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‘An incredible instinct for contemporary art’: Doris Lockhart, the overlooked figure behind the Saatchi collection, has died aged 88

Lockhart, who was the ex-wife of Charles Saatchi, is widely credited with recognising and boosting postwar US art and the Young British Artists

Gareth Harris and Louis Jebb
15 August 2025
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Later in life Lockhart's collecting scope expanded, encompassing architectural models and architects' drawings

Langlands & Bell, via Instagram
Exhibitionsarchive
30 September 2004

Pace-setter Charles Saatchi moves out Britart, moves in paintings

Doig, Kippenberger, Dumas, Tuymans, and Immendorf take centre stage at the collector’s gallery

Cristina Ruiz
Charles Saatchiarchive
1 March 1999

Charles Saatchi announces gift of 100 works of art, worth £500,000, to the Arts Council Collection

Is the gift an act of virtuous self-regard?

Louisa Buck
Museums & Heritagearchive
2 April 2003

Saatchi’s challenge to Tate with new Thameside gallery

The collector credited with transforming London’s contemporary art scene opens prestigious premises on the Thames this 17 April

Louisa Buck
Tatearchive
1 December 2004

Did Tate miss its chance to get the Saatchi Collection?

The greatest contemporary art collector in Britain says he was ready to offer all his art to gallery director Nicholas Serota—but his proposal was not pursued

Martin Bailey and Cristina Ruiz