Great entertainer that he is, the British artist doesn’t inhibit himself by pandering to his audience’s sense of their own sophistication ...

It’s easy to imagine artist Grayson Perry’s alter ego Claire in her element among the Rococo frills and fripperies for which London’s Wallace Collection, one of the world’s great collections of 18 ...

And so to Claire and his transvestite identity ... “I said: ‘I’m 65. I am Grayson Perry. Everything I do is exciting.’ It’s how I sculpted my life.” He returns to the next pot.