A Whole Exhibition On Skateboarding Is Coming To Somerset House

Harry Rosehill
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Last Updated 30 January 2020

A Whole Exhibition On Skateboarding Is Coming To Somerset House
Photo: Clem Onojeghou

Do you know your manuals from your kickflips? Your grinds from your ollies? Well Somerset House has the exhibition just for you.

Of course, even if those words are all gibberish to you, you too could have plenty of fun at Somerset House's upcoming exhibition — No Comply: Skate Culture and the Community. The show takes a look at the impact skateboarding culture has had across the UK over the past 40 years.

Skateboarder under Hungerford Bridge
Aimée Gillingwater © Jenna Selby

It charts skateboarding's rise through photos, film and design, taking the microscope to its DIY attitude. It also examines the culture's re-imagining of the UK urban landscape, thanks to the growth of skateparks.

No word yet if there will be any chance for you to practice your own ollie in the nearly-250 year old building — we can dream.

No Comply: Skate Culture and the Community runs at Somerset House 11 June-18 August. It is free to visit.