Category: Collectors
Nationality: British
Last Year: 14
After a three year hiatus, the Saatchi Gallery finally reopened in October last year. This time, what with free entry and purpose-designed galleries, the adman who made his name collecting YBAs seems to have got the right venue to exhibit his ever-shifting collection. Chunky geographic shows of work from China, the Middle East and now the US haven’t exactly wowed the critics, though Saatchi’s brand-name still pulls in the crowds of art-aspiring youngsters. Nor did his amusingly cranky Q&A book produce many real insights into this previously secretive and private figure – was this merely a teaser for Saatchi’s upcoming art-talent reality TV show? Perhaps his many critics miss that, in the end, Saatchi’s greatest work of art may be his own celebrity. High-profile, low-impact – where does he go from here?