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Grayson Perry in his own words

A special opportunity to hear Grayson Perry talk about the roots and the inspiration for his exhibition. He will reveal his personal, global and artistic relationship with history, his interest in religious artefacts and pilgrimage and how he has brought these themes together. He will also muse on the contemporary art world as a distinct culture with its own rituals and beliefs.

This event took place on 18 November 2011.

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Image: Grayson Perry as Claire.
© Grayson Perry

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2012

Jacqueline Rose: Marilyn Monroe
Lecture: 30 March 2012
Hajj among pilgrimages
Discussion: 23 March 2012
Neal Ascherson: Europe
Lecture: 9 March 2012
John Lanchester: Marx at 193
Lecture: 2 March 2012
Hajj and the future of Islam
Discussion: 24 February 2012
Hajj: curator’s introduction
Lecture: 18 February 2012
Pilgrim pioneers: Britons on Hajj before 1940
Lecture: 10 February 2012
‘A Great Unrecorded History’:
Writing same-sex desire in
the British Museum
Lecture: 19 January 2012
German Romanticism and the print
Lecture: 12 January 2012

2011

Manga: Professor Munakata's
British Museum adventure
Lecture: 25 November 2011
Grayson Perry in his own words
Lecture: 18 November 2011
Grayson Perry Late
Special event: 11 November 2011
The Imaginary Museum: from André Malraux
to Grayson Perry
Lecture: 11 November 2011
Herculaneum: ashes to ashes
Lecture: 4 November 2011
Grayson Perry handling session
Access event: 31 October 2011
Famous Bodies
Discussion: 16 September 2011
Landscape: longing and livelihoods
Kew debate: 6 September 2011
Michael Ondaatje in conversation
with Geoff Dyer
Discussion: 31 August 2011
Australian reading by Jaya Savige
Reading: 21 July 2011

Medieval worlds displayed
Lecture: 15 July 2011
Caine Prize discussion 2011
Discussion: 13 July 2011
Mark Newson: a global spirit. The Arthur Boyd annual lecture
Lecture: 13 July 2011
Relics and pilgrimage: the universal lure of sacred space
Lecture: 8 July 2011
Alexander's Wall or the Moat of Peroz?
Lukonin Lecture: 7 July 2011
After Egypt: Revolutions in the Arab World
Discussion: 4 July 2011
Didjeridu in Australia Landscape
Performance: 2 July 2011
Australian art: an overview
Lecture: 24 June 2011
30 years and still counting: slowing the spread of HIV in a complex world
UCL lecture: 17 June 2011
A climate of fear: what the past tells us about human responses to climate change
UCL lecture: 14 June 2011
Afghanistan: history of a land of culture
and anarchy
Lecture: 10 June 2011
Human dignity in Jerusalem
Edward W Said London lecture: 31 May 2011
Xu Bing in conversation with Philip Dodd
Discussion: 12 May 2011
Afghanistan: What makes a Nation?
Guardian debate: 12 April 2011
Julie Mehretu in conversation with Tim Marlow
Discussion: 8 April 2011
The craft heritage of Oman
Lecture: 1 April 2011
The Return of the King: Shah Shuja ul-Mulk
and the First Anglo-Afghan War
Lecture: 18 March 2011
Buddhist sculpture: Antony Gormley
Lecture: 17 March 2011
The Image of the Black in Western Art: the hidden history and its legacy
Discussion: 25 February 2011

In conversation with Ahdaf Soueif
and Jamal Mahjoub
Discussion: 24 February 2011
Cervantes, Balzac and double–entry
book–keeping
Lecture: 21 February 2011
Picasso's Guernica revisited
Lecture: 14 February 2011
Who owns Kafka?
Lecture: 7 February 2011

2010

A History of the World: book launch
Lecture: 27 October 2010
Curator’s introduction to the 100th object
Lecture: 4 November 2010
Conserving biodiversity. Whose money?
Whose rules?
Kew debate: 29 September 2010
Nelson Mandela Day
Special event: 18 July 2010
Nigeria: Africa’s Superpower?
Guardian debate: 8 June 2010
In conversation with Wole Soyinka
Discussion: 14 May 2010

2009

Celebrating Day of the Dead
Special event: 1 November 2009
Day of the Dead celebrations
Special event: 1 November 2009
Day of the Dead preparations
Special event: 1 November 2009
Empire of the mind and soul: what does modern Iran owe to Shah 'Abbas?
Guardian debate: 19 May 2009
250 years on: What does it mean
to be a world museum?
Lecture: January 2009

2008

Babylon to Bethnal Green: Does language unite or divide multicultural societies?
Guardian debate: 2 December 2008
Storytelling Day at the British Museum
Special event: September 2008

Special events

Nelson Mandela Day

A special event at the British Museum.
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Storytelling Day

A day of storytelling, inspired by the Museum's collection.
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250 years on: What does it mean to be a world museum?

Neil MacGregor, gives a special free public lecture.
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Celebrating Day of the Dead

Alma Martinez explains the meaning of Day of the Dead.
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Day of the Dead celebrations

Performances, carnival parades and other Day of the Dead celebrations.
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Day of the Dead preparations

Visiting the Linares family workshop in Mexico City.
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Performances

Australian reading
by Jaya Savige

Jaya Savige, who grew up in Queensland, won awards for his first collection of poetry, latecomers (2006).
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Didjeridu in Australia Landscape

Celebrated Australian Aboriginal didjeridu player William Barton performs outside in Australia Landscape.
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