Sensation was an exhibition of Young British Artists which first took place 18 September – 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Art in London and later toured to Berlin and New York, but was rejected by Australia.
The show generated controversy in London and New York due to the inclusion of images of Myra Hindley and the Virgin Mary. The show consisted of work from the collection of Charles Saatchi. It was criticised by New York mayor Rudolph...
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Sensation was an exhibition of Young British Artists which first took place 18 September – 28 December 1997 at the Royal Academy of Art in London and later toured to Berlin and New York, but was rejected by Australia.
The show generated controversy in London and New York due to the inclusion of images of Myra Hindley and the Virgin Mary. The show consisted of work from the collection of Charles Saatchi. It was criticised by New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani and others for attempting to boost the value of the work by showing it in institutions and public museums.
The artworks in Sensation were from the collection of Charles Saatchi, a leading collector and publiciser of contemporary art. Norman Rosenthal, the Royal Academy of Arts exhibitions secretary, helped to stage the 110 works by 42 different artists. Many of the pieces had already become famous, or notorious, to the British public (for example, Damien Hirst's shark suspended in formaldehyde titled, The Physical Impossibility of...
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