Saatchi Gallery

The Saatchi Gallery, a gallery for modern art was opened by Charles Saatchi in London, Spring 2003 and takes up 40,000 ft² (3,700 m²) of space at County Hall, the Greater London Council's former headquarters on the South Bank.

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Modern art - Charles Saatchi - 2003 - County Hall - Greater London Council - South Bank

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On opening, typical exhibits were by Young British Artists, including works by Jake and Dinos Chapman, Damien Hirst, and Tracey Emin. 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.

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Young British Artists - Jake and Dinos Chapman - Damien Hirst - Tracey Emin

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On 24 May, 2004, a fire in a storage warehouse destroyed many works from the collection. One art insurance specialist valued the lost work at £50m.

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24 May - 2004 - Fire in a storage warehouse

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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 Andy Warhol and Philip Guston. The Boundary Road building was a vast white space.

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Andy Warhol - Philip Guston

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On 27 September 2005 the gallery anounced 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, Chelsea during 2007. This was due to disagreements with the current landlord, Makota Okamoto.

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Chelsea - Makota Okamoto

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