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Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art: Series 1
September 27, 2022
3 Episodes
~59 min per episode
Overview
No overview available for this season.
Episodes
3
1
Upstarts
Sep 27, 2022
59 min
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.
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2
Is It Art?
Oct 4, 2022
59 min
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?
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3
Fame and Fortune
Oct 11, 2022
59 min
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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