Beyond the Streets brings 60 years of street culture to the Saatchi Gallery

Six decades of street culture go on show at the Saatchi Gallery on King’s Road from 11 November, with work by more than 100 artists from around the world. Beyond the Streets runs until 5 May 2027.

The curators behind it, also called Beyond the Streets, set out to show how graffiti and street art have shaped contemporary art. Hip-hop and the 2Tone scene are part of the story too, and the exhibition traces that influence into fashion and music as well as activism. Alongside historic works, some pieces are new and others have never been shown before.

What to see at Beyond the Streets

The show fills more than 10 rooms. Painting and sculpture sit next to clothing and large installations, some of them made for the site, and several pieces invite visitors to interact. Among the highlights named by the organisers:

• work by Neil Kenlock, who was the Black Panthers’ official photographer
• a short film made by Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova
• 35 Big Issue covers picked as the magazine’s most influential, among them issue one
• an infinity room built around spray paint
• part of a New York subway carriage, rebuilt inside the gallery
• Polaroids of American hip-hop stars, the earliest from 1971
• the story of graffiti on the Tube

The organisers describe the layout as “an immersive journey” through street culture, meant to be explored rather than simply looked at.

Tickets and getting there

Tickets are priced from £15 and are sold on the gallery’s website or on the day at the entrance. Members go free. Doors open at 10am and close at 6pm, with last entry at 5pm.

Sloane Square is the closest station to the gallery, which sits in the Duke of York’s HQ on King’s Road (SW3 4RY).