Presenting British art since 1988, British Art Fair takes place once a year to showcase the very finest modern and contemporary British art. Taking place within the Saatchi Gallery, in the heart of London’s vibrant Chelsea, leading dealers from across the UK exhibit a variety of exciting, ambitious and rare works from Britain’s most celebrated artists.
British Art Fair is the place to connect with dealers and collect the very best British art. Features this year include an auction from charity partner WaterAid, a digital exhibition PIVOTAL: Digitalism, and an exhibition from the Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Trust.
Artwork: Detail from Albert Irvin OBE RA, Louise I, 2002. Printed and published by Advanced Graphics London.
Yoi is an exhibition of works from the Munupi Arts & Crafts Association located along Melville Island’s north-western coastline, north of Darwin. It will feature paintings by nine Munupi artists.
Dancing, or ‘yoi’, plays a significant role in life on the Tiwi Islands. Narrative dances – a key feature of ritual activity – depict both everyday life and historically significant events. The natural ochres participants use to paint their bodies also adorns the canvases on display in Yoi. Often applied with a Pwoja Comb, the paintings possess a unique textural materiality, inherently abstract in form and thus free from a mimetic representation of reality.
Viewers are invited to delve deeper into the mark-making techniques of Tiwi Art, to explore the gestural energy and spirituality expressed in the paintings that make up Yoi.
Click here to watch an excerpt of Naina Sen’s Yoi, 2024 film which accompanies the artworks in the exhibition, contextualising the creative practices and processes of the artists, and the ceremonial and cultural origins of their work.
Exhibiting artists:
Alison Puruntatameri, Arthur John Cowell, Carol Puruntatameri, Christine Puruntatameri, Delores Tipuamantumirri, Dorothy Noni Poantimului, Josephine Burak, Lucinda Puruntatameri, Simplicia Tipungwuti.
This exhibition is presented by JGM Gallery. We acknowledge the traditional owners and custodians of country throughout Australia and recognise their continuing connection to the land, waters and skies, often expressed through art. We pay our respects to artists, elders and community members past, present and future.
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BEERS London returns to Saatchi Gallery with The Landscape, Reimagined, a group exhibition including eight internationally-based emerging and mid-career artists who reinterpret the conventions of landscape painting as radical and contemporary.
The landscape is among the most traditional of subject matter. For British audiences, artists like Turner, Constable, and Gainsborough are synonymous with a history of landscape painting. But in recent years, the painted landscape has been reinvigorated with fresh styles that push the limits of this timeless tradition.
The eight artists here are interested in pushing the boundaries of landscape through technique, interpretation, or even utilizing representational modes that toy with digital and analogue modules. These contemporary landscape painters embrace both crude, abstract tendencies and forward-thinking new formats. Whether utilising digital image-mapping techniques (Quiñonez) or a wildly unconventional colour palette (Bader), these artists bring a topsy-turvy, and wholly unexpected approach to landscape painting. From the dreamlike textures of (British, Australia-based) Ross Taylor or the impasto, reductive technique of (Canadian, US-based) Caroline Larsen, these works resituate the landscape within a contemporary art context.
Exhibiting Artists: Raffael Bader Ksenia Dermenzhi Jan Sebastian Koch Caroline Larsen Gavin Lynch Myrna Quiñonez Karen Seapker Ross Taylor
Presented by BEERS gallery.
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BEERS London presents Painting, Smoking, Eating at Saatchi Gallery, an exhibition co-curated by Andrew Salgado that takes its title from a Philip Guston painting. The exhibition consists of 13 internationally-based artists whose work here considers paintings about painting.
For centuries, artists have obsessed over the joys and burdens of their craft. From Velázquez’s Las Meninas to Modernist iterations like Matisse’s Red Studio or Norman Rockwell’s Triple Self-Portrait, the painter’s obsession with the act of painting itself is an ever-present subject.
The artist’s consideration of the act of painting results in self-reflexion, wherein the artist becomes conscious of themselves and their presence within the creative process. Perhaps that is why it often results in self-portrait. We also see the frequent depiction of the artist’s tools and painterly paraphernalia appear alongside food, alcohol and cigarettes. Does this suggest a parallel between creating and consuming as indicators of vice, indulgence and excess? With Painting, Smoking, Eating we are offered a satirical snapshot of the artist’s pursuit in paintings about painting.
Exhibiting Artists: Shai Azoulay Sabrina Bockler Juan De La Rica Jonathan Edelhuber Paul Gagner Henriette Grahnert Stefhany Lozano Roman Manikhin Jennifer Pochinski Florent Stosskopf Jakub Tomáš Heidi Ukkonen Helena Wurzel
Presented by BEERS gallery.
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Presented in collaboration with Prince William and The Royal Foundation’s Homewards programme and Eleven Eleven Foundation, this exhibition will bring to life the breadth and complexities of homelessness across the country and give people an opportunity to engage with, and better understand, the stories of those with experience of homelessness.
Homelessness: Reframed will display exceptional works from artists in the UK and beyond, sharing pieces inspired by their own or others experiences of homelessness, and will include pieces created by children and young people at a series of creative workshops held across the six flagship Homewards locations.
Artists involved include: – Alexandria Julouis – Dave Martin – David Tovey – Marc Davenant – Marc Quinn – Opake – Philip Colbert – Rankin – Robi Walters – Sam D’Cruze – Simone Brewster – Surfing Sofas – Tiffany Barham
And the artists from the six Homewards locations:
– Bruno Batista
– Charlotte – Chloé Nicole Farrell
– Justin Kouame
– Kyle Legall
– Nikol DeHaan – Stuart Peaty – Trevor Loveys
London Art Collective presents the 22nd London Design Festival exhibition, ART COLLECTIVE: From the One to the Many, at Saatchi Gallery, from 17 to 19 September. Curated by Nelson Qin, the Chief Curator of London Art Collective, and Joe Richards, the Guest Curator of the exhibition. This exhibition, taking place during the London Design Festival, explores the relationship between art collectives and individuals by showcasing the impact of collaborative work on society.
ART COLLECTIVE: From the One to the Many presented around ninety works by fifty artists from sixteen countries. It as a metaphor for the exhibition, reflects the diverse creation motivations and collectives featured in the exhibition, forming a cohesive whole. Moving between the four exhibition halls, the audience will encounter different animated bestiaries in artworks and the exhibition’s visual identities, which both visually and conceptually symbolise the intersection of individual creativity and collective imagination. By attributing unique features to these animals, they represent a wide range of artistic disciplines, genres, races, and national identities.
Participating Artists Alessandra Borba, Alessandro Turner, Andrea Honsberg, Aziah Lusala, Betty C Fan, Edgar Racy, Elina Yumasheva, Ellie Davies, Ellie Niblock, Emily Lazerwitz, Emmanuel Barcilon, Gutong Chen, Hoi Yu Karen Ge, Hong Pan, Ivana Vozelj, Jessica Wong Kar Yee, Jiachen Wang, Jiang Dingchen, Jichi Zhang, Jing Wu, Joice Cheung, José Castiella, Katie Ko, Keita Miyazaki, Le Trang, Lin Li, Liu Zhanyu, Luyao Chen, Max Shoroye, Muchen Zhang, Mudai, Ningxin Zhang, Qin Pan, Qinning Hu, Riccardo Guarneri, Shaolin Zhong, Shijia Song, Sid and Jim, Suleyman Wellings-Longmore, Tina Jane Hatton-Gore, Winnie Chen, Xiang Zhai, Xiao Deng, Xiaoxuan Wang, Xinyu Jiang, Xiyan Chen, Xingyue Guo, Saiyuan Li, Yinzhe Qu, Xuanjun Ke, Xueying Ren, Yang II, Yi Chen, Yifan Liu, Yilun Li (Sasa), Yuan Zhuang, Yuwei Li, Zhaojuan Sun, Ziting Gao, Ziyi Wang, Chenshuo Xu.
Exquisite Corpse Public Programme The exhibition will include a specially commissioned series from the Exquisite Corpse public programme. These life-size “exquisite corpse” drawings were made in collaboration between The Graduate Diploma programme, Fashion MA, and Painting MA students from The Royal College of Art.
Public Programme Participants Alma Stritt, Andrea Honsberg, Anthony Bennett, Aziah Lusala, Chioma Onwuzulike, Chrysa Kanari, Cieszymir Bylina, Claire Kim, Dannielle Hodson, Eva Yates, Igor Prato Luna, Javiera Decap, Jean Huang, Raiheth Rawla, Toby Rainbird Webb., Tom Caley, Xinjian Ruan.
Contemporary Art Forum As part of the exhibition ART COLLECTIVE: From the One to Many at the Saatchi Gallery, this forum will explore the concept of freedom as it manifests across various facets of the art world. The exhibition is inspired by the Surrealist practice of Exquisite Corpse, a collaborative method of creation that foregrounds the collective unconscious and the shared autonomy of the mind. Grounded in the Surrealist concept of “psychiatric autonomy,” the forum will examine how the notion of freedom continues to evolve and whether it remains achievable in contemporary artistic practice.
Presented by London Art Collective.
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Referring to Forugh Farrokhzad’s renowned poem ‘The Window,’ Aida Mahmudova continues to explore solitude, nostalgia and longing, capturing the essence of inner turmoil and the yearning for freedom through vivid imagery and introspective narration.
‘One window for seeing One window for hearing One window, which like the shaft of a well Extends in its depths to the heart of the earth And opens towards the expanse of this blue and recurring kindness.’
– Forugh Farrokhzad
A Room With A View stands as a powerful testament to Mahmudova’s ability to articulate universal emotions with profound precision, and represents her closest realisation yet of complete harmony with her inner compulsions towards personal, social, and artistic freedom. Undergoing a turbulent period of reflection concerning her artistic approach and its social dimensions, she advocates for how fragile the balance is between self-autonomy and external influences.
Featuring over 70 pieces, including both previously exhibited and newly commissioned works, the exhibition occupies the second floor of the Saatchi Gallery. It delves into themes of (self)limitations, confinement in the earthly space, and the sensation of being encased within one’s physical form.
The artist invites us into her personal archive, which chronicles her domestic realm over years. These images are all the results of Mahmudova’s durational approach — an artistic method defined by collecting, layering, and intimate attention to every detail. The absence of inhabitants emphasises the pervasive feeling of confinement, underscoring introspection inherent in these works. The uniform square format of the slide projector serves as a metaphorical window through which both the artist and the viewer peer into moments frozen in time, capturing the essence of solitude and longing. Sourced from personal photographs, she turns autobiographical memories into gypsum objects and sculptures, questioning how to bear witness to moments of liminality and transformation.
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Beyond Fashion showcases the work of acclaimed fashion photographers from around the world. The works demonstrate how fashion photography has moved past the simple presentation of product lines to reflect on the reality of our lives, to explore our aspirations and to push at the boundaries of creativity.
Including works by Nick Knight, Peter Lindbergh, Viviane Sassen, Paolo Roversi, Miles Aldridge, and Ellen von Unwerth – as well as an exciting new generation of fashion photographers – Beyond Fashion celebrates the vision and creativity of these artists and image-makers, and documents how fashion photography has become a new and exciting visual language.
Divided into four sections: Allure, Fantasy, Realism, and Surrealism, the exhibition tells the story of how fashion photography has become more than a commercial device, and has evolved into an art form in its own right. Viewers will travel from the glossy setting of the photography studio to the grassroots of street photography, and discover the vast and diverse forms which fashion photography can take.
They will also see some of the most iconic images, famous faces and dynamic brands in contemporary culture. From classic VOGUE covers to Victoria Beckham’s legs in Marc Jacobs’ shopping bag – this collection of works features supermodels and stars like Naomi Campbell, Kate Moss and Christy Turlington; designers such as Christian Dior, Commes des Garcons, Alexander McQueen and Valentino, and street style legend The Sartorialist.
In addition to over 100 photographs, a section of the exhibition is dedicated to moving images – highlighting the importance of film in today’s fashion imagery. This will feature the works of SHOWstudio, the website founded and directed by Nick Knight, one of the first and most high-profile image-makers to adopt digital film as a medium for showcasing fashion.
The exhibition concludes with an installation entitled Under Your Smell; a project that invites visitors to experience an alternative and dynamic way to engage with fashion imagery. The students of the Bachelor Photography of the ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne offer a visual interpretation of Jean Paul Gaultier’s perfumes. In a series of staged images, perfumes become the backdrop for stories of transgression and fantastical projections.
This exhibition is curated by Nathalie Herschdorfer, Director of Photo Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is produced by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography.
Featured Photographers: Miles Aldridge, Ayoto Ataraxia, Kent Baker, Michael Baumgarten, Olivia Bee, Blommers & Schumm, Koto Bolofo, Coco Capitán, Elinor Carucci, Elaine Constantine, Maisie Cousins, Jack Davison, Jonathan de Villiers, Horst Diekgerdes, Zoë Ghertner, René Habermacher, Ben Hassett, Aimée Hoving, Ina Jang, Sebastian Kim, Nick Knight, Heji Shin & Kristina Nagel, Anaïs Leu, Feng Li, Peter Lindbergh, Glen Luchford, Erik Madigan Heck, Raymond Meier, Jean-Baptiste Mondino, Hanna Moon, Marton Perlaki, Paolo Roversi, Daniel Sannwald, Viviane Sassen, Scheltens & Abbenes, Scott Schuman, Emma Summerton, Sølve Sundsbø, Juergen Teller, Inez Van Lamsweerde & Vinoodh Matadin, Mario Testino, Willy Vanderperre, Ellen Von Unwerth, Ben Watts, Bruce Weber, Kiki Xue, Yelena Yemchuk, Txema Yeste.
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EXHIBITION ADMISSION – Monday to Sunday
Price with Donation General Admission: £14 (£12 without donation) Concession* £7 (£6 without donation) Family** £33 (£30 without donation) Children under 6 years: Free entry when accompanied by an adult ticket holder
*Students, Seniors 65+, or children 6-16 yrs. Valid proof of status must be presented upon entry if requested. **2 adults & 2 children under the age of 18
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EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS
Monday – Sunday: 10am – 6pm Last Entry for exhibition: 5pm
INFORMATION FOR YOUR VISIT
The following items are not permitted within the exhibition spaces: Large bags, luggage, scooters, food and drink (except water in bottles).
This summer, as part of Beyond Fashion and The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show, Saatchi Lates offer Art After Dark on selected Fridays from 6.30PM – 9PM.
In addition to workshop access, tickets include: – Entry to Beyond Fashion – Entry to all current Ground Floor Shows, including Metamorphosis: Innovation in Eco-Photography & Film – Bar open to 8:30pm, with special drinks offers from Pasqua Wines
31 May – Drag and Draw Join us on the opening night of our major summer exhibition, Beyond Fashion and a Drag Life-drawing workshop guided by Saatchi Gallery Learning. This exciting workshop will feature drag performers who use performance, make up and fashion to challenge gender expression. Participants will be encouraged to engage with the live performances and poses held by the performers through sketches and drawings. No prior experience is required.
This late is supported by Pasqua Wines.
28 June – Botanical Drawing and Printmaking Workshops In celebration of The RHS Botanical Art & Photography Show, the second of our Summer Lates will be themed around botanical art.
Botanical Drawing This workshop invites you to try your hand at botanical drawing from a beautiful floral display provided by Sisters of Bloom. Botanical artist and 2023 RHS exhibitor Rui Jiang will offer suggestions, advice and support.
Botanical Printmaking Create botanical prints from real plants and flowers using simple monoprinting techniques, supported by the Saatchi Gallery Learning team.
Both workshops are open to all levels; basic materials will be provided.
26 July – Drop-in and Dance Don’t miss our penultimate Summer Late featuring an accessible drop-in dance class is inspired by the shapes created by the body in the Beyond Fashion exhibition. You will be led through a series of techniques and stimuli by a professional dancer and have the opportunity to showcase your movements later in the evening, should you wish to. Open to all levels.
6 Sept – Strike a Pose: ‘Voguing’ Life-drawing Join us for our final Late of the season. With London Fashion Week coming up, visitors are invited to join us for a life drawing session where models and an MC will perform and pose for you to draw, sketch, and feel inspired. ‘Voguing’ is a highly stylised, modern house dance originating in the late 1980s that evolved out of the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. It is inspired by the poses of models in fashion magazines, like many of those you will see in the Beyond Fashion exhibition.
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