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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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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.

Join us for a talk between Ian Anderson, founder of the world-renowned graphic design studio The Designers Republic™ (TDR™), and writer and designer Adrian Shaughnessy. Known for ground-breaking work on electronic music identities, record cover artwork, the creation of unique gaming worlds, and anti-establishment aesthetics, TDR™ has been recognised as a source of innovative design and creativity since its inception in 1986. Works are held in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art and the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Celebrating TDR™’s recent birthday on Bastille Day, Ian & Adrian will come together at the Saatchi Gallery to discuss design, and the almost 40-year legacy of distinctive and trail-blazing work produced by TDR™.

The event comes off the back of the recent publication of the retrospective survey book – A to Z of The Designers Republic, published by Thames & Hudson. Following the talk, there will be an opportunity to purchase copies of the book signed by Ian, and to view our current Ground Floor exhibitions. Drinks will also be available with the bar open until 8.15PM. 

Ian Anderson was born in Croydon, London and studied Philosophy at The University of Sheffield. He is a self-taught designer and cofounded The Designers Republic™⁠ in 1986. Ian has collaborated with architects (publishing a book with Sadar + Vuga), fashion designers (such as Issey Miyake and Commes des Garçons), and has developed global branding campaigns, identities and projects for the likes of Coca-Cola, Sony, Nokia, MTV and many more. His book, A to Z of The Designers Republic, was published in 2023 by Thames & Hudson. 

Adrian Shaughnessy is a graphic designer, writer, and senior tutor at the Royal College of Art, London. He has written numerous books, including a compendium of his design journalism, Scratching the Surface, and monographs devoted to designers Herb Lubalin and Ken Garland. He regularly contributes to design publications and blogs such as Design Observer, Eye, Creative Review, and Design Week. He runs ShaughnessyWorks, a consultancy combining art direction, writing, editing, and lecturing, and is a codirector of Unit Editions. 

Tickets are £10 for standard entry. There are also a number of £60 tickets which include entry, plus a signed copy of A to Z of The Designers Republic (RRP £60) and a Saatchi Gallery tote bag.

The evening will include:
• In Conversation talk between Ian Anderson & Adrian Shaughnessy
• Access to all Ground Floor shows
• Opportunity to purchase a copy of the book signed by Ian Anderson
• Bar open until 8.15pm

This event is kindly supported by Thames & Hudson.

About

M&C Saatchi, in collaboration with Saatchi Gallery team up for second year to present international art initiative – the annual Art for Change Prize.

As part of a shared mission in making art, culture, and creativity accessible to everyone, this free-to-enter prize is a celebration of emerging artistic talent. It will highlight and stimulate dialogue around visual arts as a medium for positive global and social change and give exposure to emerging artists worldwide.

Key Dates

Overall winners announced: 21 November 2023
Exhibition Dates : 30 November 2023 – 7 January 2024

With the concept of Art for Change in mind, this year’s prize invited emerging artists from around the world to creatively respond to the theme of ‘Regeneration’.

M&C Saatchi and Saatchi Gallery are proud to announce the six regional winners:

• Americas Winner – Ingrid Weyland from Buenos Aires, Argentina for her work Topographies of Fragility XXXV and Topographies of Fragility XXXVI

• Asia Winner – Haining Wang from Beijing, China for her work Molt

• Australia Winner – Jen Valender from Melbourne, Australia for her work Sediment and Artist as Animal

• Europe Winner – Alina Zamanova from Kyiv, Ukraine for her work Our Children are Fighting too

• Middle East & Africa Winner – Chibuike Ifedilichukwu from Anambra, Nigeria for his work Equality State

• UK Winner – Natasha Bothelho Cook from London, England for her work The Garden of Dried Roses

The Prize

A total prize fund of £20,000 will be split between six regional winners, five to receive £2,000 each and one overall winner to receive £10,000.
All artists will exhibit their winning works in a dedicated exhibition at Saatchi Gallery in London, a recognised authority in contemporary art, where the overall winner will be announced on 21 November 2023

 

The Judges

Applications will be invited through an open call online and the prize is available to emerging artists based in the following M&C Saatchi key global regions UK, Europe, Americas, Asia, Australia, Middle East and Africa. A winner from each location will be decided by some of the best business and creative minds from M&C Saatchi Group globally and eminent guest judges. Judges include:

UK: Darren Bowles, Partner & Executive Creative Director at Re, Part of M&C Saatchi Group, Ronaldo Tavares, Executive Creative Director at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment, Sophie Morgan, TV Presenter, Writer & Disability Advocate

Europe: Klara Eide, Partner & Executive Strategy Director at M&C Saatchi Stockholm, Christian ‘Kidde’ Schuck, Managing Creative Director at M&C Saatchi Berlin, Michael Elmenbeck, Founder and Creative Director of CF HILL Art Space and Bon Magazine

Americas: Nicholos Rotondi, Executive Creative Director at M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment North America, Lucas Crigler, Creative Director at SS+K, Part of M&C Saatchi Group, , Mickey Smith, Conceptual Artist and Photographer

Middle East & Africa: Robert Grace, Founding Partner and Head of Strategy at M&C Saatchi Abel South Africa, Ryan Reed, Chief Creative Officer at M&C Saatchi UAE, Zeinab Alhashemi, Conceptual Artist, specialised in site specific art installation and public art, Artist Mentor and Founder of Athmad Projects

Asia: Ali Shabaz, Chief Creative Officer at M&C Saatchi Singapore, Dami Sidharta, Chief Creative Officer at M&C Saatchi Indonesia, Nadya Wang, Editor of Art & Market and Fashion & Market, Lecturer at LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore

Australia: Emma Robbins, National Executive Creative Director, M&C Saatchi Australia, Patrick Guerrera, Founder & Chief Executive Officer at Re, Part of M&C Saatchi Group, Claire Bridge, Artist Melbourne Now 2023, National Gallery of Victoria

 

About M&C Saatchi Group

M&C Saatchi Group is a creative company that connects specialist expertise, fuelled by data, technology and culture, to help clients navigate, create and lead meaningful change. The Group operates across five core divisions: Connected Creativity; Passion Marketing; Global & Social Issues; Brand, Experience & Innovation; and Performance Media. Headquartered in London, operations span 23 countries with major hubs in the UK, Europe, US, Middle East & Africa, Asia and Australia. M&C Saatchi Group’s two principles, Diversity of Thought and Brutal Simplicity of Thought, guide how they build teams and solve problems.

It is listed as ‘M&C Saatchi PLC’ (LON:SAA) on the AIM stock exchange in London.7

About

Extended opening: The show is now open until Sunday 28 July, tickets are available to book now.

Newly created botanical art and photography will be brought together from around the world at Saatchi Gallery in The RHS Botanical Art and Photography Show 2024.

The exhibition will showcase exquisite botanical art and photography, featuring a rich variety of subjects from medicinal desert flowers to ornamental bananas, and from images of forest slime moulds to urban street plants. It will showcase the new work of leading botanical artists and photographers representing the UK, Italy, Portugal, Romania, USA, South Africa, Taiwan, Republic of Korea, Singapore, and Japan.

The exhibition contributes a new chapter to a long legacy of botanical art collecting and display by the RHS, and complements the work of the RHS Lindley Collections, which holds more than 30,000 botanical paintings and heritage photographs.

All entries are reviewed by an expert judging panel during the pre-selection process, and are assessed on aesthetic appeal, scientific accuracy and technical skill. The artists compete for an RHS medal – Gold, Silver-Gilt, and Bronze, as well as a ‘best in show’ award – Best Botanical Artwork, Best Botanical Art Exhibit, Best Portfolio Photography Exhibit, and Judges Special Award. For the first time this year, visitors had the opportunity to vote in the People’s Choice Award – with Botanical Art Exhibit going to Daleen Roodt for South African Orchids: Natural Scenes of Specialised Pollination Interactions; and Photography Exhibit awarded to Barry Webb for Revealing the Unseen World of Slime Moulds.

Supported by Clive Christian Perfume.

About

This exhibition showcases four award-winning photographers and filmmakers undertaking ground-breaking work in their practices of eco-conscious photography and film. With a particular focus on their relationship with materials, process and methodologies, their works marry both the political and the poetic.

Exhibiting artists: 

Almudena Romero uses photography to explore ways of representing, seeing, and understanding. Romero’s works focus how art shapes perception, using naturally occurring photographic processes including photoperiodicity, photobleaching and photosynthesis.

Edd Carr’s material-led practice focuses on creating and utilising sustainable alternatives to photographic processes. He uses these methods create films that comment on the human relationship to ecological crisis and the mass extinction of life, and the resulting trauma we face as a species.

Hannah Fletcher works with organic matter such as soils, algae, mushrooms and roots which she transforms into photographic mediums and surfaces. She incorporates waste from her studio back into her work, contributing to a cyclical system of making.

Scott Hunter‘s practice fuses photography, sculpture, and installation. His work focuses on developing alternative approaches to the toxic methods of analogue photography by exploring the origins of raw materials and their symbiotic relationships within the construction of images.

This exhibition is supported by Pasqua Wines

Pre-booking is advised, but some tickets will be available for purchase at the Gallery each day.

EXHIBITION ADMISSION – Monday to Sunday

Price with Donation
General Admission:                   £8 (£7 without donation)
Concession*                              £6 (£5 without donation)
Family**                                     £19 (£17 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

Free Access for Carers
A carer accompanying a ticketholder with accessibility needs will be admitted free alongside the ticketholder. Both parties should enquire with staff upon arrival.

GIFT AID 

As a charity, we rely on the generosity of our visitors, members and sponsors to support our charitable mission.

Our tickets page will present you with the option to opt into the government’s Gift Aid scheme which enables us to claim an additional 25% on the full value of your ticket.

If you are a UK taxpayer, choosing Gift Aid means that for every £1 you pay, we can claim an additional 25p from HM Revenue and Customs. To support Saatchi Gallery in this way, please complete a Gift Aid declaration form before you complete your ticket order. 

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).

About

Glenmorangie has partnered with renowned Japanese botanical artist Azuma Makoto to create a masterpiece, entitled Shinra Bansho, inspired by the natural world and complex tasting notes of the Highland single malt. This will be exclusively showcased at Saatchi Gallery on the 24th and 25th June.

In partnership with Glenmorangie’s Master Distiller Dr Bill Lumsden, Azuma Makoto has created the botanical sculpture which pays homage to their shared love of the natural world. This masterpiece features orchids, roses and wildflowers alongside tree bark, roots and moss – encompassing all of nature from the earth to the sky.

This unique late-night session at the Gallery on Monday evening of the 24th June, will see guests enjoy whisky cocktails and canapés with a botanical twist, alongside an insight into the artist’s inspiration.

Tickets will include two whisky cocktails or drams, and access to view Azuma Makoto’s masterpiece. Open to over 18s only.

Timed entry & tickets required at the following link: https://www.glenmorangie.com/azuma-makoto

About

Stasha Palos’s art explores beautiful moments that surround us, the ones we don’t always stop to see or allow ourselves to feel. Her exhibition, ‘Where’s My Stash?’ at Saatchi Gallery, will encourage visitors to search for the beauty in the small things, to feel joy in those tiny moments.

About

Showcasing a series of works by the 2023 Robert Walters UK New Artist prize winner Sofia Laskari, Body and Flesh invites the viewer to consider the physical and mental challenges we face as individuals.

Laskari’s work is deeply personal, offering a relatable exploration of the human experience. In this series of paintings, she experiments with vibrant colours and textures to present vast surfaces of painterly flesh. Her often claustrophobic images – where powerful self-portraiture dominates in ambiguous recurring interiors – address feelings of isolation, distress, rage and vulnerability.

Body and Flesh is Laskari’s debut solo exhibition. She recently graduated with a BA in Fine Art and has previously exhibited in group shows at APT Gallery, SPG Galleries, RBSA Gallery and London Biennale 2023.

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