My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic

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Few people have shaped the contemporary art world quite like Charles Saatchi. Co-founder of the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising empire, he redirected his formidable eye toward art in the 1980s, opened the Saatchi Gallery in London, and championed a generation of Young British Artists — including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin — before most collectors knew their names.

My Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic is Saatchi’s own account of that journey, told in his unmistakable voice: blunt, witty, and refreshingly free of art-world jargon. Structured as questions from journalists and readers, this new extended edition lets the famously press-shy collector answer everything — how he spots a masterpiece before anyone else, why he buys in bulk, and how a collection is really built.

Part memoir, part masterclass in looking, the book offers a rare, candid look inside one of the most influential collections of modern art ever assembled — irresistible for anyone curious about how art is bought, sold, and loved.

Few people have shaped the contemporary art world quite like Charles Saatchi. Co-founder of the Saatchi & Saatchi advertising empire, he redirected his formidable eye toward art in the 1980s, opened the Saatchi Gallery in London, and championed a generation of Young British Artists — including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin — before most collectors knew their names.
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nMy Name is Charles Saatchi and I am an Artoholic is Saatchi’s own account of that journey, told in his unmistakable voice: blunt, witty, and refreshingly free of art-world jargon. Structured as questions from journalists and readers, this new extended edition lets the famously press-shy collector answer everything — how he spots a masterpiece before anyone else, why he buys in bulk, what he thinks of critics, dealers, and art fairs, and how a collection is really built.
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nPart memoir, part masterclass in looking, the book offers a rare, candid look inside one of the most influential collections of modern art ever assembled. For anyone curious about how art is bought, sold, and loved — or simply about the man who changed the way Britain sees art — this is an irresistible read.