Charles Saatchi

AK Files: Saatchi Blasts Trendy Collectors

Adman, Art dealer/Collector, Charles Saatchi, has published a litany of negative opinion in the Guardian recently, slamming a new generation of art collector as "trendy Oligarchs and Oilgarchs." Luckily, not one art collector of ArtKabinett network was mentioned in his recent tirade. Saatchi, whose edgey portrait is rendered here, is implying that the super-rich buy art  to impress their friends and increase their status. He added "Being an art buyer these days is comprehensively and indisputably vulgar." "It is the sport of the Eurotrashy, Hedge-fundy, Hamptonites and of dealers with masturbatory levels of self-regard."
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Trendy Collector Searchs for Saatchi

Posted: Wednesday, 07-12-2011

AK Files: Tate Presents Hirst Retrospecitve

London - On the day before the eve of what is arguably the biggest art opening of 2012 – Damien Hirst’s major retrospective, a team of curators and gallery assistants are busy putting the finishing touches on an exhibition that has not been easy or straight forward to pull off.

For better or worse, independent collectors of ArtKabinett social network will have to decide the merits of this show.

Behind the scenes on floor 3 of Tate Modern, pressure has been mounting to deliver a world class exhibition, one worthy of representing the UK, as all eyes focus on London for the 2012 Olympics.

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