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self-help guide to the saatchi gallery Read more - The History from the Saatchi Gallery, a magnificent new cloth-and-leather-bound volume paying homage to an original edition of Macaulay'sHistory of England, I was overcome with melancholy. Charles Saatchi's achievement derives from an imperial character - single-minded, visionary, decisive, bold but additionally capricious, hot-tempered, hubristic, having a short attention span and a certain vulnerability, that emerges in turns as shyness and defensiveness. Once, he was invincible, the good news is that times have changed the empire appears too large and undefined. Even though the court poets still compose panegyrics beyond the walls of his palace, his power is fading. But it's not too late. www.newartnetwork.net/saatchi-gallery-london - Charles can help to save his empire, but he'll need to change his ways. What exactly next? Maybe Saatchi's History may soon need one final chapter. His exhibitions failed to make a big impact, as the gallery, insiders say, is amazingly expensive for run. That may be why a year ago he surprised everyone, including his own staff, by announcing he was going to give his museum to the nation. A lot of artwork will be donated for free, but discussions with all the Arts Council and Secretary of state for Culture suggested the taxpayer will finish up footing the bill for running the gallery. So, per year on, there is no Tate Saatchi as of yet. Jeremy Hunt is still saying no, albeit within the politest terms: "Ministers expressed their gratitude when Mr Saatchi made his very generous offer. We understand that Mr Saatchi has become considering how he really wants to move ahead, and we are extremely very happy to facilitate any discussions," a spokesman told Bloomberg last week. Cultural fads come and go, and Charles may be ahead of the curve the first time in a decade, with his diminishing fascination with the expensive sport of writing art history using a cheque book. Read more - However hope that's not the case. Charles has rewritten cultural history three times already. None of Britain's other collectors have done that - or come with an ounce of his musketeer-like panache. He just needs to hire a few curators and reinvent his acquisitions strategy. Restoration he could alter the art world again. The History with the Saatchi Gallery is published by Booth-Clibborn Editions,