Doris Lockhart Saatchi

Doris Jean Lockhart Saatchi (February 28, 1937 – August 6, 2025) was an American art collector. She and her ex-husband Charles Saatchi were major figures in promoting postwar American art and the Young British Artists.[1][2]

Life and career

Born Doris Jean Lockhart in Memphis, Tennessee, on February 28, 1937, she grew up mainly in Scarsdale, New York, and was educated at Scarsdale High School.[1] She attended the Sorbonne and Smith College, graduating from the latter in 1958.[1] She moved to the United Kingdom in the 1960s, and married Charles Saatchi in 1973, after her first marriage, to racing driver Hugh Dibley, ended in divorce.[1]

The Saatchis began collecting art in the 1970s.[1] They opened a museum to showcase their collection in 1985.[1] They divorced in 1990.[1]

Saatchi died from kidney disease at a London hospital, on August 6, 2025, at the age of 88.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Nossiter, Adam (August 15, 2025). "Doris Lockhart Saatchi, 88, Critic and Collector of Cutting-Edge Art, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
  2. ^ Harris, Gareth; Jebb, Louis (August 15, 2025). "'An incredible instinct for contemporary art': Doris Lockhart, the overlooked figure behind the Saatchi collection, has died aged 88". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved August 16, 2025.
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