Setbacks Halt Progress on Charles Saatchi's Plans to Convert His Gallery into a Public Museum

Nothing is ever as quick and easy as it sounds, and no good deed ever goes…well, without carefully scrutiny. In early July, we told you that Charles Saatchi, the advertising veteran turned world famous art collector, had decided to donate his gallery, along with £25 million worth of art, to the British government and have them turn it into a museum upon his retirement. While there were guidelines put in place with the offer, like changing the Saatchi Gallery‘s name to the Museum of Contemporary Art, London, and letting the collector himself continue to control the collection as he best sees fit, which didn’t come without catching some flack from the press, it seemed as though some papers might be signed and it would be a done deal.