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The Saatchi Gallery is on the move again!

Its new home at The Duke of York’s HQ in Chelsea looks quite smart in the virtual tour, though the interior is quite hard to distinguish from London’s other big contemporary art gallery. County Hall had a warm, homely feel, very much like walking through some rich guy’s private property admiring his bizarre multi-million pound art collection - which, of course, is exactly what it was. To me the new setup appears too orderly and sterile, and I’m not sure whether the orthogonal, neutral backdrop of the new gallery might lessen the shock-factor of certain items in his collection… but I guess I’ll see for myself when it re-opens in 2007.