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Saatchi Online Magazine : News and Updates for Art Lovers
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From the Studio of…Laurie Raskin, Mixed Media Artist (LA)

  Where were you born? Los Angeles. What is your medium? I consider myself a collage artist and a printmaker. Many of my works are mixed media. I cut all my collage images by hand because I like...

1 day ago

International Klein Blue

Lots of artists, through their careers, have been remembered for either a particular series of work, a masterpiece or even an idea. However, French artist, Yves Klein was the first artist to ever bra...

6 days ago

From The Studio of Josh Welker…Winner, Abstract Showdown (April ’12)

How do you interpret abstraction in your art? I’m with the Nabi painters on this one: I view Abstraction as an isolation and intensification of nature. Favorite material to work with? Anything that c...

20 may 12

Guest Curator: Jeff Hamada of Booooooom

We’re thrilled to launch our new Guest Curator series featuring tastemakers from the worlds of art, design, fashion and more. In this series, we’ll see how art influences their personal style, taste ...

16 may 12

Doug McClemont’s Top 10 Shows in New York

Dana Schutz at Friedrich Petzel Not very long ago, Schutz left her original gallery and requested that Petzel represent her, reportedly because the artist was a fan of the works of his female gallery...

16 may 12

Models in May: Top London shows by Paul Carey-Kent

Noemie Goudal: Les Amants (Cascade) The Saatchi Gallery’s stimulating 38-strong survey of photographers provides a chance to assess trends. It illustrates the switch away from photography’s bei...

16 may 12

Shocking Pink . . . A Joy Forever: Incorporate Elsa Schiaparelli’s Signature Color into Your Life

With the recent opening of The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s much-anticipated exhibition, “Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations,” the enduring chic of iconic fashion designer Elsa Schiapar...

15 may 12

Surreal Showdown

  Inspired by LACMA’s recent survey of female surrealist artists “In Wonderland“, we’ve decided to launch a “Surreal Showdown.” We love the imaginative art fo...

08 may 12

From the Studio of Ad van Riel

Favorite material to work with? Paint. The substance itself, the colors, the speed of drying, the dripping, the flowing, the transparency, the thickness, the sound of brushes. I just love it. What th...

08 may 12

From The Studio of Claire Brewster

  Favorite material to work with? Paper. What is your medium? Found ephemera and old paper. How many years as an artist? Since I was born. Most important tool you use? My knife. “Well its ...

24 apr 12

Doug McClemont’s Top 10 New York shows

Jonathan Horowitz JONATHAN HOROWITZ AT GAVIN BROWN’S ENTERPRISE Whip smart art guy Horowitz has never been one to repeat himself. Each of his shows is its own self-contained universe. For his clever ...

20 apr 12

From the Studio of Luisa Mesa

What is your medium? I work in varied media, including, but not limited to, ink on paper, oil markers on wood panel, spray paint and digital images. I utilize whatever material will allow me to expre...

18 apr 12

Saatchi Online Abstract Showdown Winner Announced!

We’re thrilled to announce the winner of Saatchi Online’s Abstract Showdown. After several rounds of judging, including a second round led by Rebecca Wilson, Director of the Saatchi Galle...

13 apr 12

From the Studio of…UK Based Painter, Larry Vigon

Favorite material to work with? Acrylic on paper What themes do you pursue? I work from my imagination most of the time. I never paint exactly what is in front of me. The subject I paint can be influ...

12 apr 12

Maie Yanni on ‘Collage: 100 Years On’ at The Gallery, Cairo

The year 2012 will mark one hundred years since Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso made their first collages and introduced this medium that had been practised for centuries before,into the realms of F...

10 apr 12

Guest Curator: Christopher Jobson, Creator of Colossal, Selects His Favorites

We are thrilled to have Christopher Jobson, the creator and editor of Colossal, as a Saatchi Online Guest Curator. One of our favorites, Colossal explores the intersections between art, design, and...

09 apr 12

No Painting in April by Paul Carey-Kent

  The best show in London now is the exemplary Boetti survey at Tate Modern (to 27 May) and it has two very worthwhile pendants: three floors (used for the first time) of neatly complementary wo...

05 apr 12

Top 30 Abstract Showdown Submissions Selected For Final Round

For those of you have been following the Saatchi Online Abstract Showdown, the second phase of judging has wrapped up. Thirty submissions have been selected by Rebecca Wilson, Director of the Saatchi...

04 apr 12

Wangechi Mutu, Judge of Saatchi Online’s Collage Showdown, Reviews Her Selections

Earlier this year, internationally acclaimed artist Wangechi Mutu, judged the final round of the Saatchi Online Collage Showdown. Once she made her choices, we were eager to gain some insight into ...

31 mar 12

From The Studio of Juan de la Rica

Where is your studio? I work in an old industrial building in Bilbao (Spain), with about a dozen other artists. We are all different, but we get along well with each other. Each year we organize an ...

28 mar 12

New York Shows Recommended by Paul Carey-Kent

There’s more art in New York than anywhere else, and Armory week boasted several fairs as well as the usual 50-odd institutional spaces, some of them huge, and over 400 commercial galleries – r...

26 mar 12

Guest Curator: Andrea Stanford of One Kings Lane

We’re thrilled to launch our new Guest Curator series featuring tastemakers from the worlds of design, fashion, art and more. In this series, we’ll see how art influences their personal style,...

20 mar 12

From the Studio of Fernando Gomez Balbotin

Favorite material to work with? Acrylic What is your medium? Canvas What themes do you pursue? Life, death, the absurd inconsistency of religions… How many years as an artist? Five Most importa...

20 mar 12

“I Am What I Play” Interview with Glen Matlock of the Sex Pistols

We recently launched our Guest Curator program and lucky for us, Glen agreed to be one of the first. Glen Matlock needs little introduction. As well as penning arguably the most famous punk song ever...

19 mar 12

“I Am What I Play” Interview With Duran Duran’s Roger Taylor

We recently launched our Guest Curator program and lucky for us, Roger agreed to be one of the first. For music enthusiasts around the globe, Roger Taylor requires no introduction. Best known as Dura...

19 mar 12

Doug McClemont’s Top Ten Shows for March

A Pair of Group Shows at Andrea Rosen The main gallery is currently home to “Cultural Production,” a conceptual group show of artists that includes works by Hanne Darboven, Josephine Meckseper, Alexa...

14 mar 12

Nina Miall, Director Haunch of Venison Gallery, London to Judge 2nd Round of Showdown

We are excited to announce that Nina Miall will participate in the second round of Showdown judging. Together with Rebecca Wilson, Director Saatchi Gallery, London, She will help select the 30 artis...

10 mar 12

From the Studio of Mònica Sans Carré

  What inspires you to make work? I admire the human beings’ social nature and the paradox of life and death. Specifically, thinking about the strength of human vulnerability from a woman’s per...

07 mar 12

Sex Pistol Glen Matlock Rocks Saatchi Online

Glen Matlock, one of the founding members and bassist of the iconic British band the Sex Pistols, co-penned many of the songs credited with starting the punk rock movement in Britain. Fighting again...

05 mar 12

Nicholas Hayes on This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics In The 1980

  Memory is a fragile thing. When handled by those seeking the political expedience, it fractures and can be scavenged for the most convenient shards. The nature of memory becomes more apparent ...

05 mar 12

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