Triple Trouble was an exhibition at Newport Street Gallery in Vauxhall, south London, that brought together three artists from very different worlds: Damien Hirst, the American street artist Shepard Fairey and the French artist known as Invader. It ran from 10 October 2025 to 29 March 2026.
What was in the show
The show filled all six of the gallery’s spaces. It mixed the three artists’ signatures: Hirst’s spin paintings overlaid with Fairey’s Obey-style protest graphics, Invader’s pixelated mosaics set against spot paintings, and panels made from Rubik’s Cubes. Cabinets, tanks and neon boxes, familiar from Hirst’s work, appeared alongside street-art imagery. Some pieces were made together, others were hung to answer each other.
Fairey said he admired “risk-takers and troublemakers”. Hirst said he wanted to “lay eggs in people’s brains”.
Fairey is best known for his Obey Giant campaign and the Barack Obama Hope poster. Invader’s mosaic space invaders are fixed to walls in cities around the world, including Shoreditch. Hirst opened Newport Street Gallery in 2015 to show his own collection.
What came after
The gallery’s next show was Jack White: These Thoughts May Disappear, from 29 May to 13 September 2026, presented with HENI. In October 2026 the gallery’s website said there was no exhibition currently on, so check its site for the next opening before visiting.
The essentials
- Exhibition: Triple Trouble, Damien Hirst, Shepard Fairey and Invader (closed)
- Dates: ran until 29 March 2026
- Venue: Newport Street Gallery, 1 Newport Street, London SE11 6AJ
- Nearest stations: Vauxhall and Lambeth North
- Gallery: newportstreetgallery.com