Young British Artists

…one of the YBAs (Young British Artists; also known as the BritArtists) who came to prominence in the 1990s.

…became known as the successful Young British Artists (YBAs) of the 1990s. Hirst’s reputation as both an artist and a provocateur quickly soared. His displays of animals in formaldehyde and his installations complete with live maggots and butterflies were seen as reflections on mortality and the human unwillingness to confront…

…development of the YBAs (Young British Artists). Saatchi exhibited the YBA works he had collected in the Sensations exhibition, which caused a twofold scandal when it was displayed at the Brooklyn Museum in New York in 1999. Then-mayor Rudy Giuliani took great exception to the display of Chris Ofili’s…

…artists known as YBAs (Young British Artists; also known as the BritArtists)—including Damien Hirst and Tracey Emin—Whiteread was scorned by many reviewers.