Saatchi sets up virtual gallery

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Reclusive British modern art mogul Charles Saatchi, credited with creating the BritArt boom of the 1990s, has set up a virtual gallery on the Internet to let unknown artists from around the world showcase their work. With price records in the classical art market toppling almost daily, Saatchi's Your Gallery has in just three weeks gone from empty space to holding works by some 5,000 artists in 60 countries from China to the United States. Some of the works have changed hands at prices of up to 100,000 pounds, and there is no fee and no commission. "Many artists find it very hard to break into the gallery world. If they don't have the connections or aren't skilled at selling themselves, even good artists can struggle," Saatchi said in a statement to Reuters.

 

f***ing brilliant.