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Oslo’s enormous new National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design is not only showcasing Nordic design, but reconsidering what we mean by it
He amuses and taunts us. Amid phallic sketchings and ceramic satire, the artist discusses the interplay between flowery stuff and a dark message
The artist on biting the hand that feeds him — just not too hard
Grayson Perry eschews overarching theme as artists’ club celebrates 250th anniversary
David Rosenberg and Frauke Requardt’s collaboration has a cracking set-up but little substance
Is traditionally ‘male’ behaviour just a set of bad habits? William Leith on the new literature of masculinity
Collectors who find pleasure in sharing their collections with the public
Grayson Perry’s cross-dressed self ‘Claire’ is not an alter ego, just a freed-up extension of the same one
The artist’s ‘A House for Essex’ demonstrates how ornament can be assimilated into design
The pleasures and pitfalls of collecting pottery
There is no future for a city that cannot provide homes for the workers that keep it running
Could this marathon cycle of 50 creative projects in 50 weeks prove as prophetic as its predecessor?
Also Y Z Kami and Adrian Heath
A pagoda-decked temple pays tribute to Essex women
Artists are increasingly being asked to donate work for charity
Too many managers prefer to stay within divisional silos, suspicious of ideas ‘not invented here’
I feel very little sense of achievement. I didn’t get here on merit. I was born to be a minor establishment functionary
Hogarth’s ‘The Rake’s Progress’ is shown alongside contemporary responses
Despite the many unspeakable chocolate-box scenes of Yuletide, at least cards are a protest vote against social media
Tapestry, cloth, wool: it’s everywhere. Fabric-based art is not just a female medium
Grayson Perry discusses the ‘rich, meaty, abundant’ appeal of art as social storytelling, from Hogarthian ant-heaps to designer-clad anti-heroes
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