Event
Museums at Night: Trying it on
16 May 2018
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery
Bristol, United Kingdom
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One of the featuring Grayson Perry tapestries.
Exhibition
Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences
31 Mar 2018 – 24 Jun 2018
Event times
10am-5pm
Cost of entry
Tickets:
Adult – £5
Concession* – £4
Under 16s free
Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult.
Concessions*
Concessions are available with proof of identity for 16-18 year olds, students, people over 65, unemployed people, disabled people (carers free), Friends of Bristol Art Gallery and Friends of Bristol Museums, Galleries and Archives.
50% off with National Art Pass
Address
- Queens Rd
- Bristol
England - BS8 1RL
- United Kingdom
Event map
Six large tapestries exploring the British fascination with taste and class by one of the UK’s best-known and best-loved artists.
About
Inspired by Hogarth’s morality tale, A Rake’s Progress, Perry’s tapestries follow the socially-mobile life of fictional character Tim Rakewell from infancy to untimely death.
Made in parallel with a Channel 4 documentary series, All in the Best Possible Taste, they are crammed with acutely-observed detail and invite us all to consider our own attitudes to class and our positions in society.
The exhibition also includes a number of works from Bristol Museum & Art Gallery's own collections, including historical ceramics, and the original Rake’s Progress print series by William Hogarth and David Hockney.
A specially designed guide will take you on a journey around the museum in search of historic motifs found in the tapestries, and you can hear perspectives from experts in very different fields through newly created audio.
Keep an eye out on the website for news on exhibition tours.
Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre London and British Council © the artist. Gift of the artist and Victoria Miro Gallery with the support of Channel 4 Television, the Art Fund and Sfumato Foundation with additional support from AlixPartners.
Bristol Museum & Art Gallery would like to thank exhibition sponsors:
Bonomini, Resource Solutions Group Plc and UWE Bristol.
