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WELCOME TO THE SAATCHI GALLERY
The Saatchi Gallery is specifically geared towards introducing a younger audience of art students and enthusiasts to work at the cutting edge of contemporary art. The facilities - at the Gallery, via the website and in the Gallery classroom for schools - endeavor to ensure that teachers receive the best on-site and outreach support possible for their students.
ADMISSION TO THE GALLERY IS FREE
Group visits to the gallery are free, with free guided tours provided if booked via the Education Department. To download a booking form for school visits and tours click here.
EDUCATION PACKS AND SUGGESTED ACTIVITIES
Education Packs are available online for every show and provide a useful guide for schools on key works and themes in exhibitions. Click here to download an Education Pack for the current show Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture.
If you are bringing a group of ages 6-12 years, click here to download an Activities Booklet for kids.
CURRENT EXHIBITION
ABSTRACT AMERICA: NEW PAINTING AND SCULPTURE
A radical new generation of American abstract painters has emerged at the start of the new century. In these shifting times artists reach for different materials and uncover surprising sources. The daring of this next wave is thrilling. Painted loops, reminiscent of Jackson Pollock in full action, are revealed to be the skid marks of motorbikes across hundreds of boards set out on the floor of a massive industrial space, so bringing new meaning to the idea of abstract expressionism.
The sculptural objects presented are derived from every conceivable material and vary from abstract arrangements to re-configurations of everyday forms in magnificent transformations of the mundane, such as giant electric sockets, to the recurring theme of the human body.
Abstract America: New Painting and Sculpture, provides a view into some of the most interesting and exciting artists working in New York and Los Angeles today. Their work, like the work of the Post-World War II American artists known as Abstract Expressionism, can be described as spontaneous and rebellious. However, the works in this show vary from the Abstract Expressionist art movement in that they include the use of a wide variety of materials, including everyday and discarded objects. The work is also whole heartedly of our time, influenced by recent events and current issues: the environment and recycling, globalization, digital culture and the Internet.
Click here for exhibition images
THE SAATCHI ONLINE/SUNDAY TELEGRAPH ART PRIZE FOR SCHOOLS
The Saatchi Online/Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools has also been launched, and is open to all schools around the world. A panel of art critics will choose their favourite works each year. A first prize of £10,000 will be awarded to the winning school's art department. A further £2000 will be given to the winning pupil to be spent on computer and art equipment. There will be two runner-up prizes of £5000 each awarded to the second and third place schools with a further £1000 to each of the winning pupils.
Throughout the year, a selection of work entered will be displayed in the new Saatchi Gallery . A panel of art critics will judge the three winners of the competition.
Click here to go to Saatchi Online/Sunday Telegraph Art Prize for Schools.
EXHIBITIONS IN THE SAATCHI ONLINE ART PRIZE GALLERY
EDUCATION ROOM
The schools currently exhibiting in the Education Room are Durham Johnston School and Lady Margaret School.
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Emilie Saunders (17 yrs), Scarlett Judkins (16 yrs), Harriet Cooper (16 yrs) and Alessia Lendrum (16yrs).
These pupils are all students of Lady Margaret School in London and are taught by Madeleine Stephens who submitted their works
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Rachel Davison (18 yrs), Abigail Turner (18 yrs), Tegan Williams (16 yrs) and Roseanna Bruce (16 yrs).
Rachel Davison and Abigail Turner are pupils at Durham Johnston School are taught by Sheila Hitchcock who submitted their works. Tegan Williams and Roseanna Bruce are pupils at Lady Margaret School are taught by Madeleine Stephens who submitted their works.
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Megan Thomas (17 yrs).
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Ella Rigg (17 yrs).
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Usha Amin (17 yrs).
Usha Amin is a student at Durham Johnston School and is taught by Sheila Hitchcock who submitted this work.
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Usha Amin (17 yrs) Hannah Grant (17 yrs) and Jenny Davison (17 yrs)
Pupils at Durham Johnston School are taught by Sheila Hitchcock who submitted their works.
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Stomp by Brady Primary School and The Chafford (part of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation's Anti –Bullying Exhibition)
More elephants are on display in the Saatchi Gallery/Sunday Telegraph Art Prize Gallery on the 2nd Floor.
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Rafiki by Smitham Primary School, Croydon (part of the Mentoring and Befriending Foundation's Anti - Bullying Exhibition)
More elephants are on display in the Saatchi Gallery/Sunday Telegraph Art Prize Gallery on the 2nd Floor.
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Previous works on show»
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VISITING THE SAATCHI GALLERY WITH STUDENTS
