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Playing to the Gallery

Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to Be Understood

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'I have never read such a stimulating short guide to art' Lynn Barber, Sunday Times

Now Grayson Perry is a fully paid-up member of the art establishment, he wants to show that any of us can appreciate art (after all, there is a reason he's called this book Playing to the Gallery and not 'Sucking up to an Academic Elite'). Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this funny, personal journey through the art world answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask.

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A brief insightful and humerous exploration of the art world. loved it. Only complaint is wasn't long enough, though Grayson Perry goes at such a pace will be listening to it again as missed bits the first time.

Recommend

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Grayson Perry is a great orator, iinteresting lectures, easy to follow and I binge listened!

funny, insightful and worth a listen

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We don’t talk enough about art and these lectures sparked lots of ideas. Grayson is a character of our time.

A great exploration

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Grayson Perry giving the Reith Lecture ... what more does one need. Brilliant Grayson Perry !!

Brilliant Grayson ....

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I'm so glad that I listened to this rather than read it. It was good to hear the artist's voice, the narrator who at times sounded like David Attenborough observing the art world

Wonderful

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