandC Saatchi.
		Saatchi was said to be devastated when, on 24 May 2004, a fire in a storage warehouse destroyed many art works, worth millions of pounds, from the Saatchi collection.
		Saatchi admits he is shy and rarely gives interviews and makes few public appearances (though he awarded the Turner Prize one year), not even attending the openings of his own exhibitions that are usually glamorous events.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Charles_Saatchi (672 words)

	Paul Cooklin is Invited to Join the Saatchi Gallery Web Space (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		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.
		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.
		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.
	www.prweb.com /releases/2006/9/prweb295575.htm (1247 words)

	Oil Based Art: London's Saatchi Gallery, England, England Travel Stories, Europe, Europe Travel Stories, London \| ...
		With such a strong background in the avant-garde one would think that upon entering the Saatchi Gallery in London that I would not have just walked by the first exhibit without it even fazing me that it is was, in fact, an exhibit.
		The first piece in the Saatchi Gallery is pair of wax sculptures of tourists - American tourists from the look of it.
		Therefore, for those who have done The (fabulously free) National Gallery in London, the Saatchi Gallery, which is right across the Thames from Big Ben, is a great alternative for the London bound art lover.
	www.bootsnall.com /articles/04-10/oil-based-art-londons-saatchi-gallery.html (1567 words)

	Saatchi Gallery relocates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The gallery that has been based in St. Johns Wood for the past 16 years is due to close this month after being sold to luxury flat developers, whilst Mr Saatchi will be relocating to smaller premises at County Hall, in trendy Shoreditch.
		Charles Saatchi, formerly one half of the ad company, Saatchi and Saatchi, has spent his years making an impression on the international media, despite his refusal to be interviewed.
		Whether you love or hate the Saatchi collections there is no denying that many of us are interested either in the pure art or the controversy that surrounds YBA - how could we not be, because it is plain human nature that we all love a scandal.
	www.mypaddington.co.uk /paddington/arts-shorts.htm (249 words)

	TIME Europe Magazine: Apr. 21, 2003 -- London's Art War - 1
		Saatchi is one of the art world's most notorious figures, having used his wealth to shape a generation of British art.
		Philip Dodd, director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts, said recently the Saatchi Gallery was "dedicated to the recent past" and the Young British Artists (a Saatchi coinage) were "a very '90s story." London art critic Brian Sewell finds it "extremely difficult" to regard the Saatchi collection as art at all.
		When the gallery moved in, the dust of 17 years was waiting to be swept out — as well as the carcasses of 50 dead pigeons in the chandelier.
	time.com /time/europe/magazine/article/0,13005,901030421-443151,00.html (1059 words)

	Guardian Unlimited Arts \| Arts news \| Saatchi Gallery gets its marching orders
		He said Mr Saatchi and his gallery manager, Nigel Hurst, had made unsubstantiated allegations of serious misconduct about the owners and landlord, and he dismissed evidence that had been presented to court as "hopelessly artificial".
		He referred to a press release issued by Mr Saatchi, in which he said that his gallery could not develop in the "malevolent atmosphere" and that the behaviour of the landlord had made the gallery staff "despondent with an endless campaign of petty unpleasantness".
		A spokesman for the Saatchi Gallery said after the hearing: "The forfeiture issue was based on the landlord's claims that the two-for-one ticket offer breached the terms of the lease.
	www.guardian.co.uk /arts/news/story/0,11711,1598201,00.html (799 words)

	BBC - collective - the triumph of painting, saatchi gallery
		Charles Saatchi has done a tremendous job of advertising his own art collection over the past decade, and should be commended for a stunning marketing job.
		The Triumph Of Painting is the gallery’s 20th anniversary show, the first of three exhibitions lionizing painting.
		Saatchi’s triumph is an off-key kazoo rather than a regal fanfare.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/collective/A3583758 (305 words)

	Essay: The Saatchi Gallery. - Coursework.Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Saatchi Gallery first opened eighteen years ago in Boundary Road, and was considered the best gallery space in London, with its sky lights producing lots of natural light onto the white walls displaying the art.
		The gallery only recently moved, in spring 2003 to its present location of County Hall, which was a former Greater London Council Headquarters.
		The present positioning of the Gallery has attracted a wider audience, as its location has taken it to the centre of London's cultural scene.
	www.coursework.info /A2_and_A-Level/Art_&_Design/The_Saatchi_Gallery_L72915.html (268 words)

	London’s Palace of the Perverse: The Saatchi Gallery
		It’s all the brainchild of gazzillionaire and advertising maven, Charles Saatchi who has said of his lust for outraging the public, “I think that new British art is the most exciting in the world and needs a dedicated showcase.
		The Saatchi is literally at the foot of the Millennium Wheel (actually known as the ‘London Eye’) which hoists passengers to a dizzying 350 feet above the city for the best photo (or puking) ops you’re likely to find in all of the city.
		A blonde, blue-eyed Rastafarian was shilling for the Gallery amidst the hordes of an ethnic mish-mash queuing for entrance to the Eye.
	www.travellady.com /Issues/October03/LondonsPalace.htm (2173 words)

	Galleon & Other Stories - The Saatchi Gallery
		Advertising guru Charles Saatchi founded the Saatchi Gallery in 1985 “to familiarize the general public” with what was then-undiscovered, cutting-edge art of the time, and to showcase his personal collections.
		The Saatchi exhibition is housed in a wing of County Hall, as a kind of meta-installation, shoehorned in between the new London Aquarium and various offices and such commercial establishments as a five-star Marriott hotel and a two-star Travel Inn.
		Saatchi has been criticized for his overly enthusiastic collecting and the resultant superabundance of works collected together under one roof at one time.
	www.culturevulture.net /ArtandArch/Galleon.htm (1060 words)

	The Saatchi Gallery
		The Saatchi Gallery was founded in 1985 by Charles Saatchi to show work from a collection of contemporary art that comprises over 2000 paintings, sculptures and installations.
		The Saatchi Gallery also believes that new British art is the most exciting in the world and needs a showcase.
		When The Saatchi Gallery first opened eighteen years ago it was only those people who had a dedicated interest in contemporary art who sought out The Saatchi Gallery to see innovative work by new artists.
	www.georgianhousehotel.co.uk /saatchi_gallery.htm (381 words)

	your gallery @ the guardian in association with The Saatchi Gallery \| conference.archimuse.com
		Saatchi's Your Gallery is worth a bit of time; it's a fun example of community-creation –– all artist-contributed content.
		Today, The Guardian announced that it is joining forces with The Saatchi Gallery to create the first reader-curated contemporary art show, featuring emerging new talent from across the globe.
		The judges top 30 were chosen from 10,000 artists who are registered on the Saatchi website www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk 'Your Gallery' aims to provide a global platform for artists to exhibit their work to the international art community.
	conference.archimuse.com /node/1564 (533 words)

	Saatchi Gallery Competition — Showdown at Saatchi Gallery London, Saatchi Gallery London Art Competition
		In an effort to get unknown artists more exposure, the Saatchi Gallery is running a competition to see who can win a spot in their famous space.
		Aspiring artists can upload their work to the gallery’s website, and for one week the audience gets a chance to rank the work from 1 to 10.
		The artist that comes out the winner of the competition will receive £1,000, and their artwork will go on display at the new location of the Saatchi Gallery, set to open later in the year in Chelsea.
	www.viewlondon.co.uk /saatchi-gallery-competition_index.html (416 words)

	Amazon.ca: Triumph of Painting, the: Books: The Saatchi Gallery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		From January 2005, the Saatchi Gallery will hold a landmark exhibition in three parts, lasting the whole year, devoted entirely to painting.
		Following the success of 100, which was published for the opening of the Saatchi Gallery in 2003, The Triumph of Painting, which comes in a much larger format, should stand as the definitive book of current art with resonance beyond the walls of the gallery itself.
		From January 2005, the Saatchi Gallery, London, will hold an exhibition devoted entirely to painting, opening with works by some of the most influential European artists of our time, followed by works of a newer generation.
	www.amazon.ca /Triumph-Painting-Saatchi-Gallery/dp/0224075993 (484 words)

	Police obscenity squad raid Saatchi gallery: Scotland fascism
		The Saatchi gallery has been raided by officers from Scotland Yard's obscene publications unit and warned that they will return to seize pictures in its current exhibition, I am a Camera, unless the offending images are removed before the gallery opens its doors to the public again.
		Ms Blythe of Saatchis said the gallery had been shocked by the police's action and vigorously denied that the photographs in question were in any way pornographic.
		A leading lawyer on freedom of expression, Geoffrey Robertson, is believed to have advised the gallery that what it faces amounts to censorship by police threat and that the depiction of children without sexual overtones is not indecent.
	www.skeptictank.org /gen4/gen02375.htm (827 words)

	ART FOR A CHANGE: Saatchi Gallery: "Your Gallery"
		The Saatchi Gallery has amazingly opened its doors to artists around the world by allowing them to post their artworks directly to the Saatchi Gallery website.
		By creating this free space for artists, Saatchi offers a way for artists and collectors to save money by cutting out the dealer - "The viability and relevance of the project might also impact on the way much business is conducted within the art world in the future," said Saatchi in a press release.
		While I applaud Saatchi for his bold move, it makes me wonder if other major international museums and galleries will follow suit with their own plans to widen public access to living artists.
	www.art-for-a-change.com /blog/2006/04/saatchi-gallery-your-gallery.html (300 words)

	The New York Times > Travel > London Guide > Sight Details
		The Saatchi contemporary art collection moved to the South Bank in 2003, where it rubs shoulders with Tate Modern and the Hayward Gallery.
		His new gallery is due to open in 2007 in Chelsea.
		His gallery is all a bit of self-aggrandisement if you ask me, charging money to show off his collection.
	travel2.nytimes.com /top/features/travel/destinations/europe/unitedkingdom/england/london/sight_details.html?vid=1124996085702 (235 words)

	Your Gallery - Show your art to the world (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Saatchi Gallery and the Guardian joined forces to create the first 'reader-curated' contemporary art show, featuring emerging new talent from Your Gallery.
		The Gallery @ Adventure Ecology, in partnership with Your Gallery, opens 19th of January with a group show of international artists entitled 'Waste & The Natural World'.
		The Gallery at Adventure Ecology HQ’s aim is to build public awareness about issues surrounding the environment, showing work by emerging artists alongside project work achieved by more established artists during Adventure Ecology field missions.
	www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk /yourgallery (946 words)

	Bloomberg.com: U.K.
		Saatchi forfeited its lease with landlords Cadogan Entertainment Investments Ltd. by offering two-for-one tickets in violation of a requirement to charge visitors a minimum entrance fee, the High Court in London ruled today.
		The gallery also trespassed on areas of the South Bank premises by placing art in common areas of the building, the court said.
		Ken Livingstone, the mayor of London, ``utterly condemned'' the court's decision to evict the gallery from the building, which is on the banks of the Thames River near the London Eye.
	www.bloomberg.com /apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=aAQxn2RhN5Ho&refer=uk (488 words)

	Case closed as Saatchi is shown the door - Arts - Entertainment - smh.com.au
		Charles Saatchi had accused the owners of malevolence and pettiness, but Sir Donald Rattee said Danovo, the company that runs the gallery, had shown "deliberate disregard" of the rights of the landlords, Cadogan Leisure Investments, and owners Shirayama Shokusan.
		The judge declined to waive forfeiture of the lease because of the gallery's conduct and statements by Saatchi about his allegations that his staff had been harassed by the landlord and owner.
		A spokesman for the Saatchi Gallery said after the hearing: "The forfeiture issue was based on the landlord's claims that the two-for-one ticket offer breached the terms of the lease.
	www.smh.com.au /news/arts/case-closed-as-saatchi-is-shown-the-door/2005/10/24/1130006057526.html (612 words)

	Jake & Dinos Chapman - A Retrospective At The Saatchi Gallery - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, ...
		So the Saatchi Gallery chose to replace their Damien Hirst show with a collection of the brothers’ key works.
		The Saatchi Gallery is committed to showcasing contemporary art by largely unseen young artists or established artists whose work has been rarely or never on show in the UK.
		Saatchi himself is a fan of the Chapman Brothers.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /exh_gfx_en/ART18306.html (886 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Arts \| Nude opening for Saatchi gallery
		Among those attending were Saatchi's partner Nigella Lawson, model Sophie Anderton, actors Jeremy Irons and Stephen Fry and Sir Mick Jagger's daughter Jade.
		The gallery is home to Saatchi's private collection of art which he dubbed the Young British Artist movement as well as other international pieces.
		Saatchi himself did not attend because "Charles simply hates parties", a spokesman said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2949329.stm (464 words)

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