Saatchi Gallery

Saatchi Gallery Review

Charles Saatchi, who made his fortune building an advertising empire that successfully "rebranded" Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party, is Britain's most highly regarded collector of contemporary art. The museum's home—its third in ten years—is at the former Duke of York's HQ, just off the King's Road. Built in 1803, its suitably grand period exterior belies its imaginatively restored modern interior, which was transformed into 14 gallery exhibition spaces of varying size and shape. Unlike Tate Modern, there is no permanent collection beyond an ongoing site-specific installation; instead, at any one time the galleries are given over to between one and three exhibitions that normally run for up to six months, such as a highly successful exhibition that showcased contemporary Chinese art. There's also an excellent café, which is open late.