Grayson Perry wins prestigious Erasmus prize

Perry is first British visual artist since 1968 to win Dutch award now worth €150,000Grayson Perry has become the first British visual artist since Henry Moore in 1968 to win the prestigious and lucrative Erasmus prize.The award is a Dutch version of the Nobel prize, given annually to a person or institution that has made “an exceptional contribution to the humanities, the social sciences or the arts.” It comes with €150,000 prize money and a large titanium-plated ribbon ad