User:Conarco20/sandbox/Saatchi Yates Gallery

Saatchi Yates is a commercial art gallery in London, founded by Phoebe Saatchi Yates and Arthur Yates, that opened in October 2020 on Cork Street, Mayfair. The gallery space is 10,000sqft (1). The gallery focuses on representing work of emerging artists of the coming decades. Working alongside Charles Saatchi as an advisor on this “collaborative venture” (2), they developed a gallery model. The gallery discovers artists via social media and networking, opposed to the traditional methods of graduate shows and smaller galleries.The open-office on the lower ground floor is also dedicated to selling works by blue-chip artists sourced from private collections (2)(4).

Saatchi Yates inaugural exhibition in October 2020 the gallery showcased Swiss London-based artist Pascal Sender. The AR-driven (4) artist was discovered by Phoebe and Arthur in “a small, random corner of the internet”(1) and their relationship developed amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic. “We stalked him. We loved him. We followed him and it all led to this” (1). The gallery's second show, "Allez La France!" (April 2021) features a group of four french street artists, showcased together for the first time.

References 1.	Campbell Johnston, Rachel (5 October 2020). The new Saatchi: Look out, Dad — it’s my turn to cause a sensation. Times UK. 2.	Shaw, Anny (10 Septemner 2020). Keeping it in the family: Charles Saatchi’s daughter to open huge London gallery. The Art Newspaper. 3.	Marks, Olivia (15 October 2020). Phoebe Saatchi Yates & Arthur Yates’s Beginner’s Guide To Art Collecting. British Vogue. 4.	Macalister-Smith, Tilly (16 October 2020). The much-anticipated Saatchi Yates opens its doors in London. Wallpaper*. 5.	Gleadell, Colin (3 November 2020). Charles Saatchi’s gallerist daughter is following in his footsteps – with a few key differences. The Telegraph.

External Links •	Saatchi Yates website https://saatchiyates.com/