Sensation

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Sensation was a highly controversial late-1990s art exhibition showcasing works by the Young British Artists, including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin, that sparked intense public and media debate over contemporary art and censorship.

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Sensation canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art exhibition ⓘ
associatedWith Young British Artists movement ⓘ
basedOnCollectionOf Charles Saatchi ⓘ
countryOfExhibition Germany ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
curatedBy Charles Saatchi ⓘ
Norman Rosenthal ⓘ
describedAs highly controversial ⓘ
featuresArtist Chris Ofili ⓘ
Damien Hirst ⓘ
Gary Hume ⓘ
Gillian Wearing ⓘ
Jake and Dinos Chapman ⓘ
Jenny Saville ⓘ
Marc Quinn ⓘ
Marcus Harvey ⓘ
Rachel Whiteread ⓘ
Sarah Lucas ⓘ
Tracey Emin ⓘ
featuresMovement Young British Artists ⓘ
genre conceptual art ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ
hasNotableWork Dead Dad ⓘ
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 ⓘ
Hymn ⓘ
Myra ⓘ
Self ⓘ
Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away ⓘ
The Holy Virgin Mary ⓘ
linked to: Virgin Mary

Zygotic Acceleration, Biogenetic, De-Sublimated Libidinal Model ⓘ
hasTheme celebrity culture ⓘ
censorship ⓘ
media controversy ⓘ
morality and art ⓘ
religion and blasphemy ⓘ
shock tactics in art ⓘ
violence and crime ⓘ
hasTitle Sensation: Young British Artists from the Saatchi Collection ⓘ
hasTourLocation Brooklyn Museum, New York City ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Museum

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin ⓘ
influenced public perception of Young British Artists ⓘ
languageOfTitle English ⓘ
location Royal Academy of Arts, London ⓘ
organizedBy Royal Academy of Arts ⓘ
startDate 1997 ⓘ
subjectOf media debate on censorship ⓘ
public debate on contemporary art ⓘ
usesWorksFrom Saatchi Collection ⓘ
linked to: Saatchi Gallery

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tommy (rock opera) → hasPart → Sensation ⓘ
Boys and Girls → includesSong → Sensation ⓘ
subject linked to: album "Boys and Girls"
Poésies (Rimbaud) → notableWork → Sensation ⓘ