Saatchi Gallery - "Your Gallery"

Posted June 9th, 2007 by julianna

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This review/response on the Saatchi Gallery's "Your Gallery" section is courtesy of Sara Kelly of CARFAC Ontario:

Some artists are reporting receiving invitations to "show" their work on the Saatchi Gallery website. The Saatchi Gallery is a gallery in London, England which showcases contemporary art in the collection of Charles Saatchi, who is known for launching the careers of many contemporary British artists, especially those artists known as the "YBAs", or Young British Artists (Damien Hirst, Tracy Emin, Sarah Lucas, Chris Ofili, etc.).

The invitations refer to "Your Gallery", a more recent initiative operating as part of the Saatchi Gallery website which allows artists to upload images of their work, thus creating an online community for artists and providing exposure.

"Your Gallery" lets any artist around the world upload images, a bio, artist's statements, etc. You can then send the link to "your" page to friends or potential customers. Some people (and according to the invite, some dealers)also browse the site to look for artists whose work they like, and can then contact you through the site. It is important to note with this site that the Saatchi Gallery is not offering to represent you, and does nothing to market your work other than hosting the space on which your profile is found. It is, however, a legitimate gallery and a legitimate site. They will not work to sell your art for you and will not offer you any sort of money at all to display your work on the site, but it is an additional method of exposure and can be useful for artists who don't have their own dedicated website.

You are encouraged you to read the Terms and Conditions for "Your Gallery" carefully, and make sure that you agree with them before you upload any of your images; they are available here:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/TsandCs.htm

You are also encouraged to understand the Do's and Don'ts of sharing digital images on the Internet to prevent unauthorized copying of any images you upload to this site or any others.

For more information about the Saatchi Gallery and their "Your Gallery" initiative, see the following links: