Beyond the Streets — Paris on the Walls

Paris has never stopped speaking the language of graffiti. From metro lines to temporary walls, the city has long been a playground for a culture shaped by urgency, visibility and the desire to leave a trace. With Beyond the Streets, that history takes on a new scale through a major exhibition dedicated to graffiti, street art and underground culture.

Curated by Roger Gastman, Beyond the Streets Paris brings together more than one hundred international artists through installations, rare archives, photography, fashion and large-scale works exploring the global impact of graffiti on contemporary art, music and visual culture. Le Grand Jeu co-curated the exhibition’s hip-hop section, working alongside Gastman to build a transatlantic narrative connecting the French and American scenes — from the foundational role of hip-hop in shaping graffiti’s identity to the exchanges that tied New York and Paris across decades of shared practice.

Presented at La Villette, the exhibition moves beyond the idea of a traditional retrospective, tracing how graffiti evolved from an underground practice into a major cultural force influencing art, design, music and public space.

📖 Beyond the Streets Paris — Exhibition Announcement
🗓 May 27 — August 30, 2026
📍 Grande Halle de la Villette, Paris 19