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Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

Sensationalists: The Bad Girls and Boys of British Art

★ 9.0/10•2022•1h 0m•Documentary
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Rebellious, provocative and unapologetic. The Young British Artists crashed the 90s art scene, making Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst and others household names. This is their story.

Min Clough · Director

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 27, 2022

Episodes

Episode 1 - UpstartsE159m

Upstarts

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.

Sep 27, 2022

Episode 2 - Is It Art?E259m

Is It Art?

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?

Oct 4, 2022

Episode 3 - Fame and FortuneE359m

Fame and Fortune

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.

Oct 11, 2022

Actors

Keith Allen

Keith Allen

Self (Narrator)

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