Turner Prize winning artist Grayson Perry speaks out in a candid new interview for The Arts Society Magazine’s winter issue, out on November 2nd. Interviewed by British art historian Jacky Klein, Grayson Perry provides his unconventional take on how Covid-19 has affected the art world and beyond. He also discusses coping with uncertainty and rising to the challenges of being an artist living in the future as well as the bigger picture, from the nation’s...
The organisers of the Turner Prize have announced the cancellation of his year’s edition. Instead, 10 bursaries of £10,000 will be awarded to selected artists. Normally, the shortlist for the controversial modern art prize would have been announced by organisers Tate Britain at this time of year, usually to the bafflement and derision of the public. An exhibition would have opened in the autumn with the winner of the £25,000 prize announced in December. Alex...
Grayson Perry’s latest exhibition, the somewhat ironically titled: The Most Popular Art Exhibition Ever! is set to comment on the political state of the UK. Topics such as Brexit and other relevant themes like masculinity and identity will take center stage. The event will run from 8 June-10 September—fittingly beginning on the day of the general election. Perry describes his fun and mocking title as ‘a kind of provocation’ and insinuates that the exhibit will take...
