York Residents won a competition to bring cross-dressing vase enthusiast Grayson Perry to a museum in York.
The Turner Prize winning potter will be visiting the Yorkshire Museum in May, after York residents won the Night Connect10 competition, beating seven London galleries and museums.
Perry’s appearance and the success of the win have been attributed to the Museum’s furry mascot, Padmin Bear, who spearheaded the campaign. It is perhaps the first inanimate object to win a competition in York.
More than 60,000 people voted, and a spokesperson for the museum told the York Press that the museum was ‘delighted’ with the voting turnout.