My general sense is that street-art or urban-art enthusiasts often overlook or too-quickly dismiss many of the basics of the art historical canon.

For some, this may in part be down to fear or ambivalence of the unknown or the less familiar, or a certain degree of narrow-mindedness — which can require constant efforts on our part to at least keep in check. And such efforts are not just worthwhile, they are arguably noble. They broaden our field of vision.



Art-wise, London is a treasure trove. It has phenomenal institutions that are free to visit, many of which offer audio guides/apps for context and background on periods, movements, artists or individual works.

One could easily spend a full week exploring the British Museum, for example, or half an afternoon checking out the permanent collection at the Courtauld Gallery at Somerset House.



In case you have yet to visit the National Gallery at Trafalgar Square (or haven't done so for a few years), consider that museum a must-see. It is currently undergoing renovations, but remains open to the public and should in my view be prioritised over the majority of temporary exhibitions at contemporary art galleries.

For an accessible and easily-manageable partial visit, consider the 18th and 19th century works on Level 2.

My recommendation would be Room 34, if only to see the real-life scale of Whistlejacket. And the adjoining Rooms 41 (especially for Surprised! by Rousseau); 43 (including for Bathers at Asnières by Seurat, and one of the Sunflowers canvases); and 44 (Cézanne, Degas, Manet, Monet and more).

A large-scale painting I've recently kept coming back to is in Room 45: The Execution of Lady Jane Grey by Paul Delaroche.

Detail




Have fun in London.

Think it was £45 and if it's online it would have to come from the US, only a hundred of these made it to the UK. You could try Le Grand Jeu, Christian is always good at getting this kind of stuff.

They're $90 or $140 though, if you'd like to pay that for a zine. The book is bigger and a lot cheaper, haven't put the contents side by side but I'd like to think there's a lot more content. I think it's a great book, a nice homage to Bäst, who's since passed away.

I feel the same about some of the artists you mentioned, I was definitely expecting those to be squeezed in.
I think let's give it few weeks and see if the buzz still there...They did extremely well in the opening weekend with a constant flow of people and almost any visitor came out with a book, a print, a poster or something.
Having a bunch of the artists for the opening was great hopefully they still have some surprise for their 'late party'...

Is this worth going for £25 during the day then? Or was it mainly worth it because of the fancy opening party?

I'm not going till April, so trying not to look at all the photos on here. Maybe they'll get even more artists involved before it closes?  
 

Went to the private view too. One of the craziest nights of my life!
Managed to have a word with PURE EVIL, FUTURA, LADY PINK, MARTHA COOPER, REAS and many more...
Check it out...



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Yeah I've booked it, literally no idea what/who any of that will be though.

Hate? That's a strong emotion. I thought it was amusing that whilst taking great pride in the neighbourhood that they weren't able to spell the name of the gallery. If someone's dyslexic of course that's a different matter.
Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the exhibition. I keep popping back in as it was worth buying a membership. I'd say if anything visitor numbers are up! Queues to get in.



 

Aha! Thanks for the info :-) Too bad that I am not in London. Would have loved one of these instead of the zine. 

I'm very honoured to be part of this charity project with Saatchi eduction, which runs in conjunction with Beyond the Streets, if you visiting the show.. please come and check it out.

Our mural is located on the 3rd floor, huge honour to be part of the charity project and its installation location is the cherry on the top.

Trying to remember some of the musical artists featured in the exhibition.

If you were going to do a Playlist / Mixtape for this show, what would be your must have songs / artists?

Just got back from Beyond The Streets @saatchi…If you haven’t been yet GO! Really enjoyed the show, took hours to take it all in and still managed to miss bits (good excuse for another visit). Loved the record store on the ground floor, my DJ mate was so nostalgic he felt like he’d time travelled. The Rubbish Puppeteers were my personal standout as I’ve always loved them, I was also blown away by the Faile room, incredible work! and the REAS aka Todd James is stunning, a lesson in colour! (That I’m gonna riff/be inspired by)! Loved the way they coherently connected the club and fashion world of the time with all the Malcolm Mclaren, Don Letts, The Clash, Goldie stuff. Loved the Rob Del Naja (2023) work, are they for sale? Great to see Pride & Mode 2 AKA Chrome Angelz. An entire section reserved for the Beastie Boys …YES! Great to see Lady Pink’s wall, met her years ago at an event, she is incredible and signed a postcard to me that I have cherished ever since. The Ralph Lauren wall was also brilliant and slightly confusing, as a long time fan of RacK Lo it took every fibre of me not to Rack it…however I am going back : ) Everyone involved should be very happy and inspired to have created such a powerful and enjoyable show.
Cheers & Thank you, JOB DONE! I’m definitely going back, and so are all people at the fashion event thingy I just went to after.