Saatchi often stages good shows but over the years they've morphed into a lot of crowd-pleasing blockbuster shows (that often aren't free like they always used to be) rather than a consistent programme of more sophisticated and niche contemporary art exhibitions. They moved the gift shop into a gallery space to be more visible and that can break up the flow of an exhibition to an extent but they have really nice items in the shop. Still a good gallery but I'd love it if it went back to how it was 10-15 years ago.
Saatchi often stages good shows but over the years they've morphed into a lot of crowd-pleasing blockbuster shows (that often aren't free like they always used to be) rather than a consistent programme of more sophisticated and niche contemporary art exhibitions. They moved the gift shop i...