School of Saatchi BBC 2, mondays, 9pm It’s all about apprenticeships these days. Should you not wish to follow Bills exploits (over on the weekly liveblog) perhaps you might want to follow the path of the art worlds newest pop culture artist. Or at least that’s what they hope to be. Charles Saatchi, world famous art collector, museum owner and patron is looking for the artworlds Next Big Thing. He held an open submission contest and hundreds applied. Who wouldn’t? The prize is a three year patronage and your own studio. This is the man who discovered Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin. Think of them what you will but these guys earn THOUSANDS on their work. The hundreds got whittled down to 12 who got to show their work to a judging panel of artist Tracey Emin, critic and broadcaster Matthew Collings, art collector Frank Cohen and Barbican curator Kate … There’s more →