Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art
Series 1
2022 · 3 episodes
1. Upstarts
2022-09-27 · 59m
A look at the origins of the Young British Artists in the art schools of the mid-80s, a shocking and provocative movement which would culminate in the notorious 1997 exhibition Sensation.
2. Is It Art?
2022-10-04 · 59m
In the 90s, young creatives, grouped together by advertising guru Charles Saatchi, respond provocatively to the decade's wave of optimism. The results are explosive - but is it art?
3. Fame and Fortune
2022-10-11 · 59m
The Royal Academy’s iconoclastic Sensation is itself a sensation. 300,000 attend the show, causing protests and resignations. Meanwhile, Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin reach mega-star status.
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