---
author: Jan Brennenstuhl
categories:
- Street Art
cover:
  alt: London’s Most Public Gallery
  height: 720
  src: https://www.urbanartcore.com/londons-most-public-gallery/village-underground-london.jpg
  width: 1200
credit: ''
date: '2011-11-10T14:38:57Z'
description: London’s most famous public art gallery at Village Underground is turning five years old, for what reason they try to evolve by transforming their walls into an permanent art space...
tags:
- Public Art
- Gallery
- Village Underground
- Street Art London
title: London’s Most Public Gallery
url: https://www.urbanartcore.com/londons-most-public-gallery/
---

# London’s Most Public Gallery

After I wrote about the [Style Wars rescue](/style-wars-the-outtakes/), I just stumbled upon another urban art related Kickstarter project: The Wall - London’s Most Public Gallery is public art project whose aim is to transform the well-known brick facade of London’s Village Underground (that’s the wall where I photographed [**Herakut**](/herakut-live-in-london-photos/), [**Titi Freak**](/london-graffiti-titi-freak-in-action/) and others...) into an permanent art space including bullet proof metal and glass frames to protect the art work from theft and vandalism...

Although I like the idea of turning a gallery inside out by exhibiting in the streets (that’s how street art started like a couple of years ago), this in my eyes is a quite controversial project. The reason for that opinion is quite simple: Glass frames, digital walls, etc. will destroy the pure beauty of this somehow unique space.

Nevertheless, I’m not quite sure about this project, so [check it out yourself](http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1656940722/the-wall-londons-most-public-gallery) and let me know your thoughts about it - maybe you can find some arguments convincing me!

Via [verynearlyalmost.com](http://verynearlyalmost.com/blog/2011/11/09/village-underground-wall-project/).