Published by the Royal Academy of Arts and Thames & Hudson to accompany the landmark 1997 exhibition, Sensation presents a survey of the Young British Artists (YBAs) drawn from the Saatchi Collection. It documents the rise of a generation of British artists who came to define the cultural and market-driven dynamics of the 1990s contemporary art scene.

The book brings together work by key figures including Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Jenny Saville, Rachel Whiteread, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Chris Ofili, and others. It situates their practices within the context of the post-1980s British art world, shaped by the legacy of the “Freeze” exhibition and the patronage of Charles Saatchi.