The Artful Dodgers

Swarm by Tessa Farmer at Saatchi Gallery

It's possible to go from Turner watercolors to Damien Hirst's lamb in formaldehyde to portraits of Georgian-era royalty, all in the space of an afternoon's walk. We started out today in Sloane Square, checking out the Saatchi Gallery. Located in a former military barracks in Chelsea, it's a fabulous, light-filled space to see exhibits of contemporary art, as well as pieces going on the auction block (in this case, iconic photos by the likes of Avedon, Penn, Mann, Arbus, and Mapplethorpe--some with presale estimates up to $50-60,000). We were most taken with "Swarm" (pictured). Each of the individual insects were transporting tiny people fashioned of smaller bug 'parts', which would make for a lively picnic!