Paris may not have seen anything quite like it before – the Monnaie de Paris is presenting the first large-scale exhibition of Grayson Perry‘s work in France, and it’s very close to our hotels.

Not many contemporary artistswork with cermaic, metal tapestry and engraving.

Even fewer use these pieces to question our preconceptions of genre, identity, religion, social classes and sexuality.

For Grayson Perry, his outlandish cross-dressing persona – questioning our notions of what is ‘masculine’ – is an integral part of his work, which illustrates his life, his ideas, and his point of view. The artist and his work are inseparable.

The exhibition, which is spread over two floors of the Monnaie de Paris, contains 55 pieces, including the giant 8-metre wide tapestry Comfort Blanket, ad is organised into ten thematic chapters: identity, masculinity, (new) masculinity, hospitality, historicality, antiquity, sexuality, society, divinity and vanity.

For the event, the artists has created two nex medals that you can purchase for 4€ each while exiting through the gift shop (or get online).

For those with deeper pockets, there’s a Teddy Bear medal sold in its own box with a certificate of authenticity for 149€.

Linked with the exhibition there’s a conference with the artists on 21st November at 7.30pm, a visit of the exhibition with the curator on 28 November at 7pm, and on 9th January a showing of Perry’s documentary ‘Divided Britain’.

A bilingual catalogue is also available (200 pages, 93 illustrations, 29€ here at amazon.fr).

The exhibition Grayson Perry – Vanity, Identity, Sexuality is at the Monnaie de Paris (here) until 3rd February 2019

Open every day except Mondays from 11am-7pm (9pm Wednesdays)

Admission: 12€ / 8€ (one euro cheaper online)

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To consult the exhibition booklet in English, with the artist’s comments about numerous pieces, simply click the fullscreen button at the bottom right of the image below (you can also download the PDF here).