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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Sensation canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5194532 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sensation Context triple: [Saatchi Gallery, notableExhibition, Sensation]
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A.
The Connection of the Senses
The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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B.
Sensitivity
"Sensitivity" is a comedic musical number from the Broadway show *Once Upon a Mattress*, highlighting the exaggerated delicacy of Queen Aggravain.
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C.
On the Senses
On the Senses is an ancient philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the nature and functioning of human perception and the five senses.
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D.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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E.
Sens
Sens is a historic commune in north-central France known for its impressive Gothic cathedral and role as a regional administrative and commercial center.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Sensation Target entity description: 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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A.
The Connection of the Senses
The Connection of the Senses is a philosophical work by P. F. Strawson that explores how different sensory modalities contribute to our unified experience of the world.
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B.
Sensitivity
"Sensitivity" is a comedic musical number from the Broadway show *Once Upon a Mattress*, highlighting the exaggerated delicacy of Queen Aggravain.
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C.
On the Senses
On the Senses is an ancient philosophical treatise by Theophrastus that examines the nature and functioning of human perception and the five senses.
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D.
Education of the Senses
Education of the Senses is a historical study by Peter Gay that explores the evolution of bourgeois attitudes toward sexuality and intimacy in 19th-century Europe.
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E.
Sens
Sens is a historic commune in north-central France known for its impressive Gothic cathedral and role as a regional administrative and commercial center.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | art exhibition ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Young British Artists movement NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnCollectionOf | Charles Saatchi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfExhibition |
Germany
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| curatedBy |
Charles Saatchi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Norman Rosenthal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describedAs | highly controversial ⓘ |
| featuresArtist |
Chris Ofili
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Damien Hirst NERFINISHED ⓘ Gary Hume NERFINISHED ⓘ Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED ⓘ Jake and Dinos Chapman NERFINISHED ⓘ Jenny Saville NERFINISHED ⓘ Marc Quinn NERFINISHED ⓘ Marcus Harvey NERFINISHED ⓘ Rachel Whiteread NERFINISHED ⓘ Sarah Lucas NERFINISHED ⓘ Tracey Emin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresMovement | Young British Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
ⓘ
contemporary art ⓘ |
| hasNotableWork |
Dead Dad
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Everyone I Have Ever Slept With 1963–1995 NERFINISHED ⓘ Hymn ⓘ Myra NERFINISHED ⓘ Self ⓘ Some Went Mad, Some Ran Away NERFINISHED ⓘ The Holy Virgin Mary NERFINISHED ⓘ Zygotic Acceleration, Biogenetic, De-Sublimated Libidinal Model NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTourLocation |
Brooklyn Museum, New York City
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | public perception of Young British Artists ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| location | Royal Academy of Arts, London NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| organizedBy | Royal Academy of Arts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startDate | 1997 ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
media debate on censorship
ⓘ
public debate on contemporary art ⓘ |
| usesWorksFrom | Saatchi Collection NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sensation Description of subject: 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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