Grayson Perry's Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman at the British Museum

Turner prize winning artist Grayson Perry long cherished an ambition to show his own art - his own civilisation as he calls it - alongside the great civilisations of the world. So he sent a proposal to the director of the British Museum outlining the concept for an exhibition of his objects presented alongside objects he would select from the the museum collection. He called his idea The Tomb of the Unknown Craftsman and to his surprise the Museum agreed to run with it. In an article published in the Guardian, Perry talks about his idea and the challenges of translating "a vague fantasy into an increasingly daunting reality." Read more...

Grayson Perry, as Claire, outside the British Museum, the venue for his exhibition The Tomb of the Unknown, which opens on 6 October 2011

Grayson Perry is a Royal Academician

Grayson Perry, who rose to fame with his urns decorated with images of sex and child abuse, has been made one of 80 living Royal Academicians at Royal Academy of Art, joining the ranks of Academicians such as Tracey Emin and Anish Kapoor. He will now be able to put the initials RA after his name ands help govern the Academy. Perry collected the Turner Prize in 2003 as his flamboyant femine alter-ego Claire.