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Charles Saatchi Hates Everybody

December 2, 2011 by Marion Maneker

Perfectly timed for ArtBasel Miami Beach, Charles Saatchi has a put down for everyone in the art world . . . especially himself:

Not so long ago, I believed that anything that helped broaden interest in current art was to be welcomed; that only an elitist snob would want art to be confined to a worthy group of aficionados. But even a self-serving narcissistic showoff like me finds this new art world too toe-curling for comfort. In the fervour of peacock excess, it’s not even considered necessary to waste one’s time looking at the works on display. At the world’s mega-art blowouts, it’s only the pictures that end up as wallflowers.

Charles Saatchi: The Hideousness of the Art World (Guardian)

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