Is Saatchi’s New Direction Profit-Driven?

As famed UK art collector Charles Saatchi revamps his collection and turns his focus away from the cutting-edge conceptual art with which he has been identified for fifteen years, many in the art world have begun to wonder exactly what drives the enigmatic Saatchi’s tastes. “Some art critics have long accused Mr. Saatchi of being more dealer than collector, less art lover than marketing genius who exhibits his collection to increase its value… In the 1980’s he built up a major collection of postwar American and European art. He then sold it at great profit and channeled his resources into a new generation of British artists.”