Saatchi’s first reader-curated contemporary art show!
This may be a first! Charles Saatchi's online gallery (I wrote about it over a month ago on ArtNYC) and the Guardian newspaper are joining forces to:
"...create the first reader-curated contemporary art show, featuring emerging new talent from across the globe. Your Gallery at The Guardian will take place from 24-28 October in the Guardian Newsroom." "...by curating an exhibition where they choose the content. Readers can vote for their favourite work from a selection of 30 contemporary artists nominated by our judging panel. Ten will be chosen for exhibit in October."Maybe that's the only glitch - how about the top artists at Your Gallery be chosen by highest number of pageviews and then were voted upon by readers - that would be much more interesting! Here's the page at the Guardian where the first reader-curated contemporary art show information is posted.
"The Guardian and the Saatchi gallery's Your Gallery project are joining forces to create a unique contemporary art show, featuring exciting new talent from across the globe - and we want you to curate it.We've selected a shortlist of 30 people from the thousands on display on the Your Gallery website. We want you to choose your three favourite artists: the 10 most popular will feature in a special show being held at the Guardian's Newsroom exhibition space on October 24-28 2006. Here's how: · Preview the shortlisted works in our online slideshow · Find out more about each artist by looking at the profiles page · Place your vote and be in with a chance of winning tickets to an exclusive preview of the show on October 23 2006"I looked at the slide show of the thirty artists - no one I know - I hoped to find a friend in the lineup.Â
[...] Charlie Finch thinks the most important development of 2006 was the complete takeover of the contemporary art market by hedge fund billionaires. I think not!  I think there’s always someone using Art to build a fortune – it may seem like Soros or some other Hedge Fund manager is investing huge amounts to create investment havens – but I think as people look back at 2006, they won’t see hedge fund billionaires art owners as anything but a footnote to the developments of last year.  2006 was the year where artists became empowered. Sure, it’s a different world for the art investor than the artist (strange – but I think it’s true).  I agree more with Ana Finel Honigman that one of 2006’s most exciting art events was the launch of Charles Saatchi’s “Your Gallery,” a MySpace-like website where emerging or simply unrepresented artists, often living far away from major art centers, can workshop, debate art issues, sell their art and flirt.  In fact, I wrote about “Your Gallery” about 4 months ago here. [...]
By The Art World in 2006 - ArtNet’s Review and my comments » Art NYC - Fine Arts in New York City on January 3rd, 2007 at 6:08 pm