Viewing Beyond the Streets London

Landing at the Saatchi Gallery this February is Beyond the Streets, the most comprehensive graffiti and street art exhibition to open in the UK. Curated by graffiti historian Roger Gastman and installed across all three floors of the Saatchi Gallery, it brings together work by over 100 international artists to examine the powerful impact of graffiti and street art across the world.

Each of the exhibition’s chapters will explore pivotal moments in the history of street art, from the emergence of punk to the birth of hip-hop. New works will be shown alongside large-scale installations, original ephemera and fashion pieces inspired by this avant-garde movement. Highlights include FUTURA2000’s legendary 30 ft painting made on stage with The Clash and a graffiti-filled installation titled The Vandal’s Bedroom by American artist Todd James. Also noteworthy is Trash Records, an interactive installation within a fully recreated record shop.

‘We really hope to inspire through a curious lens that digs into the nooks and crannies of all these subcultures and the massive role London played in bringing them to light on a world stage,’ said Gastman. We couldn’t be more excited. Hop to it.