Goldie bringing Metalheadz to BEYOND THE STREETS II exhibition at Saatchi Gallery

Photo Credit: Gus Coral

Goldie is set to take over an entire room at Saatchi Gallery for BEYOND THE STREETS II, a six-month exhibition running from 11th November 2026 to 5th May 2027.

The drum ’n’ bass and jungle pioneer will revisit his roots in graffiti, which he began in the 1980s across the West Midlands. His room will feature an immersive Metalheadz record shop paying tribute to his label’s legacy, alongside 30 years of his short films and music videos screened on 30 stacks of vintage TVs. Goldie’s graffiti work around Birmingham and Wolverhampton featured in the 1987 Channel 4 documentary Bombin’, and he later worked on graffiti projects in New York and Miami after moving to the US in 1988.

Goldie’s 1992 single “Terminator” pioneered time-stretching in jungle, while his 1995 album Timeless produced “Inner City Life”, still hailed as one of the great dance songs of all time. He has since collaborated with artists from David Bowie to Skepta.

The exhibition spans six decades of UK and US street culture, with work from The Selecter’s Pauline Black, The Big Issue’s archive, Normski, Janette Beckman, Shepard Fairey, Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova, Neil Kenlock, KAWS, the Guerrilla Girls, Jenny Holzer, FUTURA 2000, Zephyr, Lady Pink and GG the Illustrator.

Tickets are available to purchase here.

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