Forty years after Charles Saatchi first opened his doors to a then-disused paint factory in north London, the Saatchi Gallery remains a benchmark for contemporary art - a space where the new, the daring and the downright unexpected collide.
Its latest exhibition, The Long Now, is both a celebration of that legacy and a statement of intent for the future.
Spread across nine huge, carefully curated white-walled rooms, over two floors, The Long Now is a breathtaking mix of the physical and the digital, and of artists both acclaimed and newly emerging.
Curated by former Senior Director Philippa Adams, it looks back at the gallery’s history of risk-taking - from the YBAs (Young British Artists_)_ of the 1990s to the multimedia innovators of today.
Jenny Saville’s 'Passage', 2004. Credit: Theo Farrant/Euronews Culture
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