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]