Hong Kong Eye 2012

5 December 2012 - 12 January 2013

The exhibition features key works by 18 emerging artists from Hong Kong, in the largest touring international showcase of Hong Kong's contemporary art to date. The majority of works in the exhibition have never been shown outside Asia, giving crucial recognition to Hong Kong's contemporary art scene on the world stage.

The Little Black Jacket

12 October - 4 November 2012

CHANEL's photographic exhibition dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld's latest book, 'The Little Black Jacket: CHANEL's classic revisited by Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld', will open at the Saatchi Gallery in London in October.

The public will discover the versatility and timelessness of the iconic CHANEL jacket through Karl Lagerfeld's 113 photographs, modelled on a range of friends of the House, with each personality adapting the garment to reflect their own inimitable style - worn as a cape on singer Lily Allen, draped around model Stella Tennant, or even transformed into a vest on model Edie Campbell.    read more...

Jon Rafman: The Nine Eyes of
Google Street View

26 July - 3 September,        27 September - 7 October,        14 October - 4 November


In 2007 Google sent out an army of hybrid electric automobiles, each one bearing nine cameras on a single pole. Armed with a GPS and three laser range scanners, this fleet of cars began an endless quest to photograph every highway and byway in the free world.

A year after Google Street View was launched, Montreal-based artist Jon Rafman started collecting screen captures from the site - accidents and incidents never intended for public consumption, as well as moments reminiscent of the photographic styles of real photographers. The result is his ongoing series The Nine Eyes of Google Street View, part of which will be shown for the first time in the UK at the Saatchi Gallery.

With its supposedly neutral gaze, the Street View photography had a spontaneous quality unspoiled by the sensitivities or agendas of a human photographer... capturing fragments of reality stripped of all cultural intentions. Jon Rafman

Korean Eye 2012

26 July - 23 September 2012

The exhibition presents the largest survey of new Korean art to date, and highlights an exciting group of artists who have recently emerged on the global art scene, producing work that provides an arresting insight into the future of contemporary art in Korea.

Korean Eye 2012 provides a unique platform to bring contemporary Korean art to a new international audience.   read more...

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The Google Photography Prize is a global competition to find the photography stars of the future. The Prize received nearly 20,000 entries from students based in 146 countries. A selection of work by the 10 finalists, chosen by a prestigious jury, is exhibited at the Saatchi Gallery as part of this collaboration with Google.