SAATCHI INSPIRES A TREND: THE “VANITY MUSEUM”

Encouraged by the success of Charles Saatchi’s London gallery, a plethora of new “vanity museums” are being built by some of Britain’s leading art collectors, James Morrison reports in The Independent. Elton John is to add an extension to his Windsor home to display his vast collection of paintings, which includes works by Picasso, Warhol, and Damien Hirst. A number of lesser-known collectors have similar plans.