Grayson Perry: Delusions of Grandeur at the Wallace Collection

Name: Grayson Perry: Delusions Of Grandeur
Start: 2025-03-28
End: 2025-10-26
Location: Wallace Collection

Where? Wallace Collection, Hertford House, Manchester Square, Marylebone When? 28th March to 26th October 2025 10 AM to 5 PM (Mon-Sun) Price? Adult from £15; Young adult (12-17) from £5; Child (under-12) free · See wallacecollection.org Parking: Nearby car parks Buses: 2, 10, 12, 13, 30, 74, 82, 94, 113, 137, 274 Bus fares Trains: The closest station is Bond Street Central Elizabeth Jubilee Other nearby stations: Baker Street Train fares

The Wallace Collection will be celebrating Grayson Perry's 65th birthday with the largest contemporary exhibition ever held at the museum. Perry has even created a fictional persona for the show - Shirley Smith - who suffers a mental health crisis and wakes up believing she's heir to the entire collection.

Delusions Of Grandeur will explore the nature of craft-making in the modern world, comparing objects that would have taken maybe thousands of hours to complete against one that was created with the simple click of a button. By contrasting these two different approaches, Perry will ask questions about authenticity, and the artists' role going forwards.

Untitled, from a selection of drawings by Shirley Smith - by Grayson Perry (2022-24)

On display will be over 40 new works including intricately handcrafted ceramics, collages, tapestries and thought-provoking prints. They will be shown alongside masterpieces from the museum's own collection that helped to shape the Turner Prize-winning artist's ideas for the show.

Perry has credited the museum as being a major inspiration during their childhood and time as a young artist, thanks to its contrasting exhibits of feminine fashions from the 18th-century and its masculine weapons and suits of armour.