Tag: Grayson Perry

  • Grayson Perry: Smash Hits

    Perry mocks and self-flagellates his Englishness and class, his childhood memories and coping mechanisms, and reveals the endless awkwardness and angst of being at odds with one’s home and subject matter, with no obvious escape

  • Strange Clay: Ceramics in Contemporary Art

    Expect the unexpected from this exuberant show of ceramic fine art, filled as it is with fantastical forms, uncanny creatures, unlikely shapes and unfamiliar scales

  • Jacquiline Creswell – interview: ‘When I first sited art in Salisbury Cathedral, I was accused of turning it into a theme park’

    When Creswell joined Salisbury Cathedral as arts curator, she was verbally and physically abused. As she explains, it was her first challenge, but not her last. Here, she talks about bringing world-class art to the cathedral in her 12 years…

  • The Armory Show 2021

    Defying the pandemic and housed in a radiant new show space, New York’s pre-eminent art fair belied the declared brief of its owner, Merchandise Mart Properties Inc, to prioritise quality over eye candy

  • Christine and Jennifer Binnie – interview

    Artist sisters Christine and Jennifer Binnie talk about their joint curation of an exhibition from the Towner Collection, returning to East Sussex, where they were raised, and life and work during lockdown

  • Domestic Bliss

    This exhibition of works from Glasgow Museums’ collection explores the concept of domestic bliss, from domestic labour and feminism to intimate relationships and contested social roles

  • Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

    If you can move beyond the small size of the venue and the incongruity of hermetically sealed display vitrines, this show provides a chance to view Perry’s raw, angry and provocative early works

  • Grayson Perry: Super Rich Interior Decoration

    From the luxurious carpet depicting a homeless man to the Osprey handbag bearing the words ‘private school for my kids’, Perry is not afraid to lampoon the very people who buy his work

  • Jock McFadyen – interview: ‘The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition doesn’t get a fair crack of the whip from critics’

    McFadyen, known for his urban landscapes and putting the marginal centre stage in his paintings, is the co-ordinator of this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. It’s been challenging and exciting, he says, but he’s finding the baggage of its reputation…

  • Royal Academy of Arts 250th Summer Exhibition

    Grayson Perry’s eclectic, irreverent approach in coordinating the 250th-anniversary exhibition plays to its strengths. With the works of hundreds of amateur artists alongside those of professionals and the Royal Academicians, it is a far more insightful and accurate reflection of…