Interview
An Artist Brings a Gallery to His Hometown, the "Worst Place in the UK"
LONDON — Whether or not they have ever been to Luton, people who know of the place feel they need little introduction.
Charles Saatchi
Opinion
Saatchi Gallery Congratulates Itself on First All-Women Art Show
Charles Saatchi, head of the eponymous Saatchi Gallery in London, doesn't exactly have the best feminist track record.
News
Crimes of the Art
On this week’s art crime blotter: Jonathan Meese acquitted in Nazi salute dispute, Picasso works disappear in transit, and Charles Saatchi sues Saatchi Art for Saatchi name.
News
Why Doesn't the UK Want Charles Saatchi's Art Collection?
Well, here's a conundrum you don't face everyday: famed art collector Charles Saatchi wants to donate his collection of contemporary work to his home country, the UK, but they don't seem to want it. (First-world problems!)
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EXCLUSIVE: Video of a Secret Meeting of Jerry Saltz & Charles Saatchi in a Sauna
Our crackpot team of researchers has uncovered this video of a secret meeting between Jerry "I hate relational aesthetics today [http://nymag.com/arts/cultureawards/2011/museums-as-playgrounds/]" Saltz and Charles "people are vulgar now that I'm not king [http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011
Opinion
Required Reading
This week, Charles Saatchi drops a bomb, can art portray the economic crisis, public art in New York, Knoedler closes, a giant forgery scandal and sales from the 2011 Miami art fairs.
Books
A Connected White Hedonist's Guide to Young British Art
A Hedonist’s Guide to Art may as well be called A Hedonist’s Guide to the Art World. Released last winter, the book is a collaboration between Artica, an eGallery for contemporary art, and Hg2, a series of luxury travel guides. It’s comprised of short essays from about 60 people from various reaches
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Art World Ikeas
A new generation of websites selling prints by contemporary artists are emerging as the Ikeas of the art world — they sell editions, from large to small runs, of different kinds of work, from traditional prints to paintings and drawings. At high volume and low prices, these sites make the most of th