Nov 5, 2020 · Celebrated contemporary artist Grayson Perry has received backlash from fellow artists for comments made during an interview with The Arts Society. In the interview he suggested, “ I think every part of life has probably got a bit …

Nov 3, 2020 · While museums in England are closing again, Grayson Perry is facing outrage for suggesting that Covid-19 will rid museums of “dead wood”.

Oct 28, 2022 · Grayson Perry, in a recent interview with The Arts Society Magazine, made the bold statement that the closures suffered as a result of Covid-19 will actually help the arts sector because “some things needed to go”.

Apr 11, 2012 · Despite his claim to a tormented childhood, the real problem seems to have started in his late teens. This was when Grayson, the school swot, the responsible budding Army officer, discovered he...

Nov 9, 2023 · As a social commentator and artist, one of Perry's principal concerns is the crisis of masculinity in contemporary society. His art reveals a complex and nuanced view of masculinity, far from the representations we often see in mainstream media.

Dec 12, 2020 · Artist Grayson Perry has addressed recent comments he made about the coronavirus pandemic which sparked controversy, clarifying that his statement was ‘taken out of context’.

Dec 7, 2003 · Ceramic artist Grayson Perry, a happily-married transvestite who depicts child abuse and death in his art, has won this year's Turner Prize. Also nominated were brothers Jake and Dinos Chapman,...

Jul 21, 2023 · SIR GRAYSON PERRY has said that he is guilty of “cultural appropriat­ion”. The Turner Prize-winning artist has looked back on his work ahead of the launch of his first major UK retrospect­ive, to be held by the National Galleries of Scotland, and claimed that he has committed a “modern sin” throughout his career.

Jun 6, 2018 · GRAYSON PERRY has said he was forced to censor some of the entries to this year’s Royal Academy Summer Exhibition because they were so sexually explicit. The Turner Prize winner, famous for his own often pornograph­ic pottery, co-ordinated the team choosing the 1,300 artworks in the show.

Jul 20, 2023 · Sir Grayson has stated ahead of the show opening that much of his work is guilty of “cultural appropriation”, a projective label for the adoption of ideas on practices from other cultures.