16 September 2020
Some Fresh Blood: New London Grads Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
London Grads Now, the new show currently on view at the Saatchi Gallery, won’t be with us for long. It is due to close on 25 September.
Tutankhamun: Raiding The Tomb At The Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
As a child in Jamaica, where there are no archaeological museums of any kind, I fell in love with this long-ago Egyptian pharaoh. I borrowed a book about King Tutankhamun by Howard Carter, miraculously present in my local library, to read all about him.
21 October 2019
23 April 2019
Figurative Abstraction And Meditative Dreamscapes Two London Shows – Edward Lucie-Smith
Currently, Huxley Parlour in Swallow Street, a location better known for its restaurants rather than for art, has a show rather mysteriously entitled Figurative Abstraction in Contemporary Painting.
18 March 2019
24 January 2019
22 January 2019
Zurab Tsereteli: Larger Than Life – Saatchi Gallery
Zurab Tsereteli: Larger Than Life, which opens Tuesday 22 January at the Saatchi Gallery, is the first major solo retrospective of Georgian-Russian artist.
28 December 2018
Philip Colbert / Marshmallow Laser Feast – Saatchi Gallery- Review Edward Lucie-Smith
In the current context of London exhibitions, the unabashed rock-‘n’roll energy of the Philip Colbert Hunt Paintings’ show, recently opened upstairs at the Saatchi Gallery
10 October 2018
Black Mirror: Art as Social Satire – Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
Black Mirror presents itself as ‘Art as Social Satire’, and there is indeed a real black mirror in the show.
12 September 2018
2 July 2018
22 March 2018
Known Unknowns Mark Another Forward Step In Saatchi’s Recovery – Edward Lucie-Smith
The Saatchi Gallery’s new anthology show Known Unknowns marks another forward step in its recovery.
20 March 2018
17 January 2018
Philip Pearlstein: The American Lucian Freud’s Triumphant London Exhibition – Edward Lucie-Smith
Philip Pearlstein is one of the truly major figures in the history of 20th (and now 21st) century American art. He is now 93 years old, and still actively at work. His new show at the Saatchi Gallery is entitled simply Philip Pearlstein: Paintings 1990-2017
15 January 2018
10 January 2018
Philip Pearlstein: Leading American Figurative Painter Exhibited At Saatchi Gallery
A presentation of works by the American figurative painter, Philip Pearlstein opens next week at the Saatchi Gallery.
17 November 2017
Art Of Post-Soviet Actionism Explored At Saatchi Gallery
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism is perhaps the most interesting and relevant exhibition and performance event mounted at The Saatchi Gallery since its launch in Chelsea in 2008.
Pussy Riot and Pyotr Pavlensky Join Forces For Saatchi Gallery Exhibition
Art Riot: Post-Soviet Actionism, is a new exhibition dedicated to Post-Soviet Union protest art over the past 25 years. This is a world premiere for protest artists Pussy Riot and Pyotr Pavlensky. Alongside this exhibition, award-winning theatre group Les Enfant Terribles will present Inside Pussy Riot, a groundbreaking immersive theatre experience including performances by founding Pussy Riot member Nadezhda Tolokonnikova.
13 November 2017
13 November 2017
17 August 2017
Bram Bogart: Focus On Boundaries Of Painting At The Saatchi Gallery
This Summer, the Saatchi Gallery will be hosting the second of a series of exhibitions under the new SALON programme within the Gallery’s Duke of York premises in Chelsea, London.
1 August 2017
Arabic calligraphy Another Islamic Winner Saatchi Gallery – Edward Lucie-Smith
Hot on the heels of the Princess Zeid show at Tate Modern, which runs until October 8th, is a much smaller and shorter-lived exhibition at the Saatchi Gallery, by an artist also Middle Eastern, royal, and female, which runs only until August 18th. The artist is splendidly entitled Khawala Bint Ahmed Bint Kahalifa Al Suwaida.
25 July 2017
Pussy Riot To Stage Russian Prison Theatre Experience At Saatchi Gallery
Maria Alyokhina of the Feminist Punk collective Pussy Riot has announced a new play based on her Russian prison ordeal. The immersive theatrical piece titled “Inside Pussy Riot,” will take place at the Saatchi Gallery for a six-week run in London.
The Selfie – Narcissism Or Serious Form Of Art? By Edward Lucie-Smith
From Selfie to Self-Expression at the Saatchi Gallery represents a return to form, after a recent series of dead-on-arrival exhibitions held in this space. It’s good to be able to say welcome back.